Why Attend
With the accelerating change of the twenty-first century, time management skills are at the top of the personal development tool kit. Know where you're going? What did you want from work and life? Concerned how time slips through your fingers and another day, week, month, a year goes by without achieving all you wanted?
Instructor-led training that uses interactive learning methods, including class discussion, small group activities, and role-playing
Explain why managing time really matters to our work and health, in our changing world; Identify a task that should be a) completed in relation to their key objectives, b) managed away.; Analyze situations that hinder their performance and identify techniques to overcome them.; Use simple frameworks for planning, including allocating and managing priorities, scheduling work, working proactively and reactively and project planning.; Set, monitor, and measure the success of objectives.; Analyze your own strengths and development needs and prepare a personal development plan for the next twelve months.
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Day One
Our changing world - personal assessment
What do I hope to achieve?
How will I achieve it?
What has changed in work and life?
What other changes can we expect?
How do we manage this?
What are the implications for me and for others?
Balancing life and work
Day Two
Why time matters and how your use of time affects others
How am I using my time?
What are my time wasters?
Time logging
Why do I put things off?
Ways that other people use time
Timelines - how do I view time?
How does my use of time affect others?
Day Three
Work planning and project management
Work management methods diagnostic
Pressures on work plans - time, quality, cost
The planning process
Planning work in progress
Analyzing and managing risk
Contingency planning
Problem-solving techniques
Day Four
Practical techniques for managing time wasters
Managing paperwork, real and virtual
Managing travel
Managing meetings
Making the best use of the phone.
Using the diary - the key time management tool.
Managing Interruptions
Day Five
Making it all work
Work planning practical
Debrief
Testing your plan
Analyzing your strengths and needs
Developing your personal development plan