Course Overview
Do you have
the skill to manage time appropriately spread across the day? Or, do you always
find yourself in a time crunch situation? Managing time is a very essential
skill for professionals to be successful in any workplace in a world where time
is money.
An overflow of
a time crunch at the workplace also affects family life, personal, and social
life. Those who can effectively employ time management skills are more
successful as they can manage their workload rather than reacting to a time
crisis one after the other.
Do you feel
overwhelmed and burnout by the life demands of work pressure and life? In
today’s work culture, intrusions, unnecessary meetings, constantly changing
plans, appointments, rosters, and deadlines are inevitable.
Anyone who
wants to focus on the essential tasks will always have this challenge to
categorize and manage time. Every minute of your day counts and how you would
utilize it not only impacts your business but also your lifestyle.
Having a
work-life balance is crucial in this competitive world. An efficient time
management tool helps individuals to focus on the tasks delivering greater
profitability to their organization and live a happy life.
Time
Management skills is a learned skill and need to be cultivated through improved
planning. This Training program offered by Zoe Talent Solutions introduces you
to methodical time planning systems and focuses on the techniques for efficient
scheduling of work based on levels of priority.
Managing Time
without understanding and setting-up your priorities is like shooting arrows in
the air without know what you want to achieve and when you want to achieve.
This program
is also about handling ‘time-stealers’ which causes distractions and loss of
focus, thus leading to time crunches.
Course Objectives
By the end of
the Time Management Skills Training Course, the participants of this program
will be able to:
·
Prioritize,
Plan and arrange daily activities in a productive way
·
Learn
techniques to overcome procrastination
·
Organize
your work station and workflow to make better use of time
·
Efficiently
Delegate tasks
·
Coordinate
business meetings more effectively
·
Identify
the ‘time stealers’ and handle them appropriately
·
Learn
the scheduling, planning and prioritizing skills
·
Assertively
say a ‘NO’ positively
·
Learn
how to develop SMART goals
·
Learn
tips and ways to become better organized
·
Recognize
the difference between urgent items and important items
·
Handling
workload efficiently
·
Escape
the trap of over-committing yourself
·
Utilize
Technology Effectively to save time
·
Learn
effective ways of handling Paperwork
·
Work
effectively in a Team
Training
Methodology
Time
Management Skills Training Course for individuals from all aspects and areas of
life. This workshop will offer core practices for daily life.
A customized
program can be prepared based on organizational requirements. This program will
empower participants in group discussions, activities, and role-plays.
Beneficial
models are given to assist with task management and to plan and control
workloads on a timely basis. Participants will share experiences from work and
in life from various cultures.
Organisational Benefits
Organizational
benefits of employees who participate in this Time Management Skills Training
Course will be as follows:
·
Employees
learn to better prioritize tasks and accomplish things systematically
·
Work
is accomplished on time
·
Time
effective systems and operational processes are put in place
·
There
is a better delegation of tasks and teamwork among the employees
·
Employees
tend to be more focused on objectives and goals set for them
·
They
are better organized and can organize their work well
·
Employees
understand the need to use technology to get things done faster
·
They
are more stress-free and don’t feel the burnout
Personal
Benefits
Following are
the Personal Benefits of employees participating in the Time Management Skills
Training Course:
·
Participants
are well organized in their daily life
·
They
learn to schedule tasks and accomplish them within timelines
·
Participants
learn to have a work-life balance
·
People
are more goal-oriented and are more purposed
·
They
learn to be disciplined with their time
·
They
are stress-free and can define the limit of their work
·
They
develop the skill to negotiate and learn to set boundaries
·
Participants become good planners and
organizers for daily events
·
They
use maximum resources to reduce utilized time
Who Should
Attend?
All
individuals who look at having better control of their life and would like to
manage their time effectively should enroll in this program.
The time
management workshop is for Professionals, managers, team leaders, and anyone
who has challenges with balancing their time and priorities.
This training
is beneficial to individuals who want to increase their productivity and widen
their time-management skills through transformed thinking and utilization of available
resources to make the best use of time.
Course
Outline
Below are the important components that will
be facilitated in the Time Management Skills Training Course:
Module 1
·
Foundational Principles of
Time Management
·
A systematic approach to
Priority Management
·
Time and the appropriate
Use of Time
·
Stumbling blocks to
time-management
·
Profiling your time
·
Steps of Time Management
·
Keys for managing time
effectively
Module 2
·
Assessing your present
time utilization realities
·
Identifying your biggest
‘time stealer’
·
Dealing with typical Time
Wasters
·
Strategizing plans to resolve
time wasters
·
Disciplines of
Assertiveness towards time wasters
·
Managing and distributing
your energy
·
Taking time to think and
plan
Module 3
·
Setting up priorities
·
Task Prioritisation
·
Techniques of Task
Prioritisation
·
Prioritizing workload and
focusing the key tasks
·
Guides for planning and
prioritizing
·
Prototypes of planning and
prioritizing
·
Urgent tasks vs. Important
tasks
·
Creating a personal system
for prioritization
Module 4
·
Planning and defining your
workload
·
Planning Tools to Evaluate
and Examine Plans
·
Fostering daily and weekly
plans
·
Implementing planning in
your life
·
Use of technology in
planning
·
Paper planners vs.
electronic planners
·
Planning time for yourself
and others
·
Balancing out your work
and individual life
Module 5
·
Stress Management and
Time Management
·
Optimal utilization of the
time available
·
Preventing overloads and
burnouts
·
Damaging effects of stress
·
Ways to say ‘NO’
assertively
·
The trap of
over-commitment
·
Identifying inappropriate
pressures
·
Developing win-win
solutions
·
Importance of taking
breaks
Module 6
·
Delegation: Introduction
·
Knowing What to Delegate
·
Delegating tasks
·
Art of effective
delegation
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The best person for the
right task
·
Saving time and energy
through delegation
·
Avoiding double and
repetitive work
·
Pitfalls of Delegation
Module 7
·
Wheel of Life Technique
·
Stretch Goals Concept
·
Setting SMART goals
·
Pareto’s 80/20 Principle
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The task Batching Concept
·
Concept of grouping
similar tasks or items
·
Power of Focus and
Concentration