Time Management
Training Seminars:
We help the participants in our
Time Management training seminars to accomplish their time management goals through the use of our
Time Management Use Analysis Tools which include case study
analysis, time management skill analysis, group problem solving, priority
analysis, time management games and exercises, and on line pre-work.
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Participants in our Time Management training seminars will learn:
- How to devote more time to important activities every day
- How to prevent those daily “fires” from undermining important
goals
- To identify and communicate goals that keep priorities straight
- How to design an effective To-Do list
- How to deal with interruptions
- The art of delegating low-priority tasks
- How to organize your “busy work,” errands, etc.
- How to use Time Blocks to maintain effectiveness
- How to eliminate most annoying paper work
- To balance professional responsibilities with personal time
- To choose and use time management tools
- How to set goals and evaluate them so that they provide value
- How to stop procrastinating NOW
- How to say NO (in a nice way, of course)
- Identify and arrest time bandits
Time Management:
3 Time Management Seminar Tips to Boost Productivity
Effective time management will help you accomplish more each day and help you work more efficiently. Time management is an important skill that can be learned and improved by everyone. In this article, I discuss three strategies that can help you work more productively and bring a strong sense of direction to the tasks you set out to complete. If you take the time to practice these strategies, you also will find that you are not as overwhelmed by the number of projects you need to complete.
Plan Well. Planning your day is the first step to managing your work and helping prioritize those things that are most important to complete. Planning your day also helps you accomplish more and gives you more control over the responsibilities you have. At the end of each day, write a "To-do" list which itemizes those tasks and projects that you want to complete the next day. By making the list at the end of the day, you can review the day's events and plan for the next day. Then, the next day, when you are ready to address your work, you already have your list ready to go. Keep a schedule of all of your daily activities to make certain that you do not miss assignment deadlines or create schedules with meeting conflicts.
Limit Interruptions. Interruptions are probably the single, biggest time waster of your day. As you plan your day, include scheduled time for work projects that you are responsible for completing. Schedule two times in the day when you make and return telephone calls and emails-maybe before noon and during the last hour of your workday. Also, limit the times you check your social networking accounts. I turn the alerts off so that I do not get distracted with every new posting that is sent to my computer. If you have questions for a co-worker, keep a list and then review the questions all at once rather than getting up from your desk every time a question arises. Set a time with the co-worker to review your work questions so that neither of you is being interrupted continuously. Interruptions in your day get you side tracked and remove your concentration for the project at hand. It then takes a while to refocus and you have now wasted valuable time.
Stop Procrastinating. When you are planning your day's activities, tackle the most difficult and least enjoyable tasks first. Get them out of the way, and the rest of the day will seem more like a breeze. Tackle one thing at a time and continue moving forward so you can enjoy the ability to cross finished tasks off your list. Always divide your large projects into manageable portions that are doable in a reasonable amount of time so that you are not overwhelmed looking at the entire project and believing it is too big to tackle. Think about the results not the process when you find yourself putting off a task that you don't want to complete. Think about how great you will feel when the unpleasant task is out of the way. Now what are you waiting for? Time to get to work!
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