Corporate Time Management Training Course

1. Essentials of time management 

1. Contrasting time planning and time management 
2. Avoiding the psychological time trap 
3. Taking control of your life through the choices you make 

2. Determining your time style 

1. Evaluating your current strengths 
2. Characterizing your style of time management 
3. Recognizing opportunities for improvement 
4. Assessing the effect of your time style on others 

3. Gaining control over your time 

1. Identifying your unique pivotal time-related issues 
2. Appraising your situation with an Issues/Impact matrix 
3. Targeting factors that adversely impact your time

1. Incorporating a time-planning process model 

1. Harnessing the power of a structured approach 
2. Reusing the model throughout your life 
3. Customizing the model to fit your style and needs 

2. Determining your primary purposes 

1. Assessing clarity of purpose 
2. Mind-mapping your current situation 
3. Defining the purpose for each of your commitments 

3. Assessing your realities 

1. Weighing the value of current efforts 
2. Making choices in a planned way 
3. Deriving tasks — the raw material of time planning

1. Envisioning where you want to be 

1. Leveraging the power of imagination 
2. Articulating your mission 
3. Choosing a future that works for you 

2. Formulating challenging goals 

1. Creating a sense of direction 
2. Generating personal momentum for action 
3. Setting WISE goals 

3. Moving toward your goals 

1. Initiating changes to your situation 
2. Selecting steps and actions

1. Focusing your attention 

1. Taking steps to boost your concentration 
2. Profiling your energy levels 
3. Aligning tasks with your high and low periods 

2. Proactively identifying your priorities 

1. Maximizing the Important/Urgent matrix 
2. Applying the Pareto Principle for the greatest results 
3. Developing the habit of immediate attention 

3. Building your schedule 

1. Assigning tasks to a weekly and daily schedule 
2. Scheduling to create a greater work/life balance 
3. Creating a dynamic to-do list 
4. Reducing mental clutter

1. Overcoming procrastination 

1. Identifying the root causes of inaction 
2. Beating the deadline-driven trap 
3. Approaching your tasks positively 

2. Diffusing the impact of others 

1. Asserting yourself politely and calmly 
2. Conquering overcommitment 

3. Dealing proactively with information overload 

1. Customizing your workspace 
2. Stepping off the "e-mail-go-round" 
3. Evaluating your information flow and retrieval process

1. Analyzing your progress 

1. Conducting regular reviews 
2. Comparing planned vs. actual usage with a time log 

2. Changing your time habits for the better 

1. Calculating potential time savings 
2. Exercising the freedom to do it your way