Time and Self Management

Course Aim

To enable delegates to manage themselves more effectively within their own time constraints and how to organise and prioritise their tasks in a professional manner.

The programme ensures that more time is spent on high payoff activities.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Identify tasks that should be
  
  a) Completed in relation to the effective management of their key results
  
  b) Managed away
• Identify areas that affect their productivity and decide how they can be managed more efficiently
• Analyse situations that hinder their performance and identify techniques to overcome them
• Explain the importance of planning, organising and controlling meetings to ensure they meet objectives, whilst maximising the best use of time
• Identify when and how to delegate
• List suggested solutions to present problems and the skills to analyse potential future problems

Course Content

Course content includes:

• Identifying your time management problems
• How much is your time worth
• How much time could you save
• 'Personal drivers' and how they influence time management
• Identifying high payoff activities
• Setting priorities
• Pareto principal
• Organising your work area
• Assertive behaviour. Saying 'no'
• Handling paperwork
• Planning visits
• Review of pre completed time logs to improve own performance
• Choosing between important and urgent job tasks
• Setting goals
• Practical time management tips and techniques
• Case studies