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Time Management

There is enough time in a day! Learn the most effective ways to manage it.

Do you find yourself overloaded with work? Feel so stretched to the limit you can't set priorities? Exhaust yourself daily without accomplishing your goals? Remember, every minute of your day impacts the business. If you answer yes to one or more of the above, it's time to make real choices about how to manage your time. This seminar is designed to combat the pitfalls of time management. It will help you identify causes of procrastination and indecision, pinpoint personal time-wasters and increase your concentration and focus. You’ll learn to schedule your time more effectively, stay on track and keep important goals top of mind, so you can stay in balance and be more effective and productive.  

Seminar Number: 02233

4.8
(592 reviews)
  • In-Person
  • Live Online
  • At Your Company Location

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Who Should Attend

Business professionals who want greater control of their time, management style and life.

  •   In-Person2 Day(s)
    1.2 CEU, 12 CLP, 14 CPE, 12 PDU, 12 PMU
  •   Live Online4 Day(s)
    1.2 CEU, 12 CLP, 14 CPE, 12 PDU, 12 PMU
 
 

Do you find yourself overloaded with work? Feel so stretched to the limit you can't set priorities? Exhaust yourself daily without accomplishing your goals?

Remember, every minute of your day impacts the business. If you answer yes to one or more of the above, it's time to make real choices about how to manage your time. This seminar is designed to combat the pitfalls of time management. It will help you identify causes of procrastination and indecision, pinpoint personal time-wasters and increase your concentration and focus. You’ll learn to schedule your time more effectively, stay on track and keep important goals top of mind, so you can stay in balance and be more effective and productive.

 

  • Set and accomplish goals
  • Create priorities and establish realistic boundaries
  • Recognize and deal with time-wasters
  • Improve concentration and efficiency
  • Break indecision and procrastination habits
  • Create and recharge positive energy
  • Identifying personal time-wasters
  • Defining goals; establishing important and valid priorities
  • Creating a realistic and productive schedule
  • Dealing with self-distractions and interruptions
  • Identifying ways to manage email
  • Creating boundaries and balance
  • Prioritizing and choosing activities to balance life and work
  • Creating a personal “no” script

Special Feature

This course features Blended Learning.

AMA Blended Learning combines instructor-led training with online pre- and post-seminar assessments, tune-up courses and other resources to maximize your training goals. Through a blend of proven instructor-led seminars and powerful online technology, AMA Blended Learning provides a compelling and more comprehensive experience for the learner—producing a greater return-on-investment for the employer and the seminar participant.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify Causes of Procrastination and Indecision
  • Pinpoint Personal Time Wasters
  • Increase Concentration and Focus
  • Stay On Track and In Balance
  • Be More Effective and Productive

Time Management Is Self-Management

  • Shift Focus from Managing Time to Managing Self
  • Identify Typical Time Wasters
  • Identify Personal Strengths and Development Opportunities to Control Time

Planning for Success

  • Define Goals Based on Your Role
  • Establish Important and Valid Priorities
  • Create a Realistic and Productive Schedule
  • Use a Robust Planning Process to Analyze and Review Plans

When “They” Cause the Problem

  • Attend Meetings with Purpose and Add Value
  • Set Clear Expectations with Colleagues, Customers, and Your Boss
  • Manage Interruptions from Others

Concentration and Focus

  • Build Both Productivity and Efficiency
  • Re-evaluate Multitasking Strategies
  • Overcome Procrastination
  • Manage Technological Distractions

Creating Boundaries and Balance

  • Prioritize and Choose Activities to Balance Life and Work
  • Create Your Own “No” Script

Download Extended Seminar Outline PDF

LESSON ONE

Time Management Is Self-Management and Planning

  • Shift Your Focus from Managing Time to Managing Self
  • Identify Typical Time Wasters
  • Identify Personal Strengths and Development Opportunities to Control Time
  • Define Goals Based on Your Role

LESSON TWO

Setting Priorities and Putting Them into Action

  • Establish Important and Valid Priorities
  • Create a Realistic and Productive Schedule
  • Use a Robust Planning Process to Analyze and Review Plans

LESSON THREE

Increasing Productivity While Controlling Interruptions

  • Create Productive and Efficient Routines to Support Core Goals
  • Identify Ways to Deal with Distractions and Interruptions
  • Overcome Procrastination
  • Identify Ways to Organize Your Environment

LESSON FOUR

Managing Technology While Creating Boundaries

  • Develop Strategies to Use Technology More Efficiently and Productively
  • Select the Right Form of Communication for Your Message
  • Identify Ways to Manage Email
  • Prioritize and Choose Activities to Balance Work and Life
  • Create Your Own “No” Script

Download Extended Seminar Outline PDF

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View a Sample of Our Reviews

4.8

592 reviews

 
I thought the class was great and like the interaction. I enjoyed how we were able to look at our own situations and discuss how tho handle them.
4
Sharnette B.
 
Sr Project Manager
 
Industry: Federal Government
I thought that the class was very well balanced between text book, lecture, and class discussion.
5
Mary W.
 
STOCKROOM FORMAN
 
Industry: Manufacturing, Electronics
This course has led me to look at time management as the limited resource that it is, provided excellent ways to become more efficient through awareness of areas that cause loss of productivity. Thank you so much.
5
Mary-Lynn F.
 
Accounting Specialist
 
Industry: Manufacturing
The training was really good and with the small group that attended from all different industry, it was good to actively participate and share insight and similar experience or areas for development.
5
Kelsey C.
 
Senior HR Business Partner
 
Industry: Business Services
The discussion in class provided some specific strategies to address issues that we all seemed to have. Also, the overall discussion helps me to steer and apply some of these strategies to other areas. Communication and discipline are key to changing my behaviors for the better.
5
John M.
 
Engineer
 
Industry: Oil and Gas

This course is valid for 12 PMUs.
12 Professional Effectiveness [PE]

American Management Association is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is accredited to issue the IACET CEU.

AMA has been reviewed and approved as a provider of project management training by the Project Management Institute (PMI).

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Recommended CPE Credit: 14 hours/Basic
Prerequisites: Basic behavioral concept around self-management
Advance Preparation: Online pre-and post-assessment
Delivery Method: Group Live/Group Internet-based
Field of Study:Non-Technical – Personal Development

In-Person Schedule

13 Sessions Available

Live Online Schedule

16 Sessions Available

  • $2,295.00 Non Members
  • $2,095.00 AMA Members
  • $1,984.00 GSA
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