Time Management

The Bottom Line: There is sufficient time in every day to accomplish what matters most. Learn the most effective, evidence-based strategies for managing it successfully.

Do you regularly find yourself overwhelmed with responsibilities? Do you feel stretched so far beyond your capacity that you struggle to establish clear priorities? Do you exhaust yourself daily while failing to accomplish your most important goals?

Remember that every single minute you spend in your day has an impact on business outcomes and results. If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, it is time to make deliberate, conscious choices about how you manage your time. This practical seminar is specifically designed to help you combat the most common pitfalls and obstacles in time management. Through a combination of instruction, reflection, and practice, you will identify the underlying causes of procrastination and indecision, pinpoint the personal time-wasters that are most affecting your productivity, and increase your ability to concentrate and maintain focus. You will learn to schedule your time with greater effectiveness, stay on track toward your goals, and keep important priorities top of mind, enabling you to maintain a better work-life balance while becoming noticeably more effective and productive.

Who Should Attend This Seminar:

This program is ideal for business professionals who want greater control over their time, their management style, and ultimately, their life and career trajectory.

How You Will Benefit From This Program:

• Set meaningful goals and follow through to accomplish them consistently
• Create clear priorities and establish realistic, enforceable boundaries
• Recognize and actively address personal time-wasters and inefficiencies
• Improve your concentration abilities and overall work efficiency
• Break free from indecision and procrastination habits that hold you back
• Create and maintain positive energy and motivation throughout your day

What You Will Cover in Detail:

• Identifying your personal time-wasters and understanding their impact
• Defining meaningful goals and establishing important, valid priorities
• Creating a realistic and genuinely productive schedule that you can follow
• Managing self-distractions and handling interruptions from others
• Identifying and implementing effective strategies for email management
• Creating appropriate boundaries and achieving a better life and work balance
• Prioritizing activities thoughtfully to balance professional and personal needs
• Creating a personal, empowering "no" script for declining requests

Complete Program Outline

Learning Objectives for the Program

• Identify the Root Causes of Procrastination and Indecision in Your Work
• Pinpoint Your Specific Personal Time Wasters and Distractions
• Increase Your Concentration Abilities and Overall Focus
• Stay On Track Toward Your Goals and In Balance with Life Priorities
• Become Noticeably More Effective, Efficient, and Productive

Module 1: Time Management Is Self-Management

• Shift your focus from trying to manage time to managing your own behaviors and habits
• Identify the typical time-wasters that affect most professionals
• Assess your personal strengths and recognize specific development opportunities to better control your time

Module 2: Planning for Success

• Define meaningful goals that align with your role and responsibilities
• Establish important and valid priorities among competing demands
• Create a realistic, achievable, and genuinely productive schedule
• Use a comprehensive planning process to thoroughly analyze and regularly review your plans

Module 3: When Others Cause the Problem

• Attend meetings with a clear purpose and find ways to add genuine value
• Set clear expectations with colleagues, customers, and your boss to reduce miscommunication
• Manage interruptions from other people using proven techniques

Module 4: Concentration and Focus

• Build both your productivity and overall efficiency simultaneously
• Re-evaluate your approach to multitasking and test alternative strategies
• Overcome procrastination through practical techniques and behavioral change
• Manage technological distractions such as email, notifications, and social media

Module 5: Creating Boundaries and Achieving Balance

• Prioritize your activities thoughtfully to achieve a better balance between professional and personal life
• Develop your own personalized, empowering "no" script that you can use confidently