Course Description
Developing good Organizational Skills is an investment that will provide benefits for years. To be successful means to be organized. These skills will filter through all aspects of your participants’ professional and personal lives. Throughout this workshop, your participants will be given the tools necessary in developing better Organizational Skills. Through Organizational Skills, your participants will encounter improved productivity, better management, and an overall increase in professional growth. Every day people waste numerous amounts of time looking for items. So, stop looking for those important items and start knowing where they are by getting organized.
Course Objectives:
Examine current habits and routines that are not organized
Learn to prioritize your time schedule and daily tasks
Determine ways of storing information and supplies
Learn to organize personal and workspace
Learn to resist procrastination
Make plans to stay organized in the future
Agenda
Course Core Competencies:
Module 1: Remove the Clutter
Topic A: Just Do It
Topic B: You Don’t Have to Keep Everything
Topic C: Three Boxes: Keep, Donate, and Trash
Topic D: A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place
Module 2: Prioritize
Topic A: Write It Down
Topic B: Urgent/Important Matrix
Topic C: Divide Task
Topic D: 80/20 Rule
Module 3: Scheduling Your Time
Topic A: Have a Master Calendar
Topic B: Setting Deadlines
Topic C: Remove or Limit the Time Wasters
Topic D: Coping With Things Outside of Your Control
Module 4: To Do Lists
Topic A: Use a Day Planner
Topic B: Finish What You Start
Topic C: Focus on the Important
Topic D: Do Quick Tasks Immediately
Module 5: Paper and Paperless Storage
Topic A: Find a System that Works for You
Topic B: Make It Consistent
Topic C: Make It Time Sensitive
Topic D: Setting Up Archives
Module 6: Organization in Your Work Area
Topic A: Keeping Items Within Arm’s Reach
Topic B: Only Have Current Projects on Your Desk
Topic C: Arranging Your Drawers
Topic D: Organize to Match Your Workflow
Module 7: Tools to Fight Procrastination
Topic A: Eat That Frog!
Topic B: Remove Distractions
Topic C: Give Yourself a Reward
Topic D: Break Up Large Tasks
Module 8: Organizing Your Inbox
Topic A: Setting Delivery Rules
Topic B: Folder and Message Hierarchy
Topic C: Deal With Email Right Away
Topic D: Flag and Highlight Important Items
Module 9: Avoid the Causes of Disorganizations
Topic A: Keeping Everything
Topic B: Not Being Consistent
Topic C: Not Following a Schedule
Topic D: Bad Habits
Module 10: Discipline is the Key to Stay Organized
Topic A: Stay Within Your Systems
Topic B: Learn to Say No
Topic C: Have Organization Be Part of Your Life
Topic D: Plan for Tomorrow, Today
Audience
Who Should Attend
Stop looking for those important items, and start knowing where they are by getting organized.