Optimising Time, Workflow & Productivity Tools & Techniques

Course Objectives

Key Learning Outcomes

• Assessing your current time management skills levels
• Goal setting – learn to focus on the activities that give you the greatest returns
• Methodologies for planning and task organisation
• Prioritisation – develop an optimal solution to leveraging your time
• Manage pressure and demands from your manager and others in your organisation
• Planning for problem solving and managing time-wasting activities
• Learn new methods for breaking habits
• Overcome procrastination and indecision
• Learn how to delegate, make quick decisions and deflect interruptions
• How to say ‘No’ but not mean 'Never'
• Develop a personal time management system

What Participants Liked & Learnt

"Very approachable presenter, informative, very professional"
Personal Assistant, Dept Main Roads

"(Janet) is down to earth and has an excellent understanding of up-to-date corporate culture. I was engaged all day"
Contracts Manager, QIC

" Learned loads about myself and what I hide behind – now I have the skills to address it
Executive Officer, Department of Housing, Commission Services and Indigenous Affairs

" Janet was fantastically well prepared and wasn’t taken by surprise by anything that was brought up"
Broadcast Producer, Department of Immigration & Citizenship

About the Course

Achieving work/life balance is one of the greatest challenges in today's work environment. The fundamental key to realising this goal is the effective management of workflow, time, people and processes.

The course will take you through a journey in time, identifying where you are now, where you want to be, and most importantly how to get there. This comprehensive day will bring to light proven methodologies for realistic goal setting, results-based planning and simple techniques to take your personal productivity and effectiveness to a higher level.

Key focus is placed on how to actualise expected returns on investment of time through cost/benefit analysis and the effort versus outcome equation.

The course caters for all levels of responsibility within the typical work environment.

Participants will be offered an opportunity to share problematic situations with a view to solving productivity issues for the long term, through active discussion and learning how to develop new habits and break old ones. Simple, practical and effective 'take home' tools will assist individuals in the development of effective time management and organisation skills.

Who Should Attend

This course is relevant for all people looking to improve their productivity and task management effectiveness in the workplace. This could include management levels, directors, sales employees, general administration, EAs, PAs and database analysts.

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