Prioritization and Time Management

Bankers, traders and support staff all have to juggle a multitude of tasks, manage last minute client requests and meet their objectives with ever more limited resources and greater competition. Matrix management, the BlackBerry, virtual team work are all designed to reduce the stresses and strains that come with working in the financial markets. However, each bring with them different challenges pulling you in different directions and demanding your attention. Focusing on the important goals, rather than reacting to one crisis after another, should increase your ability to achieve what you truly want. Never has time management been so vital to success as in this time-poor era. Being able to manage the variety of tasks that come our way through a variety of mediums enables objectives to be met successfully and a healthy work-life balance to be achieved.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Determine what you want to achieve in the long, medium and short term
• Manage your annual objectives on a daily basis
• Use a variety of tools to reduce wasted time every day
• Reduce the need for fire-fighting
• Increase time spent on important tasks that often get left behind as deadlines approach and crises occur