MANAGING PRIORITIES (Time Management)

"We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves." - Alice Bloch

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Duration:           1 day

Investment:      GROUP RATE APPLIES (maximum group size 14 - larger group
                          sizes and/or multiple program delivery to be negotiated)

Introduction/ Descriptor: 
We can’t manage time – simple!...60 seconds in a minute, 1440 minutes in a day, 7 days in a week – no more, no less.  What we can do, is manage ourselves.  This program illustrates how to better utilise our greatest resource: TIME...one that’s free of charge, but one that you simply cannot make or buy more of...a 'priceless treasure'!  Yet sometimes we treat it like a snowflake, watching it melt away whilst deciding what to do with it.  

This program explores how to break old habits and start effective new ones.  It assists participants to gain greater control and manage their time more effectively.  Experience tools and techniques necessary to maximise the return from the effort you are putting in to your work, how to deal with procrastination, how to delegate, and the importance of work/life balance....Take control of your time, and your life!


Topics covered include:

• Understanding ‘Time’
• The art of Goal setting – the S.M.A.A.A.R.T ® principle
• Using To-Do Lists
• Blocking (‘chunking’) strategies including flexi-time
• Procrastination the Destroyer!
• Time Wasters – identifying and managing
• The Pareto principle: 80/20 rule
• Planning and prioritising your day
• Using email effectively
• 'Urgency' versus 'Importance': Covey's matrix analysis
• Delegation – impacting on others
• Saying ‘No’

Course Suitability:
This advertised outline acts as a guide to the course content and may alter to better address participant requirements. If clarification is needed for course suitability/relevance, please contact us.  Please note that these topics can be adapted and customised depending on your specific requirements – we would tailor the course based on your brief and the learning needs of the participants.

Who should attend:
Anyone looking to attain greater productivity for themselves and/or their people.  
Anyone who wants to take greater control of their time management, be more productive, and reduce stress levels!

Format / Program structure:
Interactive program involving group discussion, experiential activities and reflective exercises.