By the end of this course, you will be calm, efficient, goal-focused, and more productive.

Learn how to apply importance and urgency to tasks

Know what is truly important to you and detailed tips for saying no, negotiating or delegating tasks

Learn to overcome procrastination and deal with timewasters

How to get the best from meetings (starting with, do you even need a meeting?)

Systematic ways to optimise time management

Who should attend this course?

• People who’d like to learn practical solutions for managing their time more effectively

• Anyone who wants to get more done

• Those that knowingly take on too much work, and feel stressed

• People who feel they are busy but aren’t progressing

—> How much are meetings costing your business?

• The dilemma of managing the present vs the future

• Applying importance and urgency to real tasks

• Reducing the time spent on unimportant tasks

• Options when you are too busy, including: saying no and negotiating, delegating and systems

• Personality drivers and their effect on use of time: ‘Hurry Up’, ‘Be Perfect’, and ‘Please Others’

• Time wasters: what are they, and what can be done about them?

• The roots of efficiency: Assertiveness and self discipline

• Coping with interruptions – possible tactics·

• Getting the best from meetings

• Systems for more efficient handling of repeating tasks

• Beating procrastination – testing the ideas on real examples

• Focusing on what’s important to you and to the organisation

• Stress, and the link with time management

• Physical systems for time management:

• Mobiles, computers, or paper diaries?

• Email and Outlook etc – rules, and tips

• The importance of keeping promises

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