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National Seminars Group & Padgett Thompson
a division of Rockhurst University Continuing Education Center
Course Description
Managing Multiple Projects and Priorities
Essentials for staying in control of projects and priorities while staying on target with your objectives, deadlines and budgets.
Program
Description
Gain
control of your time, your projects and your priorities!
For career-minded professionals like you, success can be a double-edged
sword. On one side, you excel at your job and are valued in your organization.
But with that comes increased responsibility. More work. Additional projects
heaped upon your plate. More demands on your time. Everything and everyone
cries out for your immediate attention.
Gets to be overwhelming, doesn’t it? You’ve got so much to
do, and it’s all considered “high priority” or “hot”
or “URGENT!” Some days you don’t even know where to start.
And with e-mail, voice mail, instant messaging and cell phones delivering
information to you, the projects are coming faster than ever before, with
no end in sight.
To keep up with today’s enormous workload, you can’t rely
on yesterday’s skills.
Master
the latest success habits.
Managing Projects and Priorities is an amazing new workshop designed
for the way professionals work today. Unlike similarly titled programs
that are a rehash of old ideas and outdated concepts, this training is
cutting edge and on-point, packed with the latest project-management techniques
and prioritizing tools. During the very first few minutes of training,
you’ll pinpoint old habits and behaviors that are wasting your precious
time and sabotaging your efforts, and you’ll start replacing them
with success habits all top achievers share.
Determine
your true priorities – and let the rest go.
You’ll discover how to establish priorities by setting goals that
will serve as your guide. You’ll also determine what is truly important
on the job and at home, so that you can begin letting go of the nonessential
tasks, activities and commitments that are crowding your schedule and
eating your time. What’s more, you’ll find out how to focus
your efforts where they’ll make the biggest difference in your results.
Handle
project changes and emergencies with ease.
Projects change, glitches foul up the schedule, people don’t perform,
deadlines are shortened and everyone goes crazy as chaos reigns, right?
No more! You’ll learn fall-back formulas that factor in time for
human error, keys to making that “no way” deadline and strategies
for anticipating team and project problems so you can head them off. You’ll
also gain insight into the top reasons projects fail so you can avoid
them from the get-go. Find out how to keep from making mistakes when you’re
under pressure – and how to accurately gauge your pressure level
so you can apply instant stress reducers.
Become
more productive, more effective and less stressed — immediately.
Bottom line, the essential set of skills you’ll learn in Managing
Projects and Priorities will make a significant and immediate impact on
your daily productivity. You’ll find you have more time available,
that you’re doing more planning and less reacting, that you’re
gaining cooperation from those who were once resistant, that your priorities
seem to fall into place rather than compete for your attention. You’ll
enjoy your job more and experience far less stress because you’ll
have the tools you need to handle anything that comes your way.
Don’t
miss this rare opportunity to give your career skills a major upgrade.
In just one day of training you’ll return to work armed with tools,
strategies and techniques that will drive your success for years to come
— we guarantee it!
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What
You’ll Learn
- Balance competing priorities
- Master vital planning techniques
- Stay on top of critical deadlines
- Manage your time more effectively
- Be prepared to handle change
- Set aggressive yet realistic goals
- Bring projects in on time, on track, on budget
Significantly
boost your productivity by eliminating time-wasters from your day.
- Meet deadlines with ease – even the “no way!” deadlines.
- Recognize your true priorities and start letting go of the unimportant
- Handle inevitable project changes and obstacles without hassle.
- Say “no” assertively and tactfully, without causing anger
or resentment.
- Develop success habits that keep you on target and on track to achieve
your goals.
- Head off problems and project glitches by anticipating them.
- Gain cooperation up and down the ladder for your projects.
- Say goodbye to juggling priorities by using the F.A.S.T. prioritizing
system.
- Organize anything in 3 easy steps.
- Get more time out of every workday using powerful planning techniques.
- Banish the project cripplers — procrastination and perfectionism.
- Gain control of your time, projects and priorities through active
goal-setting.
- Stop the time-draining effects of interruptions.
- Ask for what you need in an assertive, confident way that ensures
you’ll get it.
- Focus your efforts where they’ll make the most difference using
the
80/20 rule.
- Eliminate or reduce the top stressors in your life.
- Avoid making mistakes when you’re under pressure.
- Spend less time in meetings and get better results.
- Develop a healthy life balance because your priorities will be straight.
Who
Should Attend
If any of these following scenarios sound all too familiar, this workshop
will greatly benefit you. In just one day of training, you’ll learn
powerful solutions to each problem below, and dozens more! Take a look...
- Many or most of the tasks in front of you right now are “hot”
or “ASAP.”
- More work is required than can reasonably be accomplished in the
time allotted.
- You always feel behind, even though you often come in early and stay
late.
- Stress is undermining the attitudes and behavior of key people, including
you.
- You currently have no system for tracking projects or priorities.
- You sometimes have trouble gaining cooperation from others for your
projects or tasks.
- Saying “no” is difficult for you, even when your plate
is full.
- Whoever commits your team to responsibilities and/or deadlines doesn’t
grasp how much work will be involved.
- You frequently feel stressed out and under pressure at work.
- More often than not you work right “up to the wire” on
projects.
- Delegating to others makes you very uncomfortable.
- Your day is filled with constant interruptions.
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Workshop
Agenda
Managing Yourself: Replacing Bad Habits With Success Habits
- Identifying old habits and thought processes that rob you of time
and effectiveness
- 5 key success habits highly effective professionals share – and
how to begin integrating them into your life
- A 7-step formula for ending procrastination ... forever!
- The trap of perfectionism and how it may be sabotaging your success
- Learning to say “no” with tact: a success habit that will
save you tons of time
Establishing
Priorities to Get the Most Out of Your Time
- Discover the 9 great deceivers that keep you powerless to prioritize
- What are your real priorities? Identifying what matters most –
professionally and personally
- Learn our “F.A.S.T.” (Focus, Agree, Schedule, Track) system
for priority management!
- How to determine what’s “hottest” when everything
(and everyone) is screaming for your attention
- Let it go: strategies for cutting loose from nonpriority tasks, activities,
commitments and obligations that bog you down
Essentials
of Planning: Your Key to Effectively Managing Projects and Priorities
- The power of the one-minute focus as a way to start your day right
nnn Understanding Pareto’s Principle and how to use the 80/20 rule
to focus your efforts
- Powerful planning techniques guaranteed to boost your productivity
nnn 5 techniques America’s top achievers use to get on track and
stay on target
- Goal-setting “how to’s” for gaining control of your
time, your projects and your priorities
Organization
“Musts” for Getting and Staying On Track
- Tips for getting projects on the right track so you don’t get
sidetracked
- How to organize anything in 3 steps: Analyze, Plan and Take Action!
- The secret to making your To-Do list work for you instead of against
you
- Technology tamers: getting a grip on e-mail, voice mail, faxes and
more
- A step-by-step plan of attack for turning piles into files
- 5 personal-filing systems that take only seconds to use
- Take our Multiple-Project Organizer back to the job for ongoing reference
– and immediate relief!
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Time-Management
Tools and Strategies From the Pros
- 5 time-wise habits that top achievers share
- Identifying your greatest time-wasters – and making a plan to
eliminate them
- 20 bright ideas for stopping the time-draining effects of interruptions
nnn Discovering your daily peak productivity time and how to make the
most of it
- Calendars, day planners, PDAs and personal- productivity software:
determining which tools will work best for you
nnn Decrease unnecessary time in meetings – and increase the results
you want to achieve
- Deadlines 101: tips for assessing how long a project will really
take
Building
Positive Working Relationships: The Secret to Getting the Job Done
- “How to’s” for gaining commitment and cooperation for
your project
- Communication tips for building rapport up and down the project line
- The secret to asking for what you need in a way that ensures you’ll
get it
- Resolving conflicting demands with a system that cools tempers and
earns respect
- You can’t do it all! Delegation techniques that work like magic
to lighten your load
- 5 powerful ways to keep conflict to a minimum on any project team
Effectively
Handling Change, Crises, Emergencies and the Unexpected
- 6 strategies that help you anticipate team and project problems –
and head them off
- How to deal quickly and confidently with inevitable project changes
- 3 keys to making way for the “no way” deadline
- Fall-back formulas that anticipate human error and scheduling glitches
- How to avoid making mistakes when you’re under pressure
- 9 reasons projects fail – and how to avoid each one
Building
a Solid Defense Against Stress and Pressure
- Accurately gauging your pressure level to apply instant stress reducers
- How to detect and defuse your unique pressure-to-perform time bombs
- Determining your top 10 stressors: Brainstorming on how you’ll
eliminate or reduce them
- Recognizing the negative, time-robbing power of worrying and how
to banish it forever
- Tactics for avoiding the pressure to do more when your plate is full
- CHECKLIST: developing a healthy balance in your life
Your
Guarantee of Complete Satisfaction
We stand behind our seminars
with a 100 percent , iron-clad, money-back guarantee
of satisfaction. If for any reason you’re not completely satisfied
with the solid skills, the tips, tools and shortcuts, and the crucial
information you receive during this workshop, we’ll refund your money
in full. Every penny. Guaranteed!
Program
Hours:
9:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. Registration begins at
8:30 a.m.
Group
Discount: When 3 enroll from your organization, a 4th attends
FREE!
Lunch:
Lunch is on your own.
Continuing
Education:
Continuing education credits may be recognized by your professional
board. Contact your own board to find out what's required.
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