EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT
Crowne Plaza Muscat, Oman; 12 th - 13th November 2007
WHY NEEDED
Improving Time Management capability has been a popular training subject for
many years, for three very simple reasons:
§ In the modern business life we are faced with an ever increasing number
of tasks to do, to an ever increasing standard but within continuously
shrinking time limits. We are forced to do more, do better, do quicker!!!
§ The pace will get worse as each year goes by. So we will have to do
even more, to an even higher standard, in much less time.
§ The continuous struggle to balance private life and work life.
WORKSHOP DETAILS
§ Duration: Two Days, 12th-13th November 2007; 8:30am-4:30pm;
§ Fees: Rial Omani 525 (includes programme materials, lunch
& breaks at the venue);
§ Presenter: Barry Kyriacou (PeopleAchieve);
§ Venue: Crowne Plaza Muscat, Oman.
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE
Managers, Team Leaders and staff from all business areas and departments who
wish to become more organised and have a professional attitude in achieving
their work objectives.
WHAT WILL BE COVERED
As a result of this workshop, individuals will be better able to:
§ Determine individual goals (business & personal)
§ Focus on the areas that will deliver results
§ Direct efforts towards achieving organisational goals
§ Prioritise tasks and activities
§ Plan their day more effectively
§ Reduce time lost to "time stealers"
§ Deal with emails more efficiently
§ Organise their office and desk effectively
Please contact us for further information & registration
Precept Management Consultancy
P.O. Box 255, Ruwi, PC 112, Sultanate of Oman
Telephone: +968 24497123 Fax: +968 24497222
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Website: www.preceptmanagement.com
WORKSHOP
DAY 1
0900 - 0945Introduction
Goals of the Workshop
The importance of managing time and workload
Benefits of a more organised approach
Available tools
The Flapsi-Hapsi methodology
An alternative model and its benefits
Proactive vs. Reactive Time Management
0945 - 1045Goal Setting
Why we need goals
The methodology of setting SMART goals
Workshop - practice in SMART goals
Latest developments in setting goals
Reasons for not achieving goals due to human behaviour & how to overcome them
Achieving work-home balance
1045 - 1100Coffee Break
1100 - 1200Focusing Effort - Key Areas of Responsibility
The Key Areas-Categories-Tasks model
What are Key Areas of Responsibility
Methodology for defining them
Exercise - each participant specifies his key areas
Each Key Area breaks down into Categories
Exercise - each participant breaks down a few of his Key Areas into Categories
Each Category breaks down into Tasks
Exercise - Each participant breaks down a few of his Categories into Tasks
1200 - 1300Managing Time - Planning Your Day
Planning your day - how and when
Difficult jobs - when to do them
Your body clock and how to take advantage of it
Scheduling meetings
Evaluating how much time you actually have
Planning for the unexpected
Little things that save time
Handling Elephant Tasks
Taking work home
1300 - 1400Lunch
1400 - 1430Planning Your Day...continued
1430 - 1545Time Stealers
Our main time-stealers and their effect on our productivity
Workshop - each time studies one main time stealer and makes suggestions on how
to overcome it (amongst others: saying NO to others, handling phone call, the
drop-in visitor)
1345 - 1600Coffee Break
1600 - 1700Communicating with Emails
The modern way of communicating
Discussion - advantages and disadvantages
Handling incoming emails
Rules for making your outgoing emails shorter and more effective
DAY 2
0900 - 1045Prioritising Tasks
To-Do lists
Defining Important tasks and Urgent tasks
The 4 types of tasks
The Important vs. Urgent model (by Stephen Covey)
Deciding the priority of each task
Which should we do first
The Time Analysis tool
1045 - 1100Coffee Break
1100 - 1230Effective Meetings
When is a meeting worth having?
Preparing for a meeting
The agenda
The role of the chairperson
The meeting ground rules
Focus is important
Importance of taking minutes
Role-play in meetings
1230 - 1300Procrastination
What is procrastination?
Main reasons for postponing a task
Ways to overcome procrastination
1300 - 1400Lunch
1400 - 1600Exercise in Time & Workload Management
Each team has to achieve a specific objective in competition with the other
teams and within a set time limit. To succeed, each team must use the tools
and methodologies on time and workload management that have been presented
during the training
Main Messages and Discussion
1600 - 1615Coffee Break
1615 - 1700Desk Management & Finale
Organising your work area
Organising your desk
Where to place telephones, computers, etc
Handling paperwork and in/out trays
To register online, please click here.
THE COMPANY
Organisations are struggling to find new ways to achieve strategic advantage in
an increasingly competitive economic environment. Often, they are finding that
the only sustainable source of competitive advantage is to unleash the power of
their people to achieve the maximum value of their Human Capital.
Ultimately an organisation's ability to survive, grow and develop depends on
its continually making the best use of its people. With TMI we have been
offering world-class workshops and seminars for many years and will continue to
offer outstanding seminars in Cyprus.
PeopleAchieve, a new company has been launched to cover areas outside TMI and
also focus in the Middle East in the following seven areas where people need to
excel in:
Attitude, Culture & Values
Competencies & Skills
Highest Reputation and Trust
Innovative Knowledge
Effective Relationships
Visionary Leadership & Communication
Enhanced Processes & Systems
These are sources of competitive advantage that cannot be matched by the
competitors. These add value to the assets balance sheet and share-holdings and
are seen as critical intangible assets.
Both PeopleAchieve and TMI Cyprus are members of the Peter Andreou Group which
has 15 years experience of helping organisations, teams and people achieve
their full potential. With powerful consultancy processes, seminars and a range
of tools, we have a track record of helping clients achieve success in their
choice of language whether Greek or English.
The quality of our work, unique approach and outstanding reputation attracts
some of the most dynamic and ambitious organisations, to work with us. We are
proud to have leading multi-nationals throughout the Gulf region, Europe and
Cyprus as our clients.
A total of over 25,000 people in over 250 in-house client organisations in 15
countries have attended our seminars.
We combine our resources of leading edge and innovative consultancy tools with
the experience of our hand-picked facilitators, coaches and trainers, to
deliver practical results to our clients - results that promote profit and
balance sheet growth and solve today's real challenges. In doing so, we tap
into the hidden potential and commitment of our clients' human capital to
achieve outstanding measurable results.
In addition to Consultancy and In-house Processes, PeopleAchieve and TMI Cyprus
offer prescheduled Public/Open workshops, in the Gulf region and Cyprus,
ideally suited for the development of individuals and small teams.
PRESENTER'S PROFILE
Barry Kyriacou
Born in the UK and having lived in the UK, South Africa and Cyprus, Barry
brings with him a mixture of many different cultures and business experiences.
After obtaining a post-graduate degree in Engineering from a UK University, he
joined one of Europe's largest car manufacturers. His management abilities
allowed him to reach a high responsibility level within the company early on in
his career. A firm believer in the TQM culture, he assisted in changing the
fortunes of his company by implementing a customer-centered culture. This
provided him with the practical experience of living through and driving
through a major culture change. In addition to his management responsibilities,
he became actively involved in the training of the staff and acted as
facilitator in process improvement initiatives and problem solving.
He has held top management positions in local and international companies. His
last position prior to joining PeopleAchieve was Managing Director of an
international company with worldwide trading activities.
Barry brings to PeopleAchieve a thorough knowledge of international business
practices. His considerable management experience in a variety of market
sectors and geographical areas allows him to relate to situations and
challenges faced by today s managers. He has been a guest speaker on management
methods to various business associations. Barry s clients comment that his
ability to combine modern management theory with practical solutions has
assisted them in improving operational efficiency, customer service,
performance management, problem solving and many other business issues.
Some of the projects that Barry has been involved in include:
§ Assisting a newly launched airline to differentiate itself in the
market through superior Customer Service. This involved training of all staff,
ground and air-borne. Improvements were so visible that passengers commented
about them.
§ The design and implementation of a Continuous Improvement Process for
a major financial services company. The project involved the specification of
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for each department and the company as a
whole (derived from corporate strategy) and the design of systems to
continuously measure and improve these processes. This has resulted in the
company continually improving efficiency, productivity and bottom-line through
a self-improving process enabling it to maintain its leading position in the
market.
§ The design and execution of a Culture merging process for a major
insurance company that had been formed by two previously competing companies.
The training of all the company s staff (office based and sales force) in order
to achieve a one-company workforce.
§ Design, implementation and training of a tailored Performance
Appraisal System for a luxury resort hotel, part of a prestigious international
chain.
§ A major initiative for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in
the word. The project covered all countries of the Middle East and the Gulf (11
countries). Main objectives were a) to improve corporate culture at all levels
and b) to bring about practical improvements in all aspects of the business. As
a direct result of this initiative, significant improvements have been made and
many more are being introduced with substantial benefits in efficiency,
productivity and profitability.
To register online, please click here
OTHER WORKSHOPS IN 2007:
CYPRUS
EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT LEADERSHIP
Elysium Resort, Paphos, Cyprus; 5th - 8th September
Ghandi stated "Our greatest power is our freedom to choose our response".
Through Emotional Intelligence one grasps an understanding of behaviours, and
the reason why we do and act in certain ways.
We wouldn't dream of letting a pilot fly a passenger aircraft without a flight
certificate. The consequences would be disastrous. Nor would we allow doctors,
IT specialists, engineers, painters and chefs to do their jobs without the
right education. Nevertheless, managers and supervisors without any leadership
training are asked to lead and manage others. This can have disastrous effects
on the organization like poor motivation, mistakes, loss of money, loss of
staff motivation and clients or an unfortunate image and bad decisions, poor
communication, frustration, lack of trust, stress and conflict.
Just as it is necessary to teach a pilot to fly, it is necessary to teach a
manager or team leader on how to lead.
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www.preceptmanagement.com
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