Time Management Strategies for Today
Get it Done
- Save time
- Get rid of the overflow of paper
- Make your workspace work for you
- Increase productivity
- Get results
- Improve performance
- Enhance job satisfaction
Plan and Prioritize
- Where is your time going now?
- The essentials of a Master List
- Getting the right things done:
- Aligning yourself with organizational goals
- Goal-setting
- The cornerstone of personal effectiveness
- Methods and techniques for prioritizing
- Build your high-impact week
Make Your Workspace Work for You
- Create workflow possibilities
- Small space—big effectiveness
- How being tidy effects your attitude
- Basic filing tips—don’t lose anything again
- Conquering the “In box blues”
- Only touch it once—get it done right the first time
Communicating Priorities:
- Protecting Your Plan
- Communicate your plan:
- Make it visible!
- A 4-step model for saying “no” in a positive way
- On the receiving end of delegation
- How to be an effective “delegatee”
- Negotiating and confirming priorities
- Dealing with deadlines
- Manage interruptions without getting sidetracked
Managing Shifting Priorities, Unreasonable Demands, and Difficult People
- Diagnosing your stressors
- Remaining flexible: bend, do not break
- Supporting multiple people
- Negotiate multiple priorities
- Standing your ground without losing your cool
- Communicating through difficult situations
Extras, Takeaway Tools and Tips
- Time Management Tools
- Sample time log
- Sample master list
- Sample plan
- Checklist for choosing an organizer
- Tickler systems that work
