Corporate Training By Zack Academy - Essential Time Management and Organization Skills

Why Should You Take The Essential Time Management and Organization Skills Workshop?

This Essential Time Management and Organization Skills Workshop is a practical, one-day workshop that will help you regain control of your time and become more organized. This workshop's unique two-pronged approach combines time management and organization skills to offer you "the best of the best" techniques, tools, and tips for taking command of your workday. We'll show you how to clear the clutter in easy steps, organize your files, and stop being a slave to sticky notes. 

"Next-step thinking" is a cutting-edge, time management technique you'll master in this workshop, one that moves you from inaction to action — and success. Control your time instead of letting it control you! Get more done in fewer hours with a time management system that you design! The trouble with traditional time management theories, we've found, is that they're onesize- fits-all. That's why the heart of this radically different program is a time management plan that you will design for yourself — allowing you to build in the flexibility you need to meet work and home commitments.

Course Objectives:

• Organize anything from a messy desk to towering piles in 3 basic steps
• Take action with "next-step thinking" to get tasks accomplished — instead of putting them off
• Boost productivity by identifying and eliminating time-eating habits and organizational hurdles
• End procrastination, perfectionism, and other time traps forever!
• Say good-bye to missed deadlines by accurately estimating how long projects will take

Syllabus

Managing Yourself - Success Habits That Boost Your Effectiveness:

• 5 time-wise habits that top achievers share
• Myths about time management that can stall your productivity
• The 7-step formula for eliminating procrastination from your life — forever!
• How to break away from perfectionism and other bad habits that rob you of time and effectiveness
• Recognizing the negative, time-robbing power of worrying — and how to banish it from your life
• The crucial importance of determining your real priorities and identifying what matters most
• A simple-to-learn prioritizing system that puts you in control
• Just say "NO!" Tactful but assertive ways to decline when your plate is full
• You can"t do it all! Delegation techniques that work like a charm to lighten your load

Managing Your Time - New Tools and Strategies That Really Work:

• The Time Management Style Survey: Assess your strengths and pinpoint your weaknesses
• The one-minute focus and other planning "musts" guaranteed to double your productivity
• Identifying your greatest timewasters — and determining how to avoid or eliminate them
• What"s your daily "peak productivity time"? How to recognize and make the most of it
• 20 bright ideas for stopping the time-draining effects of interruptions
• Scheduling how-to"s that build in flexibility for the unexpected
• Calendars, day planners, PDAs, and personal productivity software: determining which tools will work best for you
• The secret to ending chronic lateness
• Deadlines 101: tips for assessing how long any task or project will really take
• The tyranny of to-do lists: how to turn this unruly monster into your best buddy

Managing Your Stuff - Clutter Busting "Musts" for Getting Organized:

• Eligible for Pack Rats Anonymous? How to break yourself of the instinct to keep everything
• How to organize anything in 3 steps: Analyze, Plan, and Take Action!
• "Get a bigger trash can" and other words of wisdom from organizational gurus
• Creating an in-box system that works for you instead of against you
• A step-by-step plan of attack for turning piles into files
• How to design a filing system that meets your specific needs
• Technology tamers: getting a grip on e-mail, voice mail, faxes, and more
• In a tight squeeze? Space organization tools that can give you more room to work
• Desk-clearing techniques that"ll make you look

Managing for the Long Haul: "Next-Step Thinking" Keeps You on Track for Life!

• Understanding the concept of "next-step thinking": determining the next step you"ll need to take action on any task, problem, or project
• Planning Session: Developing your personalized plan for organizing your time
• How to use next-step thinking to put your plan into motion
• Maintaining your plan: steps you"ll take tomorrow, next week, next month, next year
• Prevent backsliding! Guerrilla tactics for avoiding the pressure to do more