Time and Self Management

Time and Self Management

Aim

Everyone has exactly the same amount of time every day and yet some consistently achieve far more than others. The reason for this is that they have learnt to manage themselves within the time available, ensuring that whatever they are doing is the very best use of their focus and energy at that time.

Time pressures have become the norm in today’s workplace and are the primary cause of stress at work. This programme delivers both inspiring ideas and practical techniques for maximising productivity and minimising stress at work.

Course Objectives

• To make delegates aware of current working practices which may be consuming more time than necessary

• To provide delegates with an awareness of their working styles (Types A and B), and the effects these styles have on personal time management

• To deliver a range of proven time-saving and stress management techniques

Course Content

• Time robbers – what consumes your time and how to manage them

• Managing interruptions assertively

• Prioritising – avoiding the important versus urgent trap

• Working styles – types A and B – the problems and remedies for both

• Moving from working hard to working smart

• Procrastination, indecisiveness and other bad habits

• Crises and how to avoid them

• Successful delegation – up, down, sideways, to people and to machines

• Using Outlook to track delegated tasks

• Managing meetings to eliminate time wasting

• Using a Bring Forward system to assist desk management

• Identifying time and situational stressors and how they can be defused

• Turning dis-stress into eu-stress – a positive, energising force

• Balance – ensuring that no one area of life/work overwhelms the others

• Anchors – how to access a ‘calm and in control’ feeling at any time

• Dealing with people who press your ‘stress buttons’

• Saying “no” politely and assertively to new tasks when your workload is at full capacity

• Maintaining morale and motivation in the face of challenging situations