Time Management Training
Course Duration:
Course Overview
Will help the individuals to manage their time, and to achieve their professional goals and professional goals.
Course Objective:
- Articulate your goals.
- Analyze how you are currently allocating your most precious resources: energy and time.
- Identify elements of your personal work style that contribute to your effective use of time.
- Assemble a collection of time-management tools and strategies that you can use to take control of your time.
- Create an action plan for your time-management process and identify ways to evaluate and improve your efforts.
Course Content
Module 1: Getting Started
- Icebreaker
- Housekeeping Items
- The Parking Lot
- Workshop Objectives
- The Three P’s
- The SMART Way
- Prioritizing Your Goals
- Visualization
Module 2: Setting SMART Goals
Module 3: Prioritizing Your Time
- The 80/20 Rule
- The Urgent/Important Matrix
- Being Assertive
Module 4: Planning Wisely
- Creating Your Productivity Journal
- Maximizing the Power of Your Productivity Journal
- The Glass Jar: Rocks, Pebbles, Sand, and Water
- Chunk, Block, and Tackle
- Ready, Fire, Aim!
Module 5: Tackling Procrastination
- Why We Procrastinate
- Nine Ways to Overcome Procrastination
- Eat That Frog!
Module 6: Crisis Management
- When the Storm Hits
- Creating a Plan
- Executing the Plan
- Lessons Learned
Module 7: Organizing Your Workspace
- De-Clutter
- Managing Workflow
- Dealing with E-mail
- Using Calendars
- When to Delegate
- To Whom Should You Delegate?
- How Should You Delegate?
- Keeping Control
- The Importance of Full Acceptance
Module 8: Delegating Made Easy
Module 9: Setting a Ritual
- What is a Ritual?
- Ritualizing Sleep, Meals, and Exercise
- Example Rituals
- Using Rituals to Maximize Time
Module 10: 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 11: Alternatives to Meetings
- Instant Messaging and Chat Rooms
- Teleconferencing
- E-mail Lists and Online Groups
- Collaboration Applications
Module 12: Wrapping Up
- Words from the Wise
- Review of Parking Lot
- Lessons Learned
- Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations