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Instructor-Led Training

Controlling Chaos and Thriving Under Pressure

Your workday may seem so out of control that you feel like throwing up your hands in frustration. After all, what can you do to change it? And where do you start? Turn off your laptop…put your phone on mute…and carve time out of your busy schedule for our exciting time- and project-organizing seminar. In two rejuvenating days, we’ll show you the core principles and innovative strategies that’ll help you simplify your hectic schedule, control your day instead of letting it control you and ease stress in all areas of your life — no matter what constraints you face.

Course Outcomes

Prioritize competing projects
Create a plan and stick to it
Get organized so you can find anything — instantly
Keep on top of every detail when managing projects
Meet every deadline without fail
Ease the transition from work to home
Find greater satisfaction in everything you do

Course Agenda

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Session 1: Gaining the Upper Hand on Your Time

Session 2: Planning Your Work: Goal-Setting 101

Session 3: Replacing Old Habits With a New, Effective Approach

Discover unproductive habits that could be undermining your day
Changing your behavior, one step at a time
Ever suffer from workplace paralysis? Know and get rid of the factors behind it
Got some downtime for a change? Really? Don’t waste it!
Examining the thought process you use to solve problems—how it can help or harm you
Procrastination — how to overcome this common problem
Dispelling a widespread business myth: You do NOT have to be perfect
Adapting to change: How to be flexible when your day doesn’t go as planned

Session 4: Eliminating Time-Wasters and Handling Distractions

Pinpointing and stopping your common time-drainers
How to stay focused throughout your distraction-filled day
Mobile devices: Is yours a time-saver — or a time-waster?
How to review and clear out an overflowing inbox in minutes
Technology tools that are worth your time and money
Managing your email: basic practices to make part of your everyday routine
Dealing with distractions caused by drop-in visitors

Session 5: Working Your Plan: Time Management Solutions

Planning tools you probably aren’t using, but should be
How to schedule your tasks and speed through every day’s “to-do” list
Taking control of multiple tasks with a daily action plan
When everything on your list seems hot…the questions you must ask before setting priorities
How to make a web chart to organize your thoughts
6 steps for turning priorities into goals you’ll actually achieve
Beware of multitasking: Here’s your real power tool for getting more done
Taking breaks — why it makes good time management sense

Session 6: Managing Multiple Priorities and Deadlines

Projects vs. tasks: Know the difference and why it matters
Simple project management tools often overlooked and certainly underutilized
The advantages — and limitations — of project management software
Microsoft Outlook features you may not know about that can lighten your load
Last-minute crises aren’t going away — how to keep them from spoiling your best-laid plans
Reasons why projects derail — and how not to be caught off guard

Session 7: Simplifying Your Hectic Schedule

How to stay one step ahead of your multiple bosses
Ways you may be contributing to unproductive meetings — without realizing it
Your first clue a meeting may be a time-waster: no agenda
Dos and don’ts for leading productive teleconferences, videoconferences and Web meetings
How to define tasks that can and should be delegated — then delegate them!
What to do when an employee attempts to reverse delegate
Active listening: your secret weapon in avoiding time-draining miscommunications and conflicts
How and when to set limits with a firm “No”

Session 8: Easing Stress — in All Areas of Your Life — With Time Management

Know yourself: Learn what stresses you out and ways to prevent it
How to find the personal hardiness you didn’t know you had
Controlling burnout: important reasons why it’s become a 21st-century business imperative
Quick and easy ways to relieve tension and pressure at your desk
The secret to leaving work where it belongs — at work
How to keep work stress from hurting your personal relationships
Are you a working parent? How to relieve the unique stress of juggling work and family
Confident, calm and in control…how to turn your new approach to working into a lifelong habit
Using rewards to achieve your personal productivity goals — today, tomorrow and for years to come

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