Develop Time & Self Management Techniques to Increase your Effectiveness

Effective time management is a fundamental characteristic of dynamic office professionals. Time managing as a team can be a challenging and empowering experience. 'Goal Setting, Time & Workload Management' focuses on personal and group time management. The course is designed to increase personal effectiveness, enhance group productivity and encourage a balanced life perspective.
Course Duration: One day
Course Outline:
Unit 1: Time Management Principle - Focusing on Discipline & Commitment
Developing discipline and flexibility.
- The Time Management Matrix
- Quadrant thinking: purpose and use
- A disciplined direction
- Developing flexibility: realigning and reorganising in response to outside pressures
- Assignment 1: Using quadrant planning
Unit 2: Defining Priorities
Planning and prioritising techniques.
- The Pareto principle
- Planning activities: defining priorities for self and team
- Prioritising assignments: being firm and flexible
- Diaries: paper and handheld
- Assignment 2: prioritising effectively
- Evaluating and redefining different types of goals
Unit 3: Goal Setting
Becoming result-focused.
- Developing focus: knowing your core function
- Being results-orientated: setting personal goals and creating strategies to ensure you achieve them
- Challenges to commitment
- Managing the discipline of commitment: monitoring and ensuring tasks are completed
- Assignment 3: using a goal-setting matrix
Unit 4: Team Dynamics
Working towards shared goals requires skill and sensitivity to diversity.
- Communication fundamentals: feedback, diversity and stakeholders
- Understanding the team: working effectively with others towards a common goal
- Workgroup cohesion: encouraging participation, analysing problems and managing conflicts
- Delegation techniques: strategies to share responsibility effectively
- Assignment 4: Case study analysis
Unit 5: Stress Management Techniques
Improving your productivity at work.
- Stress management
- Using stress for optimal performance
- Learning when to say 'yes' and 'no'
- Assignment 5: Self-evaluation
Accreditation
Ingwe Corporate Training is an accredited provider with the Services SETA (SETQAA Decision number 1994). 'Goal Setting, Time & Workload Management' is aligned to the unit standard 242811 'Prioritise time and work for self and team', NQF level 4, 5 credits. Learners are able to complete the summative assessment after attending the course and, if deemed competent, earn NQF credits.