Managing self and time: Time management 

Aim: Managing your time effectively for both business and personal benefit

Good time management results in:

• Clarity of personal and business goals
• Setting the right priorities
• More efficient use of time with fewer time wasters
• Awareness of personal time management traps and strategies to avoid them
• Increased effectiveness and satisfaction

• Pre-course time log of 3 - 5 days plus first draft of personal values
• Practical exercises
• Group activities with participants’ real life examples
• Using COMPASS as a symbol for effectiveness beyond efficiency
• DISC time strategy planner
• Energy boosting activities
• Resource guide and personal action plan discussed with peer coach

The course focuses on:

• Clarifying personal and business values and goals (depending on time in workshop or as follow-up)
• Organising yourself with your vision in mind: Focused planning
• Personal time management traps: DISC analysis and personal solutions
• Minimising your personal time wasters
• Prioritising: moving from URGENT to IMPORTANT
• Analysing current use of time compared to role expectations, business objectives
• Acting accordingly: Putting it all together and developing an action plan
• Sitting back and evaluating your last week before planning ahead
• Sharpening your saw: What can you do to gain even more energy?

Length of course: 1 or 1 ½ days, depending on requirements