Time Management & Enhancing Personal Effectiveness

Time Management & Enhancing Personal Effectiveness

Introduction

When it comes to time management, do you put off more today than you can ever accomplish tomorrow…have a tough time prioritizing tasks when everything is urgent...exhaust yourself by 4:00 p.m. with only a fraction of your work done…see yourself as a decision maker who never gets around to making decisions…dread the next business meeting—or worse, going back to your desk to see what voice mails and e-mails await you? The environment in which AstraZeneca requires excellent multi-tasking and proper Time management to enhance their personal effectiveness.

If you’re doing more and enjoying it less, it’s time to get out of the time trap and back to productivity through effective time management! This seminar gives you practical techniques for controlling time and making it a manageable resource.

Outcome

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

- Recognize key components of effective goal setting through time management
- Discover your time management strengths and self-management opportunities
- Discover quick and easy ways to handle non-valid tasks
- Manage multiple priorities based on validity and urgency, Managing Stress via Time Management techniques
- Identify ways to deal with distractions and eliminate interruptions, Obstacles to management your time
- Develop & discover tools to set group goals and priorities.
- Develop the mindset of working in fast paced environment such as AstraZeneca
- Learn strategies to improve your concentration and increase your Productivity & efficiency
- Implement tools and techniques for effective multitasking and scheduling abilities

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No	Topic	Topic Description
1	Planning Your Way to Success (Why the need for Time management)	Recognizing the key components of effective goal setting Creating clearly defined goals based on your role Looking at ‘time’ beyond what you perceive it is
2	Managing Multiple Priorities—Focus on the Important and Valid	Recognizing the key components of effective goal setting Creating clearly defined goals based on your role Looking at ‘time’ beyond what you perceive it is
3	Concentration—Your Key to Productive Efficiency	Learning ways to improve your concentration Identifying ways to deal with distractions and interruptions Managing daily emails and avoiding ‘backlogs’ Learning various techniques of building focus Learning how to say ‘No’ diplomatically and tactfully Group Discussion: Eliminating Distractions and others at work; Role Plays
4	Taming the Typical Time Wasters	Learning the methods for handling paperwork Eliminating (or at least minimize) e-mail overload Diagnosing and treating your procrastinating ways using seven timely tips Maximizing the automations of processes Exercise/Activity: Identifying Time wasters & delegation in a typical one-week schedule of each individual: Self-Assessment
5	Managing Meaningful Meetings	Identifying reasons why some meetings are ineffective LLB (Look like Busy) vs Effective busy-ness Planning and leading more productive meetings Group Discussion: Making meetings more effective; can we do anything for habitual late comers? Break the Pattern technique
6	Managing Stress through proper Time Management	Techniques of Stress management especially during month-end Closings Being creative in automating tasks/jobs Art of delegating work for efficiency (typical week Work schedule analysis for prioritizing & delegate-able duties) Managing stress via EFT techniques Activity: Amazing Race (to test on Time management & delegation skills)
7	Anchoring the learning element	Self Mind-setting: “Journey within Oneself” (Mind conditioning for self enhancement attitude. In this session participant would ‘anchor’ what has been learned for long term retention and self-improvement resources mobilization)

Expert

Dr. Harjit Sidhu

Dr. Harjit Sidhu, (Ph.D, FCCA, NLP, IHA), academically trained as Certified Chartered Accountant (FCCA) served in corporations (manufacturing, Internet startups, Automobiles and consultancy) for 18 years. This wealth of corporate experience became the groundwork in his journey as a Corporate Trainer and Business Coach for past 17 years in the fields of Leadership, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence, Hypnotherapy, Mindset and motivation as well as Innovation and Lateral thinking. Being a competent, leading trainer & a Certified Coach, and an experienced Master Trainer of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Dr. Harjit shares the experience, techniques and mastery of these techniques to facilitate the ‘transfer of knowledge’ as well as ‘leveraging on trainer’s experience’ to be used in real life situations as he believe that managers & executives are ‘hungry’ for techniques rather than information, which eventually produce desire results in individuals and the organization. A firm believer and exponent of Experiential Learning, he designs and crafts various ‘adult based’ learning activities, simulations and demonstrations of these techniques to ‘wow & drive curiosity ’ of the audiences which eventually results in higher retention and learning experience. His signature programs such as ‘B.M.W. – Body-Mind-Wiring’ , ‘Metamorphosis’ and others have succeeded in transforming individuals as well as producing long terms effects in them. To enhance his passion in Mindset matters, Dr. Harjit embarked to obtain his Masters and Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Metaphysical Hypnotherapy (IMHS, USA). Being a graduate of Tony Robbins's (world’s No 1 success coach) “Unleash the Power Within - UPW” program, he is also a ‘Fire-walker’ and ‘Glass-walker’ and is a Certified NLP Trainer ( American Union Of NLP and International Society of Neuro Semantics, USA). He is also a Certified Hypnotherapist (IHA & IMPA, USA) and a certified trainer with HRDF (Human Resource Development Fund and constantly develops new & unique programs that equips the working individual with powerful tools such as ‘Transformational Communication’ and others. He is regularly featured on local radio talk shows on BFM 89.9 for various personal development topics. Dr Harjit is a Certified Business Coach under American Union of NLP and Certified Coaching and Counseling under International Metaphysical Practitioners Association, US. His knowledge, experience and passion in personal skills development particularly in the science of human behaviour & metaphysics and how it applies to working and business environments allows him to approach the coaching and trainings in the most practical and hands-on manner. His programs have been conducted internationally (Malaysia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and India). Dr. Harjit possesses a unique ability of inspiring and connecting with individuals, blending humour and making complex topics and subject matter easy to understand. His clear and interactive but ‘down to Earth’ style has won him much praises from participants from leading companies in Malaysia.