Time Management
Personal time management skills are essential for professional success in any workplace. Those able to successfully implement time management strategies are able to control their workload rather than spend each day in a frenzy of activity reacting to crisis after crisis – stress declines and personal productivity soars! These highly effective individuals are able to focus on the tasks with the greatest impact to them and their organization.
The Time Management workshop will cover strategies to help participants learn these crucial strategies. Your participants will be given a skill set that include personal motivation, delegation skills, organization tools, and crisis management. We’ll cover all this and more during this workshop.
Module One: Getting Started
- Icebreaker
- Housekeeping Items
- The Parking Lot
- Workshop Objectives
Module Two: Goal Setting
- The Three P’s
- S.M.A.R.T. Goals
- Prioritizing Your Goals
- Visualization
Module Three: Prioritizing Your Time
- The 80/20 Rule
- The Urgent Versus Important Matrix
- Assertiveness
Module Four: Planning Wisely
Creating Your Productivity Journal
Maximizing the Power of Your Productivity Journal
The Glass Jar: Rocks, Pebbles, Sand, and Water
Chunck, Block, and Tackle
Ready, Fire, Aim!
Module Five: Tackling Procrastination
- Why We Procrastinate
- Nine Ways to Overcome Procrastination
- Eat That Frog!
Module Six: Crisis Management
- When the Storm Hits
- Creating a Plan
- Executing the Plan
- Lessons Learned
Module Seven: Organizing Your Workspace
- De-Clutter
- Managing Workflow
- Dealing with E-mail
- Using Calendars
Module Eight: Delegating Made Easy
- When to Delegate
- To Whom Should You Delegate?
- How Should You Delegate
- Keeping Control
- The Importance of Full Acceptance
Module Nine: Setting a Ritual
- What is a Ritual?
- Ritualizing Sleep, Meals, Exercise
- Examples of Rituals
- Using Rituals t Maximize Time
Module Ten: Meeting Management
- Deciding if a Meeting is Necessary
- Using the PAT Approach
- Building the Agenda
- Keeping Things on Track
- Making Sure the Meeting Was Worthwhile
Module Eleven: Alternatives to Meetings
- Instant Messaging and Chat Rooms
- Teleconferencing
- E-mail Lists and Online Groups
- Collaborating Applications
Module Twelve: Wrapping Up
- Words from the Wise
- Review of Parking Lot
- Lessons Learned
- Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations
Managing Time:
Diary planning, prioritising, delegating and common sense. Can teams score 100%?
Learning Objectives:
- Shows that a manager cannot do everything him/her-self
- Allows teams to practise prioritising and delegation skills
- Highlights the need to identify the best person for a delegated task
- Stresses the need to be realistic and show common sense when time planning
- Emphasises the need to be aware of what your staff are doing, when they are available and when they are overworked