Objectives

• Understand your current time robbers
• Proven methods to control and manage your time
• Become even more effective and efficient
• Tools and tips to ensure that each day is productive
• Improve your personal productivity

Information

This is a very practical ‘hands-on’ workshop, utilising real data and information on your business. Some preparatory work needs to be completed for this course 2-4 weeks before the date of the workshop.

Agenda

• Introduction and objectives for today
• Benefits of improved time management – discussion
• What do we mean by effective and efficient?
• What tools do you currently use to manage your time and workloads?
• Analysis of pre-work on how individuals’ time is spent currently
• Understand the 80% – 20% rule
• Learning from your log
• The use of prioritised ‘To do’ lists
• Using the “Urgent/Important Matrix” (using time effectively, not just efficiently)
• Managing and prioritising emails and phone calls
• Prioritising your work
• Managing interruptions and distractions (what is not covered above)
• Personal Time Management Action Plan