Managing Multiple Priorities

Content

The workshop will cover the following areas.

Working from home and work/life balance – what we’ve noticed over the past few years.
The impact of blended working
The Prioritising Quadrants and urgency / importance
Using long-term, weekly and daily planning – using Outlook and Excel (and introducing online tools)
Managing others’ expectations and/or saying ‘no’
How many meetings? What quadrant are they in?
Who’s got the monkey – not taking on your staff’s problems yourself.
Emails – tips on using Outlook to plan and manage emails

Prior to the workshop, participants are asked to:

Review the Prioritising Quadrants to think about where you do much of your work (revisited in-depth on course)
Read “Who’s got the monkey” by Oncken and Waas
Post course – watch Tim Urban – Inside the mind of the master procrastinator

The course is highly interactive – using discussion, group exercises, Miro boards and Mentimeter to capture participants’ prioritising and time management challenges
Participants come away with specific tools for:
Planning the months, weeks and day ahead
Using the Daily Agenda for better task control
Prioritising – using Miro – how to identify what is Urgent and Important, and what actually can and should be planned in
Adhering to our plan and managing other’s expectations (and saying no!)
The One Day face to face is a tailored one team day in which we explore how the team needs to work together to maximise time and resources.