Time Management

Who should attend

Senior staff and managers who have many tasks demanding their attention and who need to juggle conflicting priorities.
You may well feel that you are constantly firefighting, that there is too much to do, or that you are not really achieving tasks at work which you would really like to have time to do.

What you can gain

* The ability to recognise how the time in your day slips away
* The ability to organise yourself and others

Course content

This course is packed with practical tips:

* prioritised 'To Do' lists - constructing and using them
* urgent vs important - using the difference
* developing a 'personal organisation system'
* fitting email into your system
* what to delegate
* breaking down large tasks into manageable chunks
* avoiding 'Paralysis by Perfection' - the '80:20' rule
* cluttered Desks - why it is an issue - and solutions
* avoiding Crises - key techniques
* visitor Interruptions - dealing with time wasting ones
* telephone - making calls faster
* solutions to Indecision/Procrastination
* using your 'prime time'
* implications of being a 'starter' or a 'finisher'
* using 'personal programming' to face unpleasant tasks
* when and how to say 'no' - and when not to
* how to react positively to setbacks

Participants have the opportunity to complete a Personal Workbook to record how techniques relate to them personally. Participants also receive a 1 page 'wallchart' summary of the topics covered.