Summary

Synopsis

Managers, small business owners, team leaders, and team members alike can all benefit from becoming more efficient. Learn how to identify your time-robbing habits in order to trim wasted minutes from your day. Make time spent at work more productive in order to reduce time constraints and secure leisure time.

Objectives

• Name steps for dealing with time robbers
• Identify internal and external time robbers
• Differentiate between major and minor time robbers
• List a minimum of four ways to deal with internal time robbers
• List a minimum of four ways to deal with external time robbers
• Itemize the two components of a corrective contingency plan

Outline

• Introduction
• Overview
• Objectives
• The Notion of Time
• Think about this!
• Time Robbers
• A Definition?
• How Do You Fill Your Time?
• Identify the Robbers
• Types of Time Robbers
• Internal Robbers
• External Robbers
• Prioritizing Major and Minor Robbers
• Checkpoint I
• Internal Time Robbers
• Corrective Action
• Tackling Internal Robbers
• Getting Rid of Old Habits
• External Time Robbers
• Handling People
• Handling –Workplace Events
• Checkpoint II
• Developing a Plan
• Corrective Plan
• Contingency Plan
• Robber Removal
• Taking Action
• Overcoming Obstacles
• Final Checkpoint