Effective Time Management
By participating in the “Effective Time Management” training, you will learn to do the right things in the correct order. You will understand the psychological mechanisms underlying procrastination and learn how to overcome it. You will get to know several proven techniques for increasing your effectiveness. You will learn to cooperate more effectively with colleagues from other departments. You will also improve your skills in work-life balance. If you think you weren’t the best in time management, stop blaming yourself. After all, no one is born with this skill. Luckily, effective time management is easy to learn. Taking this training course will significantly increase your skills, which could translate into better performance and less stress at work.
Training objectives
- boosting participants’ skills in effective time management
- boosting participants’ skills in effective cooperation between various departments of the company
- improving work-life balance, which could translate both into increased productivity and happiness;
- motivating participants to change maladaptive habits.
Training methods
simulation game
creative problem solving
individual exercises
discussion
presentation
Benefits of implementing the knowledge and skills acquired during the training
- increase in productivity
- improving collaboration within the team and between departments
- improved participant’s work and life satisfaction
The knowledge and skills acquired during this training course.
- what are the benefits of effective time management and good work organization
- what are the benefits of effective collaboration within your department and between departments;
- how to shape the working environment to increase own productivity
- how effective work-life balance could translate into an increase in happiness and productivity.
- improving collaboration within the team and between departments
- effective organization of work when the interdependence of the company’s departments is high
- setting goals and adequately responding to tasks with different priorities
- effective work-life balance
- applying various time management techniques such as the Eisenhower matrix, Pareto principle, ABCDE technique, Pomodoro, etc.
- using self-motivation techniques
- fighting procrastination
- effective organization of your work and the work of your team
- getting rid of bad habits
Training Programme:
During this training session, participants will take part in a dynamic training game. They will take on the roles of the editorial staff of a widely read magazine that is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The editor-in-chief decided to put a spotlight on people who write about famous stars, interesting events, or unique places. In the extra special jubilee edition of the magazine, journalists will write about… themselves. The idyll of this seemingly simple task will be disturbed by the abundance of expectations, high time pressure, and colleagues from the other departments requiring urgent attention. The work environment saturated with interactions will require players to combine creativity with efficient management of various tasks. Additionally, it will be an opportunity to demonstrate personal responsibility for entrusted duties. The effectiveness of the participants, and consequently the shape of the jubilee edition, will depend on how they would manage to cope with the editorial chaos.
Outline for module 1:
- training game,
- reflection,
- key techniques in time management
- implementation
Procrastination, a pathological tendency to delay, is a problem that plagues people of above-average intelligence. If you need too many hours to complete your work, neglect your health and your relationships because of not delivering on time, then most likely you are suffering from procrastination. You are at risk of underperforming at work and missing out on a successful personal life. Fortunately, psychologists have discovered and described the typical mechanisms underlying procrastination. During this training session, you will learn about the main causes of procrastination. You will also learn techniques that will help you face it.
Outline for module 2:
- how to win with procrastination – workshop
- expert techniques in practice (including the technique of Swiss cheese, salami, Stephen King, and the Pomodoro technique)
- psychological aspects of procrastination
- implementation – individual exercise
According to James Allen, “success is a process of diverting one’s scattered forces into one powerful channel”. Well said, but nowadays it could be very difficult to follow this advice because we are interrupted by a horde of time-wasters. During this module, you will identify time-wasters that hinder your productivity most and learn proven techniques to fight them, recommended by world-class experts in the field of increasing productivity.
Outline for module 3:
- creative warm-up;
- time-wasters typology and prophylaxis
- good and bad habits related to time-management
- balance of losses – determining the time leaking through our fingers every day
- assertiveness 101;
- techniques to eliminate time-wasters
- mobile and computer applications that could help you to get rid of time-wasters.
- death to time-wasters exercise
Time is money – anyone who wants to buy the 15-second spot on TV is well aware of it. It’s similar in everyday life. As Goethe said: “we usually have enough time if we can use it properly”. Thanks to participation in this module you will learn how to make the best use of your own time.
- time is money – a simulation game about maximizing work efficiency,
- reflection,
- the Pareto principle in practice,
- business case study,
- the 3X technique,
- implementation of the technique by participants – individual work.
In this module, participants will play the roles of managers of various departments of a chronometer factory. The game applies to effective time management and collaboration with different departments in the company. During this game, it is not enough to manage your department properly. The whole company should be effective if you want to win. It is a game that illustrates the impact of time management, the prioritization of goals and tasks, effective collaboration between different departments, and managing limited resources on the results obtained by both individuals and business organizations.
Outline for module 5:
- business simulation game,
- reflection – group work, discussion,
- effective organization of work and effective cooperation between departments,
- implementation – individual exercise
George Horace Lorimer stated that “it’s good to have money and things that can be bought with money, but it’s also good to make sure you don’t lose what you can’t buy.” Burnout is becoming more common, and a side effect of workaholism is loneliness. It is worth noting that the lack of fulfillment in personal life negatively affects the performance at work. During this module, you will learn a planning technique that would help you set priorities in all areas of your life that are crucial to your happiness.
Outline for module 6:
- Rat Race – the Movie
- the Zen of Planning – exercise
- presentation
- Balanced Planning Card – the tool
Training course location and duration:
The training can be conducted in person in a three-day variant (all modules from the above program), two-day (four modules selected from the above program), one-day (two modules selected from the above program). We can conduct this training in a hotel, training center or your company’s training room. This training can be also delivered as a two-day online training (2x5h) (modules: 2, 3,4, and 6) through Zoom, MS Teams, BigBlueButton, or similar software.
The recommended amount of participants
The recommended amount of participants 5 – 20 participants. In the case of smaller or larger groups, the training program may need to be modified.
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