Course Overview

Do you find it difficult to meet the demands placed on you at the workplace?

Many of us struggle to complete the day’s task on the same day. If the work does not finish, we stay back late in the office frequently. This impacts the health of the people and they find it difficult to maintain the work-life balance. It also drains the energy of the individual and leads to the perils of “busyness”- which does not generate results at work. With no true value add to the workplace or the targets met, it becomes the cause of stress and many important things in life get sacrificed. Let us teach you how to manage your priorities in a better way.

What do you learn in such a management class?

This program offered by Zoe talent Solutions will teach the essential skill of prioritization and time – management. The tips and knowledge shared with the participants will help them formulate a power-packed plan for themselves that can be applied to any situation.

What are the different priority management types?

This Zoe course will give you an in-depth understanding of priority management types. You can pick and choose what best suits you, apply it, practice it and manage your day in a much more balanced and successful manner.

Course Objectives

The participants would be able to achieve the following objectives:

• Manage their priorities at the workplace in a competitive business environment
• Work smarter and achieve work-life balance
• Understand how to deal with contingencies that arise in midst of work
• Master the art of delegation
• Being process-oriented

 Training Methodology

To meet these objectives, this program offered by ZOE Talent Solutions will make use of a variety of techniques such as presentation, management games, paper-pencil exercises, activities, role-plays, videos, and case studies. An experienced facilitator will ensure learning and collaborate with the participants to enable them to arrive at an action strategy to meet their individual needs. A discussion with other participants will also help them arrive at more objective approaches to the challenges faced by them.

Zoe Talent Solutions applies the Do-review-learn-apply method of facilitation.

Organisational Benefits

The corporates will get the following benefits by undergoing this training:

• Increase in Happiness index of the employees
• Better work-life balance will lead to
  • Enhanced productivity, efficiency
  • Increase in effectiveness
  • Reduced procrastination, stress, and anxiety

 Personal Benefits

Following are the benefits that the employees will get from this program

• Focus on the more important things on the professional and personal front
• Be able to manage priorities in a better way
• Work Smarter not harder
• Eliminate non-value adding activities
• Learn to handle other high priority jobs in times of pressure
• Improved productivity

 Who Should Attend?

This course should be attended by the following:

• Entrepreneurs
• C-Level Executives
• Presidents/AVP
• General Managers/ Senior Managers / Managers
• Professionals who need to increase their bandwidth but are not able to do so
• All those who
  • Wish they had more than 24 hrs. in a day
  • Miss their deadlines, goals, and targets quite often
  • Procrastinate regularly
  • Face frequent interruptions during the day
  • Get over-loaded with work
  • Spend extra time at the office
  • Are not able to spend time with family
  • Not able to cope with the demands of the team
  • Would like to achieve work-life balance and likewise….

 Course Outline

This training program will include the following modules for better understanding and application:

 Module I: Introduction

• Importance of Time
• Time as a resource
• Time and money
• The mindset
• Managing self, Objectives, and Goals

 Module 2: Planning

• Challenges in Time Management
• Understand the relevance of planning and scheduling
• Identifying the relevance of different tasks and prioritizing them
• Time-Management Matrix
• Becoming self-Aware
• Understanding your procrastinators and time-wasters
• Time Management Worksheet

Module 3: Delegation

• What is delegation?
• Barriers to delegation
• Decipher
  • when to delegate
  • When not to delegate
  • How much to Delegate
• Micro-management vs. Macro-management
• Steps to Delegation
• Ways to manage the demands coming from the team and other departments
• Becoming more strategic in your role

 Module 4: Habits

• What are habits?
• How do the habits get formed?
• How do they impact your performance?
• Habits of successful people
• How to inculcate new habits?
• Procrastination

 Module 5: Handling Interruptions

• Types of Interruptions
  • Email Interruptions
  • Phone call interruptions
  • Social Media interruption
  • Interruption by personal Visitors
  • Meetings, Meetings, Meetings!
  • Incomplete Task delivery
  • Fire-Fighting
  • Challenges in communication
• How to handle these interruptions

Module 6: Some Tools

• Multi-Tasking vs. Mono-Tasking
• Pareto Analysis- The 80-20 rule
• KISS principle
• Being Process focused
• Learn to say NO

Module 7: The Way You See It

• The Wheel of Life
• Assess your work-life balanced
• Keeping Focus
• The Action Plan