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Time and Stress Management Workshop
Course Duration:
1 Day (Also available as a 2-day on-site programme)
Who Should Attend:
Anyone who feels they could make better use of the time available to them and achieve more in less time, especially people affected by stress and/or change, people who are battling to meet deadlines, to plan and prioritise their day, or who seem to always be performing under pressure from others.
Course Outline:
1. Introduction: Understanding Time and Stress Problems
- Personal Inventory & Objective-Setting
- How the modern business environment affects how we work
- “Too much to do and too little time”
- Examining the real causes of time management problems
- Choices and responsibilities
2. Stress Management
- Understanding Stress
- Identifying Stressors
- Identifying your stress reactions and coping mechanisms
- Coping with and adapting to change; risk taking & stress
- Model for handling stress
- Stress Management Techniques
3. Planning and Proactivity
- Identifying your priorities – personal and work related
- Understanding Motivation and barriers to motivation
- Reducing self-limiting thinking
- Setting realistic goals – long, medium and short-term
- Becoming more pro-active
- Reducing procrastination
4. Time Management – Becoming more Organised
- Time Management Principles
- Time-Waster’s Questionnaire
- Identifying and eliminating time wasters
- How to Prioritise and Plan daily
- Practical Prioritising exercises
- Distinguishing between “Urgent” and “Important”
- Setting daily objectives and sticking to your plan
- Using a daily planner / diary system
- Techniques for managing time more efficiently
- Reducing time-wasting in meetings
- Managing other people’s impact on your time
- Achieving more each day
- Creating balance between work and personal life
5. Saying “No”
- Eliminating non-essentials from your day
- Establishing when to say “No”
- How to refuse demands appropriately
- How to Delegate effectively
- When and how to relinquish control
6. Revising personal action plans & goals
