Time Management

How will I benefit?

After the course you will be able to:

  • Pinpoint time management problems hindering personal effectiveness
  • Identify habitual ‘time stealers’ and know how to reduce these
  • Summarise different ways to plan and prioritise use of time
  • Explain how to optimise time on a daily basis
  • Return to the workplace with a personal action plan to improve time management

Who should attend?

You will find this course helpful if:

  • find yourself rushing to get tasks completed, or have a habit of missing deadlines
  • tend to put things off, thinking that you will have more time later to get things done
  • sometimes feel overwhelmed with everything that you need to do
  • have trouble saying no and don’t feel confident in delegation and negotiation
  • find that meetings are a waste of time
  • get to the end of the day, wondering where the time has gone and why you have not achieved what you intended to

Course Outline / Key Topics

  • Session 1: Becoming time conscious
  • How much time do you have at your disposal, and are you optimising it?
  • Danger signals - what could indicate that you are not using your time wisely?
  • Time logging
  • Time stealers
  • Session 2: Optimising time
  • Factors that can contribute to a feeling of being disorganised, and how you can reduce these
  • Planning and prioritisation tools and techniques
  • Being assertive and delegating effectively
  • Using negotiation and effective meeting management to optimise time
  • Can digital tools help you manage your time better?
  • Helping your reports to make best use of their time to achieve their objectives