Time Mastery: Make It A Habit

(One-day Workshop)

We all face a daily dilemma: too much to do and not enough time to do it. Effective time management skills help us resolve that dilemma. Time, not activities, is the limiting factor. We must make tough choices about what to do and what not to do.

Time Mastery: Make It A Habit is a one-day workshop designed to acquaint people with their personal strengths and challenges in relation to time management

YOU WILL LEARN:

• What habits are key to good time management
• How to change your thinking about time
• Where you are at; what you can change
• To identify habits most critical to your job
• To prepare action plans that work

COURSE OUTLINE

Identifying personal needs

• Complete The Time Mastery Profile (a proven learning tool)
• Identify what habits you need to change
• Adjusting your attitude
• Self-discipline: knowing what to do and doing it
• Developing an action plan

Setting goals and priorities

• Two approaches
• Developing SMART goals
• Understanding important vs. urgent

Analyzing your time

• Identifying problem areas
• Keeping a time log

Scheduling

• Ways to estimate time
• Three questions that make a time plan
• How to schedule quiet time
• Methods to get an early start

Organizing your workspace

• Managing your desk and your papers
• Clearing off the stacks
• Tracking delegated work

Dealing with specific situations

• Interruptions
• Meetings
• Delegation
• Getting documents read
• E-mail triage
• Procrastination
• Time teamwork

Pre-workshop assignment: Participants are asked to complete a three-day, work-related time log

This workshop is highly-interactive involving lecturettes, discussions, checklists, case studies, and the recognized Inscape Publishing learning tool, Time Mastery Profile at a cost of $18 per participant.

For information regarding this course, please contact:

Colin Watson
Relationship Manager
J Watson Associates Inc

Tel: 905 820-9909

E-mail: sales@jwatsonassociates.com