Pass out the questionnaire, have them work on it as a gathering activity.
Note to Presenter: This presentation is intended for presentation to all employees.
In these days of increasing global competition, rising health care costs, and labor shortages, employers are constantly striving to increase productivity.
One of the best ways to increase productivity is to make sure that employees are effectively managing their time at work.
Training all employees in the principles and techniques of effective time management is essential.
This presentation provides that training and will help you make the most of that most precious commodity – your time.
The reality of many people's work is of constant interruption:
Studies show some managers getting an average of as little as six minutes uninterrupted work done at a time.
Use a scale of 1-5 – don’t worry about urgency at this point
Old School…still very useful but what can happen?
A - DO NOW
emergencies, complaints and crisis issues
demands from superiors or customers
planned tasks or project work now due
meetings and appointments
reports and other submissions
staff issues or needs
problem resolution, fire-fighting, fixes
Subject to confirming the importance and the urgency of these tasks, do these tasks now. Prioritize according to their relative urgency.
B - PLAN TO DO
planning, preparation, scheduling
research, investigation, designing, testing
networking relationship building
thinking, creating, modeling, designing
systems and process development
anticipation and prevention
developing change, direction, strategy
Critical to success: planning, strategic thinking, deciding direction and aims, etc. Plan time-slots and personal space for these tasks.
C - REJECT AND EXPLAIN
trivial requests from others
apparent emergencies
ad-hoc interruptions and distractions
misunderstandings appearing as complaints
pointless routines or activities
accumulated unresolved trivia
Scrutinize and probe demands. Help originators to re-assess. Wherever possible reject and avoid these tasks sensitively and immediately.
D - RESIST AND CEASE
'comfort' activities, computer games, net surfing
chat, gossip, social communications
daydreaming, doodling, over-long breaks
reading nonsense or irrelevant material
unnecessary adjusting equipment etc.
embellishment and over-productionHabitual 'comforters' not true tasks. Non-productive, de-motivational. Minimize or cease altogether. Plan to avoid them.
You can avoid the latter by planning ahead and avoiding procrastination.
Issues and crises, on the other hand, cannot always be foreseen or avoided. Here, the best approach is to leave some time in your schedule to handle unexpected issues and unplanned important activities. And if a major crisis arises, some other activity may have to be rescheduled.
If this happens, identify which of you urgent-important activities could have been foreseen and think about how you could schedule similar activities ahead of time, so they do not become urgent.
Note to Presenter: Make this interactive, you may want to ask these questions and put responses on flip chart of white board.
Lack of good planning and organization, failing to set and maintain priorities, losing focus on task at hand – jumping from project to project without completing any
Refer to gathering activity – the 15 statements to Answer
Plan each day in as much detail as possible. Do this ideally at the end of the preceding day or the first thing at the beginning of your day. (Plan your week on a “big picture” basis making notes in your calendar/planner or app.)
Make a daily to-do list of your objectives in order of priority. Use whatever system you prefer to record this list – sticky note, calendar/planner, or app on your phone.
Cross out items as they are completed. Move items that cannot be done that day to another day in the week.
Carry 3x5 cards or a small spiral notebook to jot down notes or ideas
Skim books and articles quickly, looking for ideas. Tear out or photocopy articles of interest and file them appropriately for future reference.
Carry hand-held tape recorder with you to record ideas and reminders. This is particularly helpful when driving.
Create a “to read” file and carry it with you when you travel or you know you may be waiting for an appointment.
Make an appointment with yourself to complete a task and block off time on your calendar.
Save up trivial matters to take care of for a three-hour session once a month.
Group phone calls together. Set a particular time of day to make your phone calls.
List what you want to say before placing the call. You will not then forget important points and will avoid being lured into idle chit chat.
Try to find a new technique every day that will help you gain time.
Getting away even for a few minutes from your work will help you return alert and refreshed.
Put family and other social activities on your daily and weekly lists. Avoid the habit of ignoring these for work!
Effective scheduling
Effective scheduling
Effective scheduling
Effective scheduling
Reminder Activity “Brainstorming”
In a session, the trainer asks for participants to brainstorm reminders to help them manage their time more effectively while at work. Using the sentence stem, “Remember to…,” the participants come up with the following reminders:
Remember to….
Make a “to-Do list” everyday
Make an appointment with myself
Jot down notes and ideas on index cards
Set priorities based on importance, not urgency
Create a “To Read” file and carry it with me when I travel
Skim books and articles quickly, looking for ideas
Answer most letters and memos right on the item itself
Delegate everything I possible can
Consult my list of lifetime goals once a month and revise as necessary
Save up trivial matters for a three-hour session once a month
Each participant is asked to select three reminders that he or she feels have the most relevance and to place them on a card to be posted in his or her workspace.