Time Management

Summary

Take charge of your day and respond productively to changing priorities. Reduce stress and improve efficiency with our time management course. This course is a must if you often find yourself working late, and is ideal for those who are often late for meetings and occasionally miss deadlines. It is also valuable for anyone who feels they need to respond more assertively to demands on their time. Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how much you had to do, or felt you were allocating too much time to tasks that are nowhere near the top of your list? This course lets you regain control of your workload by managing yourself and others more intelligently. You will learn how and when to say no, how to prioritise effectively and most importantly, how to sustain these improvements over time. You'll leave with a clear head and the tools to make immediate, lasting improvements back at work.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites for this course

Who Should Attend

This course is a must if you often find yourself working late, and is ideal for those who are often late for meetings and occasionally miss deadlines. It is also valuable for anyone who feels they need to respond more assertively to demands on their time.

Course Content

Course Overview: Stage 1 - The Course

The three-pronged attack to improved efficiency

Doing the right things:

* Seeking "value" for time like "value" for money

* Setting effective goals and objectives

* Getting into a results focused mindset

* Motivating yourself to use your time creatively and productively

* Structure for effective delegation

At the right time:

* Using the prioritisating matrix and time logs

* Scheduling tools in practice

* Recognising "time bandits" and the strategies to beat them

* Important vs urgent

* Re-prioritisation: when and where

In the right way:

* Emotional brain vs thinking brain

* Tips and tools for better organisation

* Managing expectations proactively

* Using delegation effectively to free up time

* Saying 'no' scenarios

Stage 2 - MP3 Learning bites

Add to your knowledge and make the most of your 'dead-time' with our three exclusive personal development training sessions on MP3, free with this course:

1. Effective Prioritisation

2. Setting SMART objectives

3. Dealing with time bandits

4. The Art of Being Assertive

5. Take Control of Your Career

Stage 3 - e-learning

After you have attended the course, a modular e-learning programme will be delivered to your inbox.

These interactive, bite-sized follow-ups (completed at a time to suit you) will cement the learning from the course and allow you to apply the prioritisation techniques you have learnt in your day to day role.

On Course Completion

What will I get out of it? * A new focus on your purpose and objectives and tools to benchmark your success

* Effective prioritisation skills

* An understanding of your own productivity schedules and patterns

* The ability to analyse and combat the factors that sabotage good intentions

* Assertive techniques to manage interruptions and handle disruptions

* An understanding of how to delegate to others so you can finish the jobs that really matter

* Skills to project a competent and organised impression

* The golden rules for saying 'no'

* An action plan to encourage self discipline and sustained improvements

* The motivation to make it happen

* Recommended reading list

A blended learning experience allowing you to continue to develop skills in the workplace