Time Management & Personal Effectiveness

This intensive and comprehensive course provides participants with the opportunity to take stock of their current working practices, examine a range of techniques for time-management and personal effectiveness and determine an action plan to make more efficient use of time - both their own and other peoples.The course also provides participants with the opportunity to review their work-life balance and develop their understanding of stress and stress coping strategies.

Course Membership

All managers, professionals and administrative staff who have some discretion over how to manage their time and the need to balance prioritiesto meet both immediate demands and longer-term objectives.

Course Objectives

• To help participants manage time better and control personal stress

• To provide an opportunity for participants to explore the skills and principles of time-management and exchange ideas, tips and techniques

• To provide an opportunity for participants to take stock of their current working practices and decide on an action-based strategy to 'work smarter'

Course Outline

• Costs of poor time management

• Time stealers and constraints

• Making and handling requests

• Balancing priorities

• Personal planning tools

• Handling interruptions

• Personal styles and personal pitfalls

• Getting the best from meetings

• Desk management

• Making the most of office technology

• 'Rapid composition' - efficient and effective writing

• Delegation - giving and receiving

• Planning projects – Critical Path Analysis

• Understanding and coping with stress

• Action planning

Course Methods

The workshop is highly participative and provides a blend of informal lecture, practical exercises, case studies, self-assessment questionnaires and group discussion.