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Delivering Time Management for IT Professionals: A Trainer's Manual

You're reading from   Delivering Time Management for IT Professionals: A Trainer's Manual Tools, methods, and strategies for delivering effective time management training

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783000920
Length 260 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Delivering Time Management for IT Professionals: A Trainer's Manual
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
Preface
Introduction
1. Why Time Management Is More Important Than Ever FREE CHAPTER 2. How Efficient Are You? Self-Awareness of Your Body Clock and Work Style 3. Setting Goals and Prioritizing 4. Getting Organized 5. Identifying and Overcoming the Top 15 Time Wasters 6. Dealing with Distractions, Interruptions, and Handling Change 7. Enhancing Your Verbal and Written Communication Skills for Efficiency 8. Setting and Meeting Deadlines 9. Improving Your Work and Personal Relationships 10. Cultivating a Work-Life Balance 11. Closing the Training Appendix

Activities


Here are several activities for your attendees to do related to this chapter. The activities begin at a more elementary level, with the second activity more intermediary, and the third for someone who has more advanced time management skills. But you can also ask everyone do all three activities.

Activity 1

You have been asked to conduct a meeting. Pick a topic for this meeting. (Choose a meeting topic or situation, such as a brainstorming session or a status update that you are likely to be asked to conduct.) What are the steps you could take to make sure the meeting is successful?

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Note

Make a note

To the trainer:

The possible answers could be:

  • Have a clear goal or goals for the meeting.

  • Prepare for the meeting.

  • Make sure there is an agenda for the meeting.

  • Consider if you should have a facilitator, besides you, to run the meeting.

  • Send a reminder about the meeting 24 hours in advance and distribute the agenda to all attendees at that time.

  • Start on time.

  • Stick to accomplishing...

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