Time Management
Overview
The “Time Management” workshop provides tools and techniques that allow participants to manage their time more effectively and feel more in control. The workshop also enables attendants to identify areas and actions where time could be better used.
"Lost time is never found again."
Topics
Identifying your time wasters:
What are your greatest time wasters?
Group exercise and individual reflection.
Time and self management guiding principles:
Planning and controlling your workload.
Keeping yourself motivated to achieve tasks.
Reducing commuting time and how to use time efficiently.
Managing communication.
Group exercise and discussion.
Identifying and managing your peak performance time:
Personal peak performance times.
Benefits of breaks.
Negative effects of stress.
Individual, group exercise and discussion.
How to say “No” and solution negotiations:
How to say assertively “No”.
Identifying win-win solutions.
Group exercises and discussion.
Prioritising workload and key tasks:
Need for prioritising tasks.
Methods to prioritise tasks.
"Eating your frogs": stop procrastination and get more done in less time.
Group exercises and discussion
Planning and prioritising your work:
Planning and prioritising projects, goals, tasks using templates.
Planning essential tasks.
Planning practical work.
Individual, group exercises and discussion.
Delegating tasks:
What is delegating?
Why we tend not to delegate.
Benefits of effective delegation.
The art of delegation.
Group exercise and discussion.
Deciding which tasks to be delegated:
Team skills matrix.
Identifying the best person for each task.
Individual exercise and discussion.
Managing time effectively:
Time management strategies to resolve time wasters.
Individual reflective and action planning exercise.
Prioritising workload and key tasks:
Action planning.
Course feedback.
Outcomes
Participants, by the end of the "Time Management" workshop, will have:
Acquired time management skills for scheduling, planning and prioritising work.
Discussed and practised time management techniques, such as effective delegation, saying 'No' assertively and negotiating alternative solutions.
Identified their biggest time wasters which reduce their productivity and established solutions to reduce or remove their negative impact.
Target Audience
This “Time Management" workshop provides employees with techniques and tools to take more control of the way they spend and manage time. Besides, participants will be given templates to plan and control their workload on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
Duration
One day.
Investment
Your investment in the "Time Management" workshop will pay off. By combining proven methods with engaging activities, designed specifically for the business environment, you will enjoy a unique learning experience! Please, contact us to discuss pricing to run this programme internally for your group or organisation.
