Workshop outline This course aims to help managers and their teams increase their overall effectiveness through improved personal organisation and time management.
Participants will learn how to:
Release more time for managing others and achieving results at the appropriate level
Clarify their own and their team's objectives and priorities
Plan and achieve medium and long-term objectives while coping more effectively with day-to-day demands
Achieve greater control through improved personal organisation resulting in a more productive lifestyle both at work and beyond
Increase personal productivity
Who should attend?
Front-line team leaders and managers.
Workshop content
Introduction and objectives
“Event control” vs time management
Planning the day
A combination of practical exercises and group discussions to identify smarter approaches to planning our day
Organising workload
Time robbers
SMART objectives
Urgent vs important work
Prioritising workload
Personal organisation
Diary systems
Controlling our environment
Handling paperwork efficiently
E-mail
Personal productivity
Personal 'time' goals
Handling interruptions effectively
Effective use of the telephone and meeting time
Progress vs maintenance tasks Action planning