Stress and Time Management

Who Should Attend:

• Executives, Managers & Supervisors
• Team Leaders & Team Members
• Professionals working under pressure

Course Objectives

• Understand how we experience stress and how to transform it into useful emotions
• Learn how to integrate proven time management techniques into your daily life
• Understand the importance of, and useful techniques for, setting and achieving goals
• Learn how to proactively schedule tasks, construct weekly plans and daily to-do lists
• Master strategies and techniques to handle procrastination and interruptions
• Identify how to empower others by delegation – what and how to delegate
• Learn how to better organize yourself and your workspace for peak efficiency
• Practice the use of the stress-reduction techniques and experience immediate results.

What will you gain?

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Better organise yourself and your workspace for peak efficiency
• Set realistic outcomes and use effective NLP techniques for achieving goals
• Gain control of your attitudes and emotions, and learn how to transform undesired ones into productive ones
• Achieve results by delegating in a way that guarantees success and minimises any form of resistance
• Control and overcome distractions that can derail your workplace productivity
• Manage and minimise work related stress effectively
• Communicate assertively to better use your time and boost your self-confidence
• Complete work tasks and activities in much less time
• Enjoy more satisfaction at work, and free up your time for achieving more important tasks.

Course Content

Neuro-linguistic States and the Languages of the Mind

• The Psychology of Human Emotion
• The Higher Levels of Mind and The Power of Self-Reflexivity
• Differentiating Person from Behaviour

Clearing The Mind

• Identifying and Disputing Cognitive Distortions
• The Power of Pre-suppositions, Self-Acceptance and Appreciation
• Techniques for Transformation
• Owning your Power-Zone

Flow

• Techniques for Instant Release and Relaxation
• Setting Expectations

Goal Setting

• The Three P’s
• S.M.A.R.T. Goals
• Prioritizing Your Goals
• Visualization

Prioritising Your Time

• The 80/20 Rule
• The Urgent Versus Important Matrix
• Assertiveness

Planning Wisely

Tackling Procrastination

Crisis Management

Organising Your Workspace

• De-Clutter
• Managing Workflow
• Dealing with E-mail
• Using Calendars

Delegating Made Easy

• When to Delegate
• To Whom Should You Delegate?
• How Should You Delegate
• Keeping Control
• The Importance of Full Acceptance

Setting a Ritual

Meeting Management

Alternatives to Meetings.