Effective time management is a skill vital whether managing a business, career or private life.

This course will allow delegates to identify the barriers to time management and develop techniques for overcoming these, making the most of their time, and adding quality to their working and personal lives.

Course Objectives.

(Prior to the course, delegates record a time log of a working day) - this is analysed and problems and barriers to time management identified.

The cost of poor time management - working and personal.

Identifying the urgent and important. Looking at the "Tyranny of Urgency".

Techniques for overcoming these.

Planning and organising - meeting all objectives, taking and keeping control.

Solutions - and an action plan to go forward.

Course Content.

Analysis of pre course time logs.

Identify problems, barriers, time thieves, handling interruptions.

Identify high priority activities.

Set priorities.

Maximise work time - taking control.

The urgent and the important - which is which?

Dealing with paper! Disorganisation and untidiness.

The "To Do" priority list - Goal setting.

Saying "no"

Time manage your career.

Action plans for the future.