Time Management

Overview

Time Management skills are essential for successful people. They enable you to become more effective by identifying and focusing on the activities that give you the greatest returns.

Key Outcomes

In this course delegates will cover the rationale underpinning time management principles. They will also explore a number of practical techniques that will allow them more ‘space’ for innovation and creativity at work.

Delegates will be encouraged to develop a personal style and to consider how they will use it to transform their working life.

Duration

1 day

Content

• The nature of time & the basic principles of time management
• Personal efficiency & effectiveness - how do they differ?
• Habits of effective time managers
• Don’t plan to fail - the importance of setting goals
• Applying the Pareto Principle to prioritising
• More effective decision making
• Common time wasters, (and what to do about them)
• Handling those who procrastinate or waste your time
• How to avoid fire-fighting and panic situations
• Overview of basic planning techniques and methods
• The do’s and don’ts of delegation
• Handling interruptions and the ‘paper mountain’
• Developing your own personal strategy and working philosophy