Time Management

You Will Learn To

Manage your time by identifying goals, creating daily plans, and recognizing obstacles

Who Should Attend

Anyone desiring to increase their productivity.

Course Content

Time management overview

• Principles of time management

• Understanding the benefits of time

• Identifying different personality types

• Assessing yourself

• Productivity cycles

• Pricing your time

• Creating a time audit

• Using the Pareto principle

• Goals and priorities

• Making a to-do list

• Identifying goals

• Setting priorities

Time management plans

• Time management plan

• Preparing for a time management plan

• Creating a time management plan

• Daily plan

• Handling obstacles

• Identifying the steps to plan a day

• Using daily plan guidelines

Technology and time management

• Technology saves time

• Using technology to save time

• Organizing your computer

• Handling e-mail

• Using your Internet time wisely

• Being productive with telephone time

• Say No

• Saying no

• Creating reasonable workloads

• Identifying the steps to say no

Productivity

• Interruptions and meetings

• Minimizing interruptions from a visitor

• Minimizing interruptions from a co-worker

• Running productive meetings

• Attending productive meetings

• Factors affecting productivity

• Discussing factors that affect productivity

Information overload

• Causes of information overload

• Handling information overload

• Screening information

• Reducing paperwork

• Organize your office

• Organizing your office

• Identifying types of files

• Communication

• Avoiding miscommunication

• Being an effective listener