Time-Style and Strategic Execution

When we manage our time properly, we become more productive at work, resulting in a better work-life balance and more chances for promotion.

We are less vulnerable to stress, meaning we’re happier, healthier and less likely to suffer from burnout. We have a greater awareness of the time we spend on unproductive activities, and we can devote more time to meaningful work that connects with a larger purpose.

As a manager or executive, you are being pulled in a million different directions by several important constituencies. You may have to answer to directors, employees, investors, customers, partners, or other stakeholders, and perhaps even politicians and the media.

The job can be exhausting; when are you supposed to have the time to think about the future of your organization when you're in meetings all day? When are you supposed to sleep?

Every day, you're judged by your ability to manage projects, priorities and deadlines. At this essential session, you will develop the understanding, skills, and confidence to put your personal and organizational strategies into action.

You will discover how to identify and deal effectively with the urgent task, the unimportant task and other people's priorities; specifically, you will learn to:

• Learn new strategies and frameworks to get the results you desire
• Where you need to take action
• Plot the day's work: Determining what's urgent, what's not, and what can wait
• Develop personal planning techniques that minimize "fire-fighting."
• Recognize and manage your tendency toward perfectionism
• Focus your efforts on what is most important based on your role and responsibilities
• Recognize the Myth of Multitasking
• Avoid the trap of using urgency as the tie-breaker between competing priorities
• Learn best practices for effectively prioritizing your time and activities
• Never say, "I don't have time" again
• Nixon vs. Kennedy: what they taught us about the Pareto Principle
• Perform better when juggling people, paper, and priorities
• Preserving your "Prime Time"
• Reverse the Manana Mentality
• Identify five new ways to handle interruptions effectively
• TIME-STYLE: The key to increased personal effectiveness
• Avoid the manipulative time tactics of others
• The one essential question you should answer before ever having a meeting
• Conducting effective meetings: a short guide for meeting managers and meeting participants
• The five Ps of effective meetings
• Ten essential steps to more successful meetings