Effective Time Management
(Are You Running Your Life? Or Is It Running You?!)
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Time Management is Life Management. Poor time management leads to stress, pressure and a feeling of being “out of control”. Good time management leads to success in our working environment, with sufficient space in it for planning, reading, thinking, talking, relaxing and time to enjoy a more balanced and rewarding life away from work, with family, friends, and in our own company. This interactive and enjoyable course is designed to help participants rediscover the really important activities…. to eliminate unnecessary activities, interruptions and time-wasters… and use prioritizing & planning to get happily on top of things once more! |
Topics covered include:
- What is Time? All have 24 hours a day – what’s the problem?
- First Things First – the big picture. … Key Objectives
- Establishing Priorities
- Life Balance – the grid of life
- Where Does It Go Right Now? – self-analysis questionnaires
- The Pareto Principle: the 80:20 Rule
- Urgent vs. Important – using the Time Management Grid
- Delegation – a great investment
- Getting Back in Control – Great Time Management Strategies
- Tidy Desks & Telephone Tips
- Assertiveness and Saying No !
- Prime Time - & how to harness it
- “Time Out” & other odd ideas!
- To Do Lists, Weekly Planners & Other Useful Tools
- Learning from others…
- Shorter and More Productive Meetings
… and any additional topics specifically requested by the participants
