“Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant PERSISTENCE.”
Do you suffer from having to deal with too many e-mails? Do you follow a task management system, but still get overwhelmed by all the tasks that need doing? Do you suffer from information overload? Do you constantly feel like you want to check your social media site right in the middle of work? Do you attend too many time-wasting meetings and wish you could somehow avoid them?
The secret to keeping an effective time management system is to constantly review it and make sure you don’t gradually fall back to bad habits. This course provides a series of advanced guidelines for those who want to push the boundaries and stay on top of their workloads. It follows from Intermediate Time Management assuming that delegates already have a system of time management in place and are familiar with fundamental productivity techniques. Usually, anyone who is in need of an advanced course on productivity is likely to be a knowledge worker. The course specifically caters for their needs providing numerous examples, case studies and ways to take advantage of what technology can offer.
This course is designed to encourage discussions among delegates so not only they can benefit from the guidelines provided but also from each other. Many people develop tricks or come across useful time saving tips. The course is carefully designed to maximise this interaction so delegates can constantly learn new materials during the course.
The course focuses on two aspects of productivity; attitude adjustment and environmental engineering. Correct attitude helps an individual filter through tasks and focus on what matters the most. Environmental engineering helps individuals free their mind from tracking mundane tasks and instead focus on critical activities. This allows users to constantly focus on goals and push forward through the clutter encountered in day-to-day life.
It is assumed that delegates are familiar with GTD (Getting Things Done from David Allen). Here, this topic is expanded and various advanced guidelines are provided.
In this highly practical course participants will learn:
Audience: Anyone. Familiarity with GTD is required for certain parts of the course. A trainer can cover this quickly for those who are not familiar with this subject.
Prerequisites: Time Management (This covers introduction to GTD)
Course Duration: 1 Day
Course Level: Advanced
By the end of this course the delegates will be able to:
People who want to become successful need to know how to manage their time well. They will always have some kind of a system to deal with day-to-day tasks. The purpose of this course is to help participants review their current systems and fine tune it using various productivity techniques. It is designed to get the delegates discuss their techniques with each other centred on certain critical topics as presented in the course.
Your role as a trainer in this course is to facilitate these discussions and guide delegates as necessary. We can always become better and faster at what we do. What stops us is sometimes knowledge of shortcuts that can be used to reprogram our behaviour. These shortcuts, though small, can come to make a huge difference in both productivity and satisfaction. This course is full of such tips and techniques which through the power of association will help delegates think of more techniques and shortcuts and share these with each other. This is why it is critical for you, as a trainer, to facilitate these discussions in a somewhat free flow manner so delegates can get the most from them.
Since this is an advanced course, several exercises are provided to help delegates apply the guidelines in the course to their current systems such as task management or e-mail management. For these parts you need to ask them to bring their system (such as a laptop with Microsoft Outlook) so they can go through the exercises provided in the course. Trainer guidelines are included so you know what to ask them and how to pace the course. Alternatively, you can provide a common setup for delegates, such as PCs with Outlook, so they can implement the guidelines in these test environments and learn how to apply them to their own systems later on after the course.
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