Time Management for Consultants

Welcome to probably the most powerful medical Time Management Course there is...

Feeling like it's impossible to balance clinical & adminsitrative requirements? Struggling to achieve work-life balance? Does work appear to dominate your life? Seems impossible to fight back the encroaching jungle of priorities and workload? You're not alone. Time Management for Consultants is one of our most referred courses for the simple reason that it makes a lasting difference to people's lives. It's practical, filled with insightful advice about managing load, regaining control, achieving goals more easily and working within today's healthcare environment. We truly understand the context of being a consultant today and that's what makes this course different from any other around.

Content

• Philosophy of time management at a Consultant level
• Psychology of time management - impact on self
• Rationalising the vocation with the contract
• Long term effects of a frenetic lifestyle
• Defending against the pressure - rules & strategies
• Coping with interdependent systems - the NHS
• Defining and understanding effective work-life balance
• Achieving work-life balance by 'taking charge' before a major life event
• Creating the space to achieve work & life goals
• Achieving more through effective goals & objectives
• Effective planning & prioritisation for consultants
• Utilising a priority grid to balance importance & urgency
• Successfully managing the unexpected
• Increasing personal productivity
• Tips & techniques from the rich, famous and busy
• Saying 'No' and delegating effectively
• What to do when it genuinely does not all fit
• Strategies for effecting personal change
• Impact of team on personal time management
• Making improvements last

Course type and teaching methods

A powerful blend of discussion, exercises, case studies and examples supported by formal lectures. Step 1 - deal with your psychology, so expect to be challenged, positively. Too much depends on this area and we take it upon ourselves to ensure you succeed.