Basics of Time Management

Everyone starts out even in the morning. We all have the same 24 hours every day in which to cram all the important aspects of our lives. Why, then, do some people finish each day floundering and falling farther behind? One of the main reasons for this problem is the tendency many people have to react to external circumstances as they develop, rather than planning and working toward high-priority, long-term goals.

Our one-day Time Management Skills seminar is a highly interactive training experience that teaches participants how to regain control of their schedules and their lives. Each student will follow a diagnostic process to develop data about their priorities and habits. Then, over the course of the day, they will learn how to use proven time-management tools and techniques to design a strategy for putting first things first, as well as a few tricks for eliminating annoying distractions permanently.

Seminar Objectives:

Participants in the Time Management Skills training seminar will learn:

• Get control of their schedules using effective planning skills and clarifying objectives
• Devote more time toward achieving high-priority end goals
• Avoid spending time on unnecessary or unreasonable requests
• Handle the behavioral styles of different people, and deflect interruptions from them
• Maintain a firm grasp on the Big Picture
• Balance professional goals and personal time
• Use time management tools more effectively
• Set goals and prioritize them to determine if activities are goal-directed
• Apply a critical-path network system to estimate time and activities required for reaching objectives
• Delegate effectively, and discard the majority of paper that crosses your desk
• Implement effective resource management