Time
Management
“We never seem to have enough of it, and yet we have
all there is.” Developing organization and time
management skills will free up many lost hours and help you
better focus on the important items that truly warrant
attention. Just doing more is not the same as being more
efficient. Participants examine how they currently spend
their time, and then explore a new process for being more
organized and better managing their time in the future.
They also develop specific strategies to help them
“do more with less.”
Participants will:
• Explore The Basic Tools of Time Management
Effective time management requires a specific process.
Learn how to identify and evaluate what needs to be done,
prioritize and schedule activities, and commit to plans
while being flexible.
• Focus On What’s Important As Well As
What’s Urgent
Putting first things first does not mean doing what’s
most urgent, but rather what’s most important. Using
a time management matrix, participants analyze how they
currently spend their time and explore ways of being more
effective and efficient.
• Use The Production/Production Capacity Balance
Just trying to do more with less is often a challenge we
all face, however focusing only on doing more and ignoring
our production capacity will ultimately lead to a burn-out.
Explore ways of not only keeping things moving, but also
increasing your ongoing capacity.
• Practice Daily Adapting
In today’s world one of the most important skills is
the ability to adapt and be flexible. Participants explore
ways of finding balance and building in flexibility to
their work and their projects.
• Focus On Managing Changing Deliverables
Explore how to effectively deal with changes and additional
work requests. One of the biggest challenges to a project
is how to handle new requests or changes in deliverables.
• Learn To Cope With Time Wasters
Review a variety of tips and techniques for dealing with
common time wasters including: uninvited visitors, phone
calls, mail and email, meetings, crises, waiting time,
procrastination, and disorganization.