Goal Setting and Workplace Efficiency Training (TIM101)
Goal Setting and Workplace Efficiency Training is a course designed to enhance your productivity and time management skills. This course is ideal for organizations and individuals looking to improve how they set and achieve goals, optimize their work processes, and manage their time effectively. Whether you're an individual looking to upskill or part of a larger team, this training offers valuable insights and practical techniques to make the most of your workday.
We start with Become an Expert in Time Management, where you'll learn to respect your time and the time of others. This lesson covers the importance of realizing that time is money and developing a mindset that values your time. You'll explore how to do more by doing less and the nuances of personality and time management. You’ll also gain skills in creating practical to-do lists and managing interruptions, essential for maintaining focus throughout your day.
Next, we explore Microsoft Outlook and Time Management. This section teaches you how to optimize the scheduling tools in Outlook, create efficient task lists, and manage your inbox effectively. Topics include setting up rules, creating folders, and using auto-archive to keep your email organized. You'll also learn the under-two-minute rule, email etiquette, and efficiency tips that streamline your communication workflow and increase productivity.
The course then moves to Understanding the Importance of Goal Setting. You’ll start where you are and identify peer role models and cheerleaders who can support your journey. This lesson emphasizes the importance of goal setting for finding purpose, increasing productivity, and fostering a sense of success and optimism. You'll also understand how personal and professional growth contribute to achieving your goals.
In the Creating a Strategy to Achieve Smart Goals lesson, you'll learn what SMART goals are—Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound. This lesson guides you through checking if your goals are relevant and identifying the right tools for goal setting. It's about creating a clear, actionable plan that keeps you on track.
Once your strategy is in place, we move to Implementing by Building a Support System. This section helps you find supporters and understand your strengths and weaknesses. You'll explore different types of supporters at work and in professional circles, and learn how to turn your social network into a supportive environment. Tips on being selective in choosing your supporters and sharing your goals make this lesson essential for building a robust support system.
The course concludes with Sustaining Goal Setting for Success. You’ll learn about persistence, the value of flexibility, and how to celebrate small wins. This lesson encourages you to recover and recuperate when facing challenges, change your approach when necessary, and make goal setting a habit that drives long-term success. By believing in yourself and growing where you're planted, you’ll ensure that your efforts yield lasting results.
By the end of this course, you’ll be adept at setting meaningful goals, managing your time, and optimizing your workflows. Your enhanced workplace efficiency skills will contribute to a more productive, goal-oriented work environment, readying you and your team for continued success in future endeavors.
- Practice using the most effective time management strategies.
- Create SMART goals.
- Take control of your email inbox.
- Understand flexibility vs. persistence when prioritizing.
- Build your support system.
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Private classes are delivered for groups at your offices or a location of your choice.
- Become an Expert in Time Management
- Respect Your Time
- Realize That Time Is Money
- How Much Is Your Time Worth?
- Develop a "My Time Is Money" Mind-set
- Do More by Doing Less
- Respect Others' Time
- Don't Keep Others Waiting
- Check if an Interruption Is Timely
- Spend Your Time Doing What You Truly Love to Do
- Personality and Time Management
- Time Management Skills
- Create Practical To-do Lists
- Manage Interruptions
- Ways to Circumvent Interruptions
- Let Your Phone Take the Message
- Check Your Email at Designated Times
- Handle People Interruptions
- Schedule Difficult and Boring Tasks
- Goals as a Motivational Tool for Time Management
- Respect Your Time
- Microsoft Outlook and Time Management
- Optimize Scheduling Tools
- Using the Inbox to Create Task Lists in Outlook
- Use Your Tasks as Work Lists
- Creating a Calendar Item from an Inbox Email
- Checking Email at Designated Times
- The Under-Two-Minute Rule
- Setting Up Rules
- Creating Folders and Archiving Email
- Creating Major and Subfolders
- Using Auto-archive
- Create a Distribution List
- Email Etiquette and Efficiency Tips
- Do's When Writing Email
- Understanding the Importance of Goal Setting
- Start Where You Are Planted
- Start Where You Are
- Have a Peer Role Model
- Have the Right Kind of Cheerleader
- Handle Stress Better
- Have Small "Wins"
- Why Goal Setting Is Important
- It Will Help You Find Purpose and Direction
- You Will Be More Productive with Your Time
- You Will Get Used to the Feeling of Success
- Optimism Will Become Second Nature to You
- Personal and Professional Growth Will Become Your Mantra
- Start Where You Are Planted
- Creating a Strategy to Achieve Smart Goals
- Understand What a SMART Goal Is
- Specific
- Measurable
- Attainable
- Relevant
- Checking if Your Goal Is Relevant
- Time Bound
- Identify the Right Tools for Goal Setting
- Understand What a SMART Goal Is
- Implementing by Building a Support System
- How to Find Supporters
- Understand Your Strengths and Weaknesses
- Identify Skills You Need
- Different Types of Supporters
- Supporters at Work
- Professional Supporters
- Support Groups
- Turn Your Social Network into Your Cheerleading Network
- Being Selective
- Whom to Avoid
- Sharing Your Goals
- Make Yourself Accountable
- Sustaining Goal Setting for Success
- Persistence
- Don't Give up at the First Sign of Difficulty
- Be Persistent in Taking Small Steps
- Recover and Recuperate
- Flexibility
- Failure Is Learning
- Changing Your Approach
- Celebrating Small Wins
- Grow Where You Are Planted
- Believe in Yourself
- Make Goal Setting a Habit
Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.
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$445.00 / student
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- Private Class for your Team
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- Online or On-location
- Customizable
- Expert Instructors