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Time Management

Duration: ONE DAY

Who should attend?

Busy individuals who would like to explore how they can take control of their time and develop their personal effectiveness.

Objectives

Understand what effective time management means and identify your own personal achievement criteria

Develop the mental discipline that allows you to focus on what needs to be done

Plan and prioritise your tasks in line with the achievement criteria

Manage interruptions and management expectations, without damaging relationships

Develop strategies for delegating work within the team and creating a team environment.

Course Outline

Defining time management and dispelling the myths

The behavioural aspects of effective time management

Examining the problems in workplace time management

Creating a personal perspective on time management – the “happiness” factor

Creating the starting point – what are we here for?

Role evaluation – job purpose, description and measurables

The importance of creating SMART objectives

Prioritisation – urgency vs importance

Evaluating ‘to do’ lists, relating to urgency and importance

The prioritisation matrix – judging the tasks against objective criteria and visualising the process

Organisation – the use of time logs and how we can use them to take time back

Time bandits – what stops us managing our time better?

Dealing with interruptions assertively

Creating the team dynamic – how to use delegation within the team to help in your day-to-day tasks

Action planning – good intentions into good habits.

 

 

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