Getting things done - Time Management BootQamp

Time management skills for increased productivity and effectiveness

“Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is, that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!..”

Are you a puppet of your environment or will you master your own time?

You are drowning in work! Do you not see the wood for the trees and do you lack the time to get everything straight? You would wish that everyone would just take a holiday for a month, so that you would be able to get rid of all of the paperwork, that is stacking on your desk! You are fearing excessive stress or maybe you are reaching a burn-out already.

It is vital to understand the truth in the quote above; you have much more time than you think; learning to set priorities and by dealing effectively and efficiently with time, you will regain control over your work and, more importantly, over yourself.

Managers usually have an overly filled calendar. The short term activities continuously require your attention. Consequently, more structural business is left undone and insufficient time can be spent to coach and counsel your employees.

In Q management’s comprehensive and motivating BootQamp, we deal with all relevant aspects of time management, particularly aimed at situations a manager needs to deal with. Participants in the “Getting things done BootQamp” will achieve the following results:

• Better overview and peace

• through higher control, motivation will increase and peace will arise

• Higher productivity

• by using time better, one will realise more in less time;

• Higher creativity

• because of more effective time management, there will be more time and capacity available for idea generation;

• Higher quality

• create more depth and thoroughness in work and contacts, improving quality of work

• More time through delegation

• learn to delegate more and clearer

• Improving

• results, relations and atmosphere through effective feedback

• Enhancing self knowledge

• knowledge about others and learning capabilities

Part I: The essence of time management: principles, goals and activities

• Time management: the role of the manager and time

• Formulating a vision and goals

• Working SMART

• An effective working organization

• A managers’ traps

• Plan of approach

• Prioritizing

• Assess the difference between important and unimportant tasks

• Find the balance between short- and long-term activities

• Differentiate between importance and urgency

• ABC-analysis to classify activies

Part II: Managing effectively and personal development

• Effectively delegation and letting go

• Clear instructions

• Communicate assertively

• Efficient processes

• Personal style of timemanagement

• Balance between action and ease

• Dealing with stress

• Dealing with perfectionism and sense of responsibility

• Recognizing and guarding boundaries

• Personal development steps

• Personal action plan

Participants are developing their personal action plan. In this way, they implement time management methods and techniques in their everyday activities.