About Lesson
After completing this course, participants will have learned to:
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