Topic 1

My Personality And Time Management

• Using my awareness of personality profiles to improve time management
• Reflection

Topic 2

Laying The Foundations For You And Your Team

• 5s Counting game my scores
• “First, 5s and get clear”
  • The 5s System
  • What is 5s?
• 5s Terminology
  • 5s in the digital workspace
  • Why is 5s necessary
  • Benefits of undertaking 5s
• Reflection
  • My 5S take-aways:

Topic 3

Keeping on Schedule

• Planning Styles
  • Which planning style is better?
• Planning approaches – top down or bottom up
  • Planning at work
  • Plan work and time – avoid oops,use your oppas!
• Estimating time for tasks – using pert and planning poker
  • Project Evaluation and Review Technique (pert) (from PMBOK Project Management)
  • Planning poker (from scrum project management)
  • Why fibonacci series is used
  • Maximize the value – ritualize this process!
• Stay ‘switched on’ and creative – use fiba
  • Ask the fiba questions
• Planning for non-planners – “planning by questioning”
• Reflection

Topic 4

Now Plan

• The rule of deadlines – parkinson’s law
  • How to use parkinson’s law to your advantage.
• Feeling challenged? Win with power-plays,
  • (A Variation On The Pomodoro Technique, Also Known As Time Boxing)!
  • Your Power-Play Coach Says To Remember To Include S.T.I.N.G. In Every Power-Play
• How to deal with interruptions
  • Interruptions – take control when you can
  • Handling interruptions efficiently
• How to say no… and be loved for it!
  • The “direct no” approach
  • Exercise: saying direct no
  • The “indirect no” approach
• Reflection

Topic 5

The Art Of Delegation

• The Art Of Delegation
• Think laterally to be more productive
• One person, can’t achieve much on their own
• When to delegate
• Delegation types
• Delegation check List
• To whom should you delegate?
• Keeping control
• The importance of full acceptance
• When delegating, remember
• Reflection

Topic 6

Managing Your Habits

• Definition
  • Why do we develop a bad habit?
  • How to be disciplined
• 6-Steps to eliminate A bad habit
  • How to beat the urge
• Reflection

Topic 7

Meeting Management

• Meeting Attitude: A short self-assessment
• Deciding if A meeting is necessary
• Using the pat approach
• Building the agenda
  • Time:
  • Making sure the meeting was worthwhile
• Alternatives to meetings
  • Instant Messaging
  • Teleconferencing
  • E-Mail lists and online groups
  • Collaboration applications
• Reflection

Topic 8

Technology

• Email
  • Manage your emails – don’t let email manage you
  • Archiving
  • Frequency
• Manage your inbox with flags and rules
  • Flag incoming messages for follow-up
  • Set a reminder for more important items
  • Create rules
  • Always connected:
  • Balancing perspective
  • Takeaways
• Your own personal assistant? Yes, you can!
  • Smart phone or tablet or windows 10
  • How can they help
  • Closing the loop
• Universal note taking apps
  • Out of reach, out of sight, out of mind? – not anymore!
• Reflection

Topic 9

Reflections

• Create an action plan
• Accountability = Action