Time Management
Course Duration: 1 Day
In the hurly burly of the modern world it is easy for us to operate on automatic pilot. By doing this we often fail to make the best use of our time. It sometimes helps to stop and take stock of the situation and think about how we are working. This course encourages participants to stop and think about how they operate and will help anybody who is not making the best use of their time.
Target Audience
This course is aimed at anyone who needs to increase their personal effectiveness through time management.
Course Objectives
By the end of this session your participants will be able to:
• Recognise what prevents them from making the best use of their time
• Make necessary long, medium and short term plans to help them make the best use of their time
• Recognise and manage common time wasters so they can make the best use of their time
Course Contents
What are your time bandits?
- An activity that encourages participants to work together to identify what prevents them making the best use of their time.
If I had more time
- Participants ponder what they would do if extra time is available to them.
Ambitions and Long Term Goals
- Participants complete our aspirations questionnaire to help them identify their long term goals.
Turning Goals into Reality
- An activity to help participants plan the activities which turn ambition into reality.
The 1’s
- A look at medium and short term planning.
Managing Interruptions
- Identification of, and management of, interruptions that interfere with our effectiveness.
Procrastination
- Activities to help participants recognise that they procrastinate, why they do it and how to manage it.
Managing meetings
- We investigate the cost of poorly managed and unnecessary meetings and consider how to overcome these issues.
Delegation
- Participants examine some delegation advice from famous people and consider the relevance to their own working lives.
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