Effective Time Management

“Managing Your Time without setting priorities is like shooting randomly and calling whatever you hit is the target ”

Individuals need effective time-management skills to succeed today. Regardless of the position in an organization, success hinges on the effective use of time.

If you often feel overwhelmed by the many time requirements life demands, this course provides the framework to dramatically improve your ability to manage time. This Time Management workshop is important for individuals who are not working effectively due to interruptions, excessive meetings, changing priorities, appointments, schedules and deadlines. Anyone who wants to focus on the important things in their professional and personal lives will find this course beneficial.

This workshop provides opportunities for you to create the necessary framework for addressing those factors that work against you.

How You Will Benefit

• Set and accomplish goals
• Create priorities and establish realistic boundaries
• Recognize and deal with time-wasters
• Improve concentration and efficiency
• Break indecision and procrastination habits
• Use technology to help manage time
• Create and recharge positive energy

Objectives

• Recognize the Value of Your Time
• Understand What Is Important for You to Accomplish to Meet Your Goals
• Make, and Work with, a Flexible Plan
• Learn to Balance Competing Priorities to Meet Ever-Changing Demands
• Manage Technology Efficiently
• Develop Effective Ways of Handling Paperwork
• Establish Reasonable and Realistic Boundaries on the Use of Your Time
• Eliminate and Minimize Time Wasters
• Stop Procrastinating and Work on the Critical Tasks
• Look for Opportunities to Delegate Appropriate Tasks/Projects to Others
• Work Effectively as a Team Member

Course Outline:

Time Management Is Self-Management

• Shift Focus from Managing Time to Managing Self
• Identify Typical Time Wasters
• Identify Personal Strengths and Development Opportunities to Control Time

Planning for Success

• Define Goals Based on Your Role
• Select Important and Valid Priorities
• Create a Realistic and Productive Schedule
• Use the Planning Tool to Analyze and Review Plans
• Parkinson's law

Concentration, Focus and Organization

• Define Goals Based on Your Role
• Establish Important and Valid Priorities
• Create a Realistic and Production Schedule
• Use a Robust Planning Process to Analyze and Review Plans
• Pareto's principle

Managing Technology

• Develop Strategies to use Technology More Efficiently and Productively
• Select the Right Form of Communication for Your Message
• Identify Ways to Manage E-mail

Creating Boundaries and Balance

• Prioritize and Choose Activities to Balance Life and Work
• Create Your Own "No Script