Priority Management – Optimizing Time, Workflow & Productivity

Programme description & objectives

Programme description & objectives In an ever-increasing pace of life and business, it becomes even more important to remove stress and operate with heightened sensory insight. As the cost of stress to the employer continues to grow, organizations must recognize stress in their employees and train management to manage stress productively. A recent survey showed that 1 in 5 people report their work to be very or extremely stressful, citing the nature of their work, relationships at work or their employer as the cause. This two-module seminar covers the strategic areas related to stress management and the effective management of daily workload in a unique, proactive manner that aims to assure and ensure top quality performance and results. Basically, participants in this program will: - Identify and deal with the causes of stress and how “Time” affect you and others - Increase self-confidence and increase personal motivation - Understand communication and persuasion and what impact they have on an organization’s ability to function - Be able to use communication and influence to improve an organization’s productivity, profitability, morale, etc. - Increase self-awareness and develop the skills to deal confidently and professionally with colleagues and customers - Actively identify and reduce stress in themselves and others - Develop ways of Managing the most Important element – TIME - Maximize performance and motivation at work - See how every area of life is affected by Communication - Upgrade their personal communication and presentation skills

Venues, Dates & Cost

VenuesDublinLondonDubaiEdmonton (CAN)Lagos/Abuja
DatesTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD
Cost$4,200 per participant (USD)(=N=)

For Whom

  • Directors, Executives, Managing Directors & Business Owners
  • Professionals from any industry who may find it hard to take a “bigger picture” view of business issues – both within and outside of the strategic planning process
  • Ambitious professionals
  • Management Teams
  • Team members
  • Administrators

Snapshot of Course Content

MODULE I: Setting Priorities, Time Management & Stress Reduction

  • Managing Your Job
  • Managing yourself and the resources at your disposal
  • Defining your objectives and key result areas
  • Establishing responsibilities and priorities
  • Practical Time Management & Planning Activities
  • Effective use of diaries, time planners, time logs, etc.
  • Criteria for prioritizing – urgent and important
  • Planning and scheduling your activities
  • Dealing with interruptions and distractions – staying focused
  • Managing time under pressure
  • Developing a proactive approach to short, medium and long-term plans
  • Managing Yourself
  • Investing time and effort in order to achieve more in the future
  • Your time management behavior – preferred working styles
  • Personal effectiveness – a guide to self-discipline
  • Highlighting personal ‘time-stealers’ and areas of weakness
  • Managing Others & Meetings
  • Managing people managers, colleagues, team members, and customers
  • Getting more things done through assertive behavior
  • Making the most of meetings as participant or chairperson
  • Effective Delegation
  • The rules of effective delegation – overcoming personal preferences and prejudices
  • Using delegation as a means of coordinating the workload of your team/department
  • Freeing up your time
  • Developing staff
  • Ongoing Self-development
  • Reviewing your management of time at regular intervals
  • Overcoming your old habits – maintaining your new standards
  • Communicating with Excellence Getting Results
  • The Rules of Communication – overcoming personal attitudes, stereotypes, prejudices and beliefs
  • Why people do what they do and Influencing for Results
  • Managing Pressure in the Workplace
  • Moving from reactive to proactive
  • Working to priorities when everything is urgent
  • Taking control through planning and time management
  • Managing conflicting demands from more than one person
  • Understanding Stress and its Causes
  • Recognising the physical and behavioural signs of stress
  • What contributes to workplace pressures – The top ten causes
  • The impact of stress on personal performance – the positive and negative effects
  • Recognising the signs of stress in ourselves
  • Maintaining an effective balance between home and work
  • How gaining control of your Mind can reduce or eliminate stress
  • Symptoms of short term and long term stress
  • Recognizing your individual stress response and that of others
  • Learning to recognize your stress level and key stressors
  • Major causes of stress at work and at home
  • How to develop self belief to overcome stress
  • When stress aids performance and when stress detracts from performance
  • Different Stress and Behavioural Patterns
  • Learning behaviour types: passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive and assertive
  • How conscious and sub-conscious thinking affects behaviour
  • Developing self-assertiveness to achieve greater control over stress
  • Improving your communication skills to manage aggression, stress and conflict from others
  • Handling Stress Positively, A Positive Mindset
  • Stress handling strategies for you and your team
  • Maintaining an effective balance between home and work
  • Changing your mindset – seeing the positive side of change in the workplace
  • Motivating yourself and others under pressure
  • Developing a preventative rather than remedial approach to team problems
  • How the Mind Focus techniques can reverse negativity into positive action

MODULE II: Personal Effectiveness & Influencing Skills

  • Personal Inner Communication Essentials
  • What is Communication?
  • What does effective Communication mean?
  • Understand the 3 major levels of Communication: Intra-Personal, Inter-Personal, Inter-Active synergy
  • Appreciate the different ‘fields of experience’
  • Discover the power of Non-Verbal Communication
  • Study the 8 Non-Verbal empowerments
  • Understand why your personal Self-Image affects your presentation, language, style, and content
  • Controlling your subconscious mind to communicate effectively
  • Understanding Communication and Persuasion
  • Understanding the communication cycle
  • Analyse the Communication Pyramid
  • Know the power of words in the communication process
  • Discover the powerful I-A-D-A communication format
  • How to listen actively and respond accordingly
  • Know the power of influence
  • Communicating and Presenting Effectively
  • Learn how to organize your presentation
  • Understand the impact of visual communication
  • How to present to a cross-cultural audience
  • Learn how to analyze your audience
  • How to use the telephone effectively and professionally
  • Communication Strategies for Professional Excellence
  • Discover the 9 Keys to making an effective presentation
  • Learn how to develop a systematic filing system
  • Learn how to obtain good source material
  • Applying Personal Influence and Persuasion
  • Analyse the 9 strategic principles for effective communication
  • Apply these Communication principles into a “Plan of Action” for your life and company
  • How to be proactive and make things happen
  • Essential communication practices for ongoing success