Course Description
You don't have to struggle with getting and staying organized anymore! Spend just one day at this seminar, and you'll never feel overwhelmed and disorganized again!
Get organized and regain
control of your hectic life!
Let’s not mince words: You’re buried at work, right? Tons of e-mails to answer. Tons of crazy-impossible
deadlines looming. Tons of projects on your ever-expanding to-do list.
And that desk — oh, that desk of yours. Do you sometimes look at it with utter dread, thinking that
you only have two options: run away or strike a match?
Stop! There’s no need for extreme measures — help is at hand!
Our stress-busting, sanity-saving new workshop, Organization Skills for the
Overwhelmed!, delivers practical tips, techniques, and strategies for getting
organized and taking control — right away!
Tame your wild workspace (caution — people may wonder what’s
gotten into you!)
Have you ever found yourself madly pawing through the clutter on your desk for
something you desperately need NOW? The “find the needle in the haystack”
game isn’t much fun for anyone … and playing it too often is a sure-fire way to
tarnish your credibility.
When you attend this training, you’ll learn:
- How to break the urge to keep everything
- A step-by-step method for turning piles into files
- Desk-clearing techniques to make you look neat in just minutes
- How to gain control of your desk, your storage systems, and even your walls
- Effective alternatives to the “sticky note method” of remembering
important things
- How to make the most out of your workspace — even if it’s tiny!
- What to do with all those unorganized e-mails you’ve been storing for
months
Bottomline — you’ll know where everything that you need is, and you’ll learn
how to identify what you don’t need so you can get that mess out of your life
once and for all!
Learn how to master your Time and double your Effectiveness!
This training is focused on delivering the must-have skills you need to master
your time and maximize your effectiveness. We’ll show you how to dissect your
workday to see which activities are good time investments and which habits you’ve picked up are
flat-out time-wasters.
You’ll find out how to free up countless hours with a time management plan you customize for the
way YOU work and that will hold up in the interruption-plagued, ever-changing work environment
you work in.
Agenda
1. Learn How to Get Organized — And Stay Organized
How to organize ANYTHING in 3 simple steps
Using the RAFT method to weed out nonessential papers
A step-by-step plan of attack for turning piles into files
How to get control of e-mail, voice mail, phone calls, and more
Desk-clearing techniques that make you look neat and professional
How to get free of the perfectionism trap and ratchet up your productivity
Identifying old habits and thought processes that keep you from being as effective as you can be
2. Where Does Your Time Go?
The Time Management Style Survey: assessing your strengths and pinpointing your weaknesses
5 time-wise habits that top achievers share
Tips for assessing how long a task or project will really take
How to discover your daily “peak productivity time” and use it to your best advantage
20 smart ideas for stopping the interruptions that eat up your time
Creating a time management plan that’s tailored to the way YOU work
How “next-step thinking” moves your time management plan into action
Using calendars, PDAs, and software to boost your effectiveness
3. Set Your Priorities to Get More Done
Learn the “F.A.S.T.” (Focus, Agree, Schedule, Track) system of priority management
The 9 “Great Deceivers” that keep you powerless to prioritize
How to eliminate procrastination from your life — forever!
Managing your schedule — instead of letting it manage you!
Identify your biggest time-wasters
How to create a schedule with built-in flexibility for the unexpected
The power of the “one-minute focus” to start your day right
You can’t do it all! How to “Just Say NO!” when your plate is full
4. Tame Your Wild Workspace
How simply rearranging your workspace could boost your efficiency and professionalism
Break the pack rat habit — keep only what is current and useful
Learn why organizational gurus advise you to “Get a bigger trash can”
Personal-filing systems that take only seconds to use
Discover how space organization tools can give you more room to work
Staying on task despite a constant flood of e-mails, texts, voice mail, and phone calls
Creating an in-box system that works for you — not against you
Turning piles into files — we’ll show you how, step-by-step
5. Lower Your Stress Level and Enrich Your Life
Discover why working longer and harder doesn’t necessarily make you more productive
Learn tips for avoiding the most common stress-related health problems
Your life outside of work — do you have one?
Why getting organized is vital to decreasing stress
How getting organized can ward off insanity, shorten your workday, get you out in the fresh air, and improve your quality of life
Comments
Cancelation Policy: If you cannot attend an event, you may send someone else in your place. If that isn’t an option for you, cancellations received up to five working days before the event are refundable, minus a registration service charge ($10 for one-day events; $25 for multiple-day events). After that, cancellations are subject to the entire seminar fee, which you may apply toward a future seminar. Please note that if you don’t cancel and don’t attend, you are still responsible for payment.