Time Management and Business Communication Today

Summary:	Increase awareness of the critical role self-management plays in effective time management. Learn and share various techniques and tools for managing time including basic strategies for planning, prioritizing and working smarter in order to improve personal productively as well as Team Time Management.
Benefit:	Managers and their staff work smarter and more efficiently while maintaining a balance with personal life, fostering productivity.

Class Objectives

Understand how time management is really a matter of self-management and clear communication of priorities and values
Know how to increase the amount of control over various aspects of work/life (ways to manage and minimize interruptions, etc.)
Increase awareness of good scheduling principles and means for setting and managing multiple priorities
Learn strategies for helping self and others avoid time wasters such as procrastination, perfectionism, etc.
Understand the impact of style on time management including traps that certain styles may fall into and what a manager can do to help all styles

Effectively incorporate risk management and time management as a means of prioritizing tasks for self and others
Apply basic concepts of process improvement to individual work processes in order to work smarter
More effectively utilize various planning tools [organizers, electronic scheduling software, personal digital assistants (PDAs), etc.]
More efficiently utilize communication media, such as e-mail and generate better REO from face-to-face group meetings
Balance and integrate work and personal life

*Assessment Instrument:*	Time Management Behavior and Practices Self-Assessment
*Course Length:*	1 Day (7 hours of content)