Managing Yourself in Time and Prioritizing

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This training aims to equip participants with practical tools and techniques for effective time management and prioritization. In today’s dynamic work environment, this skill is crucial for achieving professional success and maintaining a balance between personal and professional life. Participants will learn how to consciously manage their time, avoid the traps of multitasking, deal with "interruptions" and distractions, and plan their actions in both short- and long-term perspectives. The training employs an innovative approach, including the training game "Your Time", which allows participants to experience the challenges of time management in practice. Analyzing decisions made in the game will help identify best practices and understand the consequences of flawed strategies.

• For all employees

• Awareness of the differences between the importance and urgency of tasks.
• Enhancing the ability to set personal priorities and learning ways to manage "other people's priorities" more effectively.
• Developing assertiveness skills to say no and defend against distractions.
• Understanding the importance of balance between work and personal life.
• Increasing awareness of the consequences of short-term planning and the most common mistakes.
• Developing best practices for managing daily and weekly plans.

• Participants will learn to manage their time more effectively, which will lead to increased productivity.
• They will acquire assertiveness skills to protect their time from unnecessary disruptions.
• They will be able to plan their actions better, considering both short-term and long-term goals.
• They will understand how to maintain a balance between work and personal life, taking care of their resources and recovery.
• They will develop individual strategies for dealing with distractions and "other people's priorities".

Module 1 - Priorities and Fighting Distractions

• Training Game "Your Time"
• Eisenhower Matrix
• Proactive and reactive planning
• Dealing with distractions
• Basics of assertive refusal
• Work-life balance in practice

• Module flow: The training will start with a game of "Your Time", during which participants will experience challenges related to self-management in time, planning, and dealing with "other people's priorities". Analyzing their decisions in the game will highlight best practices and costly mistakes. Participants will then define their own criteria for task importance and learn how to effectively manage remaining tasks, "interruptions", and distractions. The important-urgent matrix by Covey and the basics of assertive refusal will be discussed. Participants will understand the significance of balance between work and personal life.

  
  Module 2 - Effective Planning and Focus

• Planning rules in time
• David Allen's GTD Method
• Sawtooth Effect and Countermeasures (Pomodoro Technique)
• Importance of system reviews
• Clearing inboxes
• Module flow: The second part of the workshop will focus on effectively planning personal activities. Participants will develop best planning practices, considering individual differences, the need for flexibility, and time buffers. They will analyze their schedules for optimization. They will confront the myth of multitasking, understand its negative effects, and learn how to counteract them. Basic planning rules in various time perspectives and the assumptions of David Allen's GTD method will be presented. The sawtooth effect and methods to counteract its occurrence, including the Pomodoro technique and the concept of red and green hours, will be discussed. Finally, participants will plan the implementation of selected techniques and tools in their business reality.

8 hours

• Needs assessment
• Creation of a dedicated training program
• Trainer's fee
• Travel to the training location
• Training materials
• Post-training report