Time Management

Get more of the right things done.Do you find yourself overloaded with work? Feel so stretched to the limit you can't set priorities? Exhaust yourself daily without accomplishing your goals?

Remember, every minute of your day impacts the business. If you answer yes to one or more of the above, it's time to make real choices about how and when to spend your time. This seminar will help you identify causes of procrastination and indecision, pinpoint personal time-wasters and increase your concentration and focus. You’ll learn to schedule your time more effectively, stay on track and keep important goals top of mind, so you can stay in balance and be more effective and productive.

Also Available as:

• Live Online
• Onsite

How You Will Benefit

• Set and accomplish goals
• Create priorities and establish realistic boundaries
• Recognize and deal with time-wasters
• Improve concentration and efficiency
• Break indecision and procrastination habits
• Use technology to help manage time
• Create and recharge positive energy

What You Will Cover

• Identifying personal time-wasters
• Defining goals; establishing important and valid priorities
• Creating a realistic and productive schedule
• Dealing with self-distractions and interruptions
• Increasing productivity by using technology efficiently
• Identifying ways to manage email
• Creating boundaries and balance
• Prioritizing and choosing activities to balance life and work
• Creating a personal “no” script

Extended Seminar Outline

Print this page Extended Seminar Outline Seminar #2233 Learning Objectives

• Recognize the Value of Your Time
• Understand What Is Important for You to Accomplish to Meet Your Goals
• Make, and Work with, a Flexible Plan
• Learn to Balance Competing Priorities to Meet Ever-Changing Demands
• Manage Technology Efficiently
• Develop Effective Ways of Handling Paperwork
• Establish Reasonable and Realistic Boundaries on the Use of Your Time
• Eliminate and Minimize Time-Wasters
• Stop Procrastinating and Work on the Critical Tasks
• Look for Opportunities to Delegate Appropriate Tasks/Projects to Others
• Work Effectively as a Team Member

Time Management Is Self-Management

• Shift Focus from Managing Time to Managing Self
• Identify Typical Timewasters
• Identify Personal Strengths and Development Opportunities to Control Time

Planning Your Success

• Define Goals Based on Your Role
• Establish Important and Valid Priorities
• Create a Realistic and Productive Schedule
• Use a Robust Planning Process to Analyze and Review Plans

Concentration, Focus and Organization

• Create Productive and Efficient Routines to Support Core Goals
• Identify Ways to Organize and Manage Your Environment
• Identify Ways to Deal with Distractions and Interruptions

Managing Technology

• Develop Strategies to use Technology More Efficiently and Productively
• Select the Right Form of Communication for Your Message
• Identify Ways to Manage E-mail

Creating Boundaries and Balance

• Prioritize and Choose Activities to Balance Life and Work
• Create Your Own "No" Script.

Who Should Attend

Business professionals who want greater control of their time, management style and life.

Special Feature

This course features Blended Learning.

AMA Blended Learning combines instructor-led training with online pre- and post-seminar assessments, tune-up courses and other resources to maximize your training goals. Through a blend of proven instructor-led seminars and powerful online technology, AMA Blended Learning provides a compelling and more comprehensive experience for the learner—producing a greater return-on-investment for the employer and the seminar participant.