Working Smarter Every Day - Time And Task Management

Take control of your time and get control of your entire work day! The speed of everything has changed. Are your time management skills up to the challenge? Do you put off more today than you can ever accomplish tomorrow exhaust yourself by 4:00 p.m. with only a fraction of your work done see yourself as a decision maker who never gets around to making decisions dread the next business meeting—or worse, going back to your desk to see what voice mails and emails await you? If you’re doing more and enjoying it less, it’s time to get out of the time trap and back to productive management! This presentation gives you practical techniques for controlling time and making it a manageable resource.

• Achieve better results through more effective planning and clarifying objectives
• Delegate effectively and free yourself for bigger tasks
• Set group goals and priorities
• Eliminate the time wasters
• Handle interruptions and distractions
• Say no to unreasonable demands
• Redirect your efforts to the most important and valid tasks
• Make sure there is time in the day for you
• Learn strategies to improve concentration and increase your efficiency

• Self-Evaluation: How Do You Manage Your Time
• Take the Time-Mastery Profile® to identify how you spend your time
• Highlight your strengths and challenges with time
• Identify timewasters and learn how to avoid them using new techniques
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• Concentration and Focus
• Learn techniques that will help you complete your tasks at a faster rate
• Discuss how to handle distractions and interruptions—both self- and other-imposed
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• Planning to Succeed
• Refine the planning process and goal-setting system using the SMART technique
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• Decision Making and Prioritizing
• Align your priorities with your goals for better decision making
• Learn about “the window of opportunity” to determine the most appropriate course of action
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• Getting Organized
• Learn the principles of organization to eliminate clutter and maintain order and effective filing systems
• Learn to manage your phone, e-mail and electronic files
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• Establishing Boundaries to Create Balance
• Learn when to say “yes” and when to say “no”
• Say “yes” to yourself…by saying “no” to others
• Create quiet zones to think, reflect and concentrate
• Build a commitment to your own time-management plan—it’s up to you!
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• Setting SMART Goals
• SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely
• What are my roles?
• What weekly goal will I set for each role?
• TOPPS: Task, Objective, Product, Program, Schedule
• OPICS: Output, Product, Input, Conditions, Standards
• Setting milestones
• Working the Plan

• Achieve better results through more effective planning and clarifying objectives
• Delegate effectively and free yourself for bigger tasks
• Set group goals and priorities
• Eliminate the time wasters
• Handle interruptions and distractions
• Say no to unreasonable demands
• Redirect your efforts to the most important and valid tasks
• Make sure there is time in the day for you
• Learn strategies to improve concentration and increase your efficiency
• Are you concerned about how much time and productivity your people are wasting?
• What about lost energy, efficiency and effectiveness, especially because people are overtasked and overburdened?
• Would you like to gain an extra 30 minutes each day?
• Would you like to improve your concentration and increase your efficiency?
• If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then come laugh, listen and learn as Chris DeVany leads us all through those important topics, key questions and answers we all need to be able to address effectively to improve our team members’ and team’s performance!

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• Vice President
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• Managing Director
• Regional Vice President
• Area Supervisor
• Manager

Chris DeVany is the founder and president of Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm that focuses on management and organization development. Pinnacle’s clients include organizations such as Microsoft, Visa International, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Sprint, American Counseling Association, Aviva Insurance, U.S. Patent, and Trademark Office, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Hospital Corporation of America, Schlumberger, Morgan Stanley, Boston Scientific, US HealthCare and over 500 other organizations in 22 countries.

He has published numerous articles in the fields of project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity, and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance in Practice to Customer Service Management. His McGraw-Hill book, “90 Days to a High-Performance Team,” is replete with hands-on tools, templates, and checklists which managers use effectively to improve performance.