Time Management Workshop

This half-day workshop provides participants with relevant strategies and tips to most effectively manage their time and work.

Based on the principles of the (also known as the Eisenhower Matrix and popularised by Steven Covey in his highly popular book ), this training focuses on helping participants learn to increase their productivity by understanding what tasks and responsibilities are most essential to their role.

Suggested Participants

Anyone who wants to learn how to get more accomplished through better time management.

Learning Outcomes

Identify time wasters and possible strategies to minimize them
Develop methods to set priorities: for yourself, for others, for a team or department
Create appropriate and effective time management techniques
Enhance their sense of personal fulfillment to get more done

Specific Points of Emphasis

U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower inspired the original matrix in the early 1950s when he said: “I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent.”

The simplicity of his distinction between these two attributes of Important and Urgent help people determine how to best manage their workload, deciding if a task is:

Urgent and Important – such as a deadline for submitting a sales report
Important and Not Urgent – such as long-term planning
Urgent and Not Important – such as dealing with interruptions
Not Urgent and Not Important – such as activities that take up too much valuable time

Workshop Content

Participants bring their current ‘to-do’ to their workshop: a formal calendar, a personal diary, online tools – even an impromptu list scribbled on a writing pad. Rather than giving people a new system to learn and trial, the workshop applies the easy-to-understand principles of the Time Management Matrix to what they currently use. Depending upon the participants’ skills and interests, the workshop may also branch into related topics, such as:

Dealing with external influences, such as managing the boss, the team, organisational systems and politics
Dealing with ‘internal’ influences, such as procrastination and assertiveness
Juggling professional vs. personal tasks

Workshop Details

The maximum number of participants is 20. The minimum is 6.

More Information?

Please contact me here if you’d like to get more information about a workshop, including an initial agenda or estimate, or discuss how the content or materials could be adapted to your organisation.