Professional Developments Workshops

Time Management

1 Day Workshop

Prerequisite: None

Time is money, the adage goes, and lots of it gets lost in disorganization and disruption!

Get a grip on your office space, organize your work flow, learn how to use your planner effectively, say no without guilt, and delegate some of your work to other people.

This one-day workshop helps you organize and prioritize for greater workplace efficiency. The workshop is full of ideas for organizing your work area and your paperwork and working on the "right" things.

Get out of your mental rut!

Think new thoughts about the time you have! Discover new ways of doing things and feel more in control of your life!

Course Outline:

Developing a Personal Productivity Philosophy

  • Identifying productivity pay-offs
  • Working on the right things
  • Setting SMART action goals
  • Taking responsibility to make sure plans get implemented

Organizing Your Work Area and Your Paperwork

  • Organizing your work area
  • Organizing your filing system and keeping it organized
  • Handling reading and mail

Working Effectively with Technology

  • Computer files
  • Electronic email

Managing Projects

  • What is a "project"?
  • Setting project goals
  • Determining "Milestones"
  • Developing "Project Action Plans"
  • Budgeting time and financial costs

Effective Use of Meeting Time

  • When you chair a meeting
  • When you attend a meeting
  • The follow up to a meeting
  • Alternatives to meetings and how to use them

Removing Obstacles

  • Dealing with interruptions
  • Dealing with the telephone
  • Dealing with your supervisor/manager
  • The need for change and self-discipline
  • Measuring progress

Workshop topics:

  • Develop useful techniques for setting and achieving goals
  • Identify strategies for using a planner effectively
  • Better organize yourself and your workspace for peak efficiency
  • Identify the right things to do and develop plans for doing them
  • Learn what to delegate and how to delegate well
  • Recognize the "interrupters" in your life and develop strategies for dealing with them