Time and Priority Management

This practical and intensive two day course is for those who want to take more control of their workloads by organising tasks, people and themselves more effectively.

Course Overview

Managing Your Job
Managing yourself and the resources at your disposal
What are you and your team trying to achieve?
Defining your objectives and key result areas
Establishing responsibilities and priorities
Practical Time Management and Planning Activities
Effective use of diaries, time planners, time logs, etc.
Criteria for prioritising - urgent and important
Planning and scheduling your activities
Dealing with interruptions and distractions - staying focused
Managing time under pressure
Developing a proactive approach to short, medium and long term plans
Managing Yourself
Investing time and effort in order to achieve more in the future
Your time management behaviour - preferred working styles
Personal effectiveness - a guide to self-discipline
Highlighting personal 'time-stealers' and areas of weakness
Managing Others and Meetings
Managing people managers, colleagues, team members and customers
Getting more things done through assertive behaviour
Making the most of meetings as participant or chairperson
Effective Delegation
The rules of effective delegation - overcoming personal preferences and prejudices
Using delegation as a means of co-ordinating the workload of your team/department
Delegation - freeing up your time and developing staff
Personal Development
Reviewing your management of time at regular intervals
Overcoming your old habits - maintaining your new standards

Objectives
By the end of this course you will be able to:
By the end of this course you will be able to:
Recognise the value of effective time management to yourself, your team and your organisation.
Clarify your own and your team's objectives, key areas of responsibility and priorities.
Identify and overcome the primary causes of poor time management for yourself and your team.
Identify time wasters and personal preferences that affect performance in the workplace.
Prioritise your tasks and cope more effectively with day-to-day demands and pressures.
Learn to plan ahead and use your time more effectively to increase personal and team productivity.
Release more time to manage and delegate tasks effectively.
Become more assertive and disciplined, achieving greater control through improved personal organisation, resulting in a healthier, more productive lifestyle both at work and beyond.

Designed For
Managers, team leaders and professionals who need to manage time more effectively to enhance their own performance and that of their team.