Overview

For most of us, we are becoming increasingly busy and stressed and it seems as though we are constantly chasing time and continually trying to catch up on things.

We never seem to have enough time for the simple things in life at home, and we find it hard to stay focused on the important tasks in our workplace.

There are, however, tools and techniques that people can use to improve their time management skills and this is what this course aims to teach.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the course, participants should be able to:

• Examine their current use of time and their strengths and weaknesses in managing their time.

• Identify the things that stop them from using their time efficiently.

• Employ techniques that will help them tackle procrastination.

• Prioritize tasks by importance and urgency.

• Set SMART goals and objectives.

• Apply techniques that will enable them to deal with interruptions from others and say ‘no’ when needed.

• Implement techniques for maximizing the use of their time.

• Plan their own time management course of action.

People who will benefit from this course include:

• Managers who need to juggle the competing demands of a variety of tasks, including making decisions and managing teams.

• Staff from junior to senior level.

• Self-employed individuals who need to be accomplished at a multitude of skills to run their business alone, or at the head of a very small team.

• People who work from home and need to be self-directed and create their own working structure.

• Anyone who always feels as though 24 hours in a day are never enough.