Course Outline
1 – Getting Started
- Housekeeping Items
- The Parking Lot
- Workshop Objectives
- Action Plans and Evaluations
2 – Remove the Clutter
- Just Do it
- You Don’t Have to Keep Everything
- Three Boxes: Keep, Donate, and Trash
- A Place for Everything and Everything in it’s Place
- Case Study
- Review Questions
3 – Prioritize
- Write it Down
- Urgent/Important Matrix
- Divide Tasks
- 80/20 Rule
- Case Study
- Review Questions
4 – Scheduling Your Time
- Have a Master Calendar
- Setting Deadlines
- Remove or Limit the Time Wasters
- Coping With Things Outside of Our Control
- Case Study
- Review Questions
5 – To Do Lists
- Use a Day Planner
- Finish What You Start
- Focus on the Important
- Do Quick Tasks Immediately
- Case Study
- Review Questions
6 – Paper and Paperless Storage
- Find a System that Works for You
- Make it Consistent
- Make it Time Sensitive
- Setting up Archives
- Case Study
- Review Questions
7 – Organization in Your Work Area
- Keeping Items Within Arm’s Reach
- Only Have Current Projects on Your Desk
- Arranging Your Drawers
- Organize to Match Your Workflow
- Case Study
- Review Questions
8 – Tools to Fight Procrastination
- Eat That Frog!
- Remove Distractions
- Give Yourself a Reward
- Break Up large Tasks
- Case Study
- Review Questions
9 – Organizing your Inbox
- Setting up Delivery Rules
- Folder and Message Hierarchy
- Deal with Email Right Away
- Flag and Highlight Important Items
- Case Study
- Review Questions
10 – Avoid the Causes of Disorganization
- Keeping Everything
- Not Being Consistent
- Not Following a Schedule
- Bad Habits
- Case Study
- Review Questions
11 – Discipline is the Key to Staying Organized
- Stay Within Your Systems
- Learn to Say No
- Have Organization Be Part of Your Life
- Plan for Tomorrow, Today
- Case Study
- Review Questions
12 – Wrapping Up
- Words from the Wise
- Review of Parking Lot
- Lessons Learned
- Completion of Action Plans
Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.
Learning Objectives
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.
No special instructions regarding this course's target audience provided. Please contact us to discuss if you are unsure whether this course is for you!
No special prerequisites for this course provided. If you are unsure whether you might need to take another course first, please contact us to discuss.
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You will receive a ‘Certificate of Completion’ once you complete the class. If you purchased an exam voucher for the class, a team member from TOPTALENT LEARNING will reach out to discuss your readiness for the voucher and make arrangements to send it.
