This document provides information about time management training from Paris Muse of Time Management. It discusses common causes of being overwhelmed like poor prioritization, inability to focus, and poor delegation. It then covers techniques for prioritizing goals, projects and tasks. It discusses focusing on one task at a time and the importance of delegation. Finally, it advertises the company's time management training services.
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1. Managers: Make Time Your Ally
Monique Y. Wells
Paris Muse of Time Management
Certified Success Coach and Consultant
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12. Getting over Overwhelm
Knowing yourself, your ingrained
attitudes, and your behavior patterns
regarding time are important factors in
improving your time management
capabilities.
19. Prioritization
Goals should be:
Specific: purpose is well defined (Who, What, Why,
Where)
Measurable: can recognize when the goal has been
achieved
Achievable: possible to succeed with available
resources or to obtain the resources required
Relevant: move the business forward
Time-bound: there is a deadline
20. Prioritization
How many of you know:
Your companys goals?
Your departments goals?
Your managers goals?
Your own goals?
21. Prioritization
Projects should:
- be designed to achieve goals
- have definable deadlines
- have a written plan
- be recorded on your agenda
23. Prioritization
Tasks
The building blocks of projects
May be project-oriented or not project-
oriented
Should be categorized as critical,
important, or optional
Should have definable deadlines
24. Prioritization
Tasks
May or may not need to be performed
sequentially (written plan will help to
determine this)
Should be recorded on your to-do list
(handwritten or digital)
27. Prioritization of tasks
Tasks
IMPORTANT tasks
are those that
contribute greatly to
the project. All
critical tasks are
important, but not all
important tasks are
critical.
28. Prioritization of tasks
Tasks
OPTIONAL tasks are
those that contribute
marginal value to the
project. They can be
eliminated with no
adverse effect.
46. Prioritization of Tasks
Reassessing Priorities
How flexible are you in adjusting your
priorities in relation to the changes that
you experience in the workplace?
53. Focusing on an individual task
Focus Session Warm-up:
1) Consult your daily planner.
2) Reduce/eliminate external distractions.
3) Limit interruptions.
4) Reduce/eliminate internal distractions.
5) Use The Golden Minute.
Then, get busy!
56. Delegation
Delegated projects and tasks should
be:
Specific: purpose is well defined (Who, What, Why, Where)
Measurable: can recognize when the goal has been achieved
Agreed upon: all parties involved understand what is required
and agree on the terms of completion***
Realistic: possible to succeed with available resources or to
obtain the resources required
Time-bound: there is a deadline
57. Delegation
Alexandre Dumas, p竪re
ca. 1865-1870
Photo by Etienne Carjat
61. Delegation
Delegation process:
1) Define the vision and the plan.
2) Select the individual or team to be the delegatee.
3) Assess the ability and training needs of the
delegatee.
4) Explain the reasons for delegating the task.
5) State the expected results and explain their
importance.
6) Consider the resources required.
62. Delegation
Delegation process:
7) Identify the authority level that is being assigned.
8) Agree to deadlines.
9) Inform those who are affected by the project that
it has been delegated.
10) Keep an open line of communication with the
delegatee and provide support.
11) Evaluate progress.
12) Provide feedback on results.
63. Delegation
A good delegator will
clarify which decisions
the delegatee:
can make totally on his or her
own,
can make but keep us informed,
must run by us first for approval,
will be making jointly with us, or
must have us make for them.
66. Getting over Overwhelm
One-on-one
Mentoring
VIP Days
Diamond (12 mos)
Emerald (6 mos)
Ruby (3 mos)
67. For time management mentoring and training:
info@understandingtimemanagement.com
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#53: Was it difficult for you to keep your eyes on the timepiece? Did your attention begin to wander to other things in the room? Did you feel that some of the seconds lasted longer than others? If so, why to you think that this occurred? Were you tense or relaxed during this time? Overall, did the minute pass quickly or slowly?