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Time Management

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Time Management

Melbourne
21 Jun 2012 $505
18 Sep 2012 $505
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14 Dec 2012 $505
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Sydney
21 Jun 2012 $454
18 Sep 2012 $505
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14 Dec 2012 $505
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Brisbane
06 Jun 2012 $460
11 Jul 2012 $460
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10 Aug 2012 $460
13 Sep 2012 $460
15 Oct 2012 $460
19 Nov 2012 $460
14 Dec 2012 $460
18 Jan 2013 $460
25 Feb 2013 $460
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Cairns
31 May 2012 $414
21 Aug 2012 $460
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22 Nov 2012 $460
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Townsville
31 May 2012 $460
21 Aug 2012 $460
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  • Duration
    1 Day (9:00 am – 4:30 pm)
  • Meals Provided
    Lunch and refresments
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Course Overview

Never have enough time in a day? Working to other people's priorities and not your own? Taking back control and managing your responsibilities requires goal setting, organisation and task prioritisation. This course will provide you with the tools to achieve peak performance through self management and the successful breakdown and prioritisation of tasks.

Expected Outcomes

  • Understand the difference between time management and self management.
  • Identify and learn how to control personal time wasters.
  • Develop a process of setting objectives and priorities.
  • Understand the role that delegation and controlling your work environment plays in managing time.
  • Use assertive communication techniques to manage requests.
  • Techniques to avoid procrastination through goal setting and positive self-talk.

Prerequisites

There are no suggested prerequisites for this course

Who Should Attend this Course

This course has been designed for anyone who wants to increase personal productivity and minimise stress caused through a reactive/responsive mode of working.

Core Learning and Development Competencies

This course has been designed to support the development of the following core competency areas identified to facilitate individual and organisational success:

  • Action orientated
  • Organising
  • Planning
  • Time management

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Topics Covered [Click to Show All]

Time vs. self management
Time is uncontrollable, we can only manage ourselves and our use of time.

Balancing lifestyles
Use the Web of Life to track how you're balancing your lifestyle.

Theories on time management
Apply Pareto's 80-20 Principal to identify activities for focus.

Time stealers
Implement strategies to reduce or stop the impact of time stealers.

Understanding your purpose
SMART Goals ensure you're working on the right things and getting results.

Identifying and Setting Priorities
Use the time management matrix and ABC method.

Daily Action Plan
Develop and evaluate your daily action plan.
Controlling your work environment
Respond to work environments that contribute to time wastage.

Assertive communication
It's more productive to express your feelings through assertive communication.

Delegation
Understand the positive reasons for delegation and the three ‘golden rules of effective delegation’.

Procrastination
Learn how to stop low priority tasks getting in the way of high priority ones.

Managing meetings
Understand the five main elements of effective meetings.

Stay alert for ‘monkeys’
Taking on others problems is allowing the ‘monkeys’ to leap from their back to yours.