Time & Priority Management Skills

Time & Priority Management Skills

This course covers skills which will improve planning, setting priorities, decision making, desk and paper management, and communication. Topics include areas such as managing priorities; getting things done on time; learning how to say 'no'; and gaining sufficient time to complete the most important tasks.

The course will also assist delegates in learning how to gain sufficient time to complete their most important tasks; review effective daily planning; learn to allocate time to each task in its order of priority; deal with interruptions and make effective decisions which affect their time positively.

This course will enable delegates to:

• Identify key areas in which they concentrate time and energy.
• Manage priorities effectively.
• Identify time stealers and techniques to overcome them.
• Establish a time planning system fully tailored to their job requirements.
• Create a schedule up to 18 months into the future.
• Fully establish their goals and priorities both at work and within their personal life.

Topics include:

• Daily Planning
• Planning your essential priorities
• Decision making
• Delegation
• Desk management
• Developing a personal sense of time
• Identifying long term goals
• Making middle and long term plans
• Managing paperwork
• Organising your office and your workstation
• Managing meetings