Time and Priority Management
Pre-course activity
Completing a timelog for a minimum period of five days is a requirement for the workshop. This will establish how your time is currently spent and identifies opportunities to put into practice the tools, tips and techniques in your day-to-day job.
Managing Yourself
- Managing yourself and your resources
- What are you there to achieve?
- Linking objectives and key result areas
- What are your responsibilities and priorities?
- Investing time to save time
- Self discipline – defining personal time-stealers
Planning and Prioritising
- The essentials – diaries, PDAs, timelogs and other planning tools
- Key criteria for prioritising
- Proactive planning and scheduling – short, medium and long term
- Staying focused – handling time-stealers
- Controlling pressure
Managing Others and Meetings
- Managing expectations of you
- Saying no assertively
- Making meetings work
Delegation – How it Works
- Allocation vs delegation
- Giving yourself time and space
- Developing staff
Action Planning
- Regular health checks
- Breaking with the past
- Maintaining control
