This Seminar goes right to the heart of the crux. We analyze all aspects of time and how we spend and WASTE it. We clearly demonstrate how to avoid the time traps and the dangerous "illusions of productivity". We develop proactive strategies to plan your days for the short and long term. How we achieve important objectives and don't "major in minors".

Seminar outline

▪ Introduction, Time management
  in the 80's, 90's and 21st century

▪ Popular myths about time

▪ Characteristics of time and time utilization 

▪ How to create a personal time log

▪ How to analyze your time log

▪ Urgency, Importance, Priorities,
   Objectives and Goals

▪ The Time Management Matrix

▪ Time wasters and how to eliminate them
   or minimize their impact
   - The unexpected visitor
   - Information overflow, e-mail,
     Blackberry, SMS, Journals, Memo's,
     Reports, Meeting Minutes
   - Cluttered Office, Desk
   - PC / Laptop Hard Drive Disorganization
   - Meetings
   - Travel
   - Dangerous daily routines
   - Procrastination

▪ Get organized and stay organized

▪ The Time Management Pyramid
   - Long Term Objectives, Goals,
     Monthly Plans, and daily Planning

▪ Time Management Systems and Tools

▪ Putting it all together and
  the Power of alignment
  - The Action Plan
     for immediate implementation

Key Learning Objectives for this 1 day Program are:


▪ Understanding why time is a paradox

▪ Quality of time versus quantity of time

▪ How to analyze your current time spending habits

▪ Understanding the Pareto Principle in the context
  of time management
  How to separate the vital from the trivial

▪ Understanding the time management matrix
  and how to plan for short and
  long term projects into quadrants

▪ Your Job in the quadrant context

▪ How to deal with the urgency addiction

▪ How to cope with e-mail and information overflow

▪ How to make meetings more productive
  as a participant and/or leader

▪ How to make a daily plan and how to stick to it

▪ How to change bad time management habits

▪ How to write powerful objectives and plans
  for achievement

▪ How to get and stay organized
  (office, desk, PC, files, Blackberry)

▪ How to build, use and maintain your
  own time management system