Time management

Course Overview

This training will equip delegates with skills to  improve productivity  by getting  focused on the most important tasks and  getting them done,  improve the quality of tasks completed by ensuring  teams are not always rushing to finish projects and  improve people's work/life balance by ensuring time is used as efficiently as possible.

EXPECTED  OUTCOMES

By the end of this time management training course , participants will be able to:

• Recognize what prevents them from making the best use of their time.
  
• Make necessary long medium and short term plans to help schedule and organize
  activities.
  
• Manage their ‘'To Do List' effectively.
  
• Control interruptions so they have limited impact.
  
• Recognize and manage common time wasters Identify why they procrastinate and how to manage it.
  
  • Develop an  action plan  for  implementation   post the  training.

TARGET GROUP

Anyone that needs to increase their personal effectiveness through time management.

DURATION

1  day

COURSE CONTENT

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  a 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 - Identifying and management of interruptions that interfere with  effectiveness.

Procrastination - Activities to help participants recognize that they procrastinate, why they do it and how to manage it.

Managing meetings - We investigate the cost of poorly managed or unnecessary meetings and consider how to overcome these issues.

Delegation - Participants examine some delegation advice from famous people and consider the relevance to themselves.

Action  planning– Identify  3  to 4  main  areas  of  action and prepare  an action  plan.