2016 - Webinar On Time and Task Management - Working Smart

Overview:
The speed of everything has changed. Are your time management skills up to the challenge?
Do you put off more today than you can ever accomplish tomorrow...exhaust yourself by 4:00 p.m. with only a fraction of your work done...see yourself as a decision maker who never gets around to making decisions...dread the next business meeting-or worse, going back to your desk to see what voice mails and emails await you? If you're doing more and enjoying it less, it's time to get out of the time trap and back to productive management! This presentation gives you practical techniques for controlling time and making it a manageable resource.
Why should you attend:
Achieve better results through more effective planning and clarifying objectives
Delegate effectively and free yourself for bigger tasks
Set group goals and priorities
Eliminate the time wasters
Handle interruptions and distractions
Say no to unreasonable demands
Redirect your efforts to the most important and valid tasks
Make sure there is time in the day for you
Learn strategies to improve concentration and increase your efficiency
Are you concerned about how much time and productivity your people are wasting?
What about lost energy, efficiency and effectiveness, especially because people are overtasked and overburdened?
Would you like to gain an extra 30 minutes each day?
Would you like to improve your concentration and increase your efficiency?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then come laugh, listen and learn as Chris DeVany leads us all through those important topics, key questions and answers we all need to be able to address effectively to improve our team members' and team's performance, no matter how widely distributed everyone is!
Areas Covered in the Session:
Self-Evaluation: How Do You Manage Your Time
Take the Time-Mastery Profile® to identify how you spend your time
Highlight your strengths and challenges with time
Identify timewasters and learn how to avoid them using new techniques
Concentration and Focus
Learn techniques that will help you complete your tasks at a faster rate
Discuss how to handle distractions and interruptions-both self- and other-imposed
Planning to Succeed
Refine the planning process and goal-setting system using the SMART technique
Decision Making and Prioritizing
Align your priorities with your goals for better decision making
Learn about "the window of opportunity" to determine the most appropriate course of action
Getting Organized
Learn the principles of organization to eliminate clutter and maintain order and effective filing systems
Learn to manage your phone, e-mail and electronic files
Establishing Boundaries to Create Balance
Learn when to say "yes" and when to say "no"
Say "yes" to yourself...by saying "no" to others
Create quiet zones to think, reflect and concentrate
Build a commitment to your own time-management plan-it's up to you!
Setting SMART Goals
SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely
What are my roles?
What weekly goal will I set for each role?
TOPPS: Task, Objective, Product, Program, Schedule
OPICS: Output, Product, Input, Conditions, Standards
Setting milestones
Working the Plan
Who Will Benefit:
CEO
Senior Vice President
Vice President
Executive Director
Managing Director
Regional Vice President
Area Supervisor
Manager
Instructor:
Chris DeVany is the founder and president of Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm which focuses on management and organization development. Pinnacle’s clients include global organizations such as Visa International, Cadence Design Systems, Coca Cola, Sprint, Microsoft, Aviva Insurance, Schlumberger and over 500 other organizations in 22 countries. He also has consulted to government agencies from the United States, the Royal Government of Saudi Arabia, Canada, Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom.
He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, “90 Days to a High-Performance Team”, published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.