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Provider:
National Seminars
Topic(s):
Leadership & Management > Time & Stress Management
Who Should Attend?
Professionals of all types, from all levels
- Managing Multiple Projects and Priorities
- Essential Time Management & Organization Skills
- Organization Skills for the Overwhelmed!
Full Seminar Description
Managing Multiple Projects, Competing Priorities & Tight Deadlines guarantees delivery of the skills you need to immediately and effectively deal with multiple projects, expectations, and deadlines ... even conflicting ones ... without the backlog, burnout, and stress-intensive scenarios you are experiencing now. 6 CEUs. Fee per person: $199. (Enroll four people and the fourth attends for free.)Discover how to handle the many projects on your plate ... even conflicting ones ... without the bottlenecks, burnout, and stress-intensive scenarios you're experiencing now!
Program Description:
If you are good at what you do on the job ... if you are a conscientious, committed professional ... two things will be true: (1) you’ll get more to do, and (2) you’ll want to do it all well. That’s when the vicious cycle kicks into action.
A few projects turn into many, with demands that overlap and often even conflict. The ball gets dropped in a critical project phase and schedules are compromised ... deadlines loom larger and are mercilessly inflexible. Then comes a new week, filled with routine responsibilities ... plus new expectations and deadlines. But there are projects carried over from last week still to complete! Tension mounts among team members ... anxiety and stress affect concentration and communication ... errors result in still more delays and scheduling complications ... and on and on and on.
If being good at your job and wanting to do well results in this, who needs it, right? Fortunately, the answer is: It doesn’t have to be that way!
What You'll Learn:
- Spot the hidden shortcuts in every project ... without compromising quality
- Take 5 steps that guarantee critical tasks don’t fall through the cracks
- Overcome project overload with our never-fail "F.A.S.T." prioritizing system
- Arm yourself with fallback formulas that anticipate human error and scheduling hitches
- Up against an impossible deadline? Discover 3 keys that help you do the impossible!
- Gain tips and tricks that help you accelerate almost any project
- Work for and deal with a disorganized boss with less stress and more success
- Resolve conflicting demands with a system that cools tempers and earns respect
- Detect and defuse your unique pressure- to-perform time bombs
- Stay cool and calm ... even when the pressure’s on high!
- Deal more effectively with the difficult people who threaten to impede your project’s progress
- And more!
Workshop Agenda:
1. First Things First: Gaining Control of Yourself!
- Learn the principle of the one-minute focus — a time-saver you should use daily
- The 7-step formula for ending procrastination ... forever
- Avoid unwanted time-robbing interruptions without causing hard feelings
- Regain control of your work space; learn the secret to taming the "Paper Blizzard"
- 5 personal filing systems that only take seconds to use
- Double your productivity by identifying and eliminating time-wasters
- Take control of the clutter ... on your desk and in your mind
- Identify old habits and thought processes that rob you of time and effectiveness
2. Urgent or ASAP: Pinpoint and Pursue Your Real Priorities
- Uncover the 9 great deceivers that keep you powerless to prioritize
- Learn to make maximum use of 4 essential high-impact resources
- How to make your priorities become the priorities of others in 9 easy steps
- Deliver consistent quality even when the pressure for quantity seems overwhelming
- Recognize which projects you can ... could ... or must delegate — and to whom
- Learn our guaranteed "F.A.S.T." track to priority management! F=Focus, A=Agree, S=Schedule, T=Track
- Decrease unnecessary time spent in meetings; increase the results you achieve
- What to do when the clock says "go home," but your workload says you’re nowhere near quitting time
3. Divide and Conquer: Winning the War Between Multiple Tasks and Concurrent Deadlines
- Learn powerful planning and organizing techniques that are guaranteed to boost productivity
- 5 techniques America’s top achievers use to get on track and stay on target
- Meet tight deadlines and handle competing demands without losing your cool
- Cope with and conquer a high-demand workload that’s getting even more demanding
- Use 3 keys to making way for the "no way" deadline
- Spot the hidden shortcuts in every project ... without compromising quality
- Take our "Multiple-Project Organizer" back to the job for ongoing reference, results, and relief, starting the very next day
4. Dealing With Conflicting or Competing Demands
- Prevent costly calendar collisions from impeding your progress in 2 easy steps
- How to use the universal 8-step process so nothing is forgotten
- Discover the greatest time- and labor-saving technique of all time: the power to say "no"
- Learn an effective 5-step process for satisfying more than one boss — you’ll look like a hero
5. Through It All, Maintain Strong, Positive Working Relationships
- Resolve conflicting demands with a system that cools tempers and earns respect
- Learn the right way to ask for what you need without irritating coworkers
- Work for and deal with a disorganized boss with less stress
- Arm yourself with fallback formulas that anticipate human error and scheduling hitches
- Accurately gauge your pressure level and apply instant stress reducers
6. Establish Solid Defenses Against Advancing Stressors
- You’ll get a checklist for developing balance in your life
- Learn what to do when you’re sick and tired of being sick and tired
- Find out how to avoid burnout and how to get the most out of stress
- Learn to develop a Personal Goals Map so personal priorities get equal time
- Reduce stress with a prioritizing system that keeps you in control
- Detect and defuse your unique pressure-to-perform time bombs
This workshop will teach you how to make more out of your time, but it won’t give you the old time management systems you’ve been told about countless times before. Managing Multiple Projects, Competing Priorities & Tight Deadlines is a truly innovative, practical approach to your real-world challenges and concerns that will help you get more done in less time with greater cooperation from others. You’ll realize immediate results — we guarantee it!
Sponsor Background:
National Seminars Group, a division of Rockhurst University Continuing Education Center, Inc., is one of the nation's leading providers of continuing education. Each year, we provide more than 6,000 seminars in the United States and Canada, and in our 25-year history, more that 14 million professionals have participated in these programs.Besides offering a full range of training skills to all professional levels through our one-day and two-day seminars and conferences, we also offer highly-acclaimed books, audiocassette, videocassette and CD-ROM training products for individuals, teams, departments or corporate reference libraries.
Since 1991, our affiliation with Rockhurst University, a highly acclaimed four-year university, ensures our commitment to providing lifelong continuous-learning opportunities. We're certain the combination of continuing education with academic excellence gives you the best and most innovative approach to fulfill your continuing education needs.
Cancellation Policy:
If you cannot attend a workshop for which you are registered, you may send a substitute or receive a credit memo toward a future workshop. If you cancel your registration up to five business days before the workshop, your registration fee will be refunded less a $10 enrollment charge.
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