Managers who need to lead others have to be able to manage themselves, their own time and their own stress levels successfully. This practical two-day workshop will enable delegates to better manage their own time, enable them to improve their decision making cycle, become pro-active, avoid procrastination and enable them to motivate and manage themselves and others, thereby reducing the levels of unhealthy stress in their teams.
Who should attend?
- Middle management level employees
- Supervisors
- Team leaders
- Employees who have been earmarked for succession into management
Workshop outline
Time Management
Benefits of time management
- Why should I manage my time better?
- Why should I manage my team’s time?
- Identifying your own time wasters
- Managing external time wasters
- How to implement time management with yourself and your team
Principles of time management
- Balance
- Planning and organising
- How to avoid procrastination
- Prioritising
- The art of delegating effectively
- The art of follow up and feedback to increase productivity
Practical implementation of time management
- Learning to manage your own time wasters
- Learn to manage your team’s time wasters
- Use the Yohari window principles to plan and execute
- Learn to use time well to aid decision-making
- Goals vs. results
- Turning plans into action
- Measuring your team’s productivity
- Using to-do lists effectively
- Using technology to “win” time
- Implement a time management plan in your department
Stress management
Understanding stress
- What is stress
- How can I recognise stress in myself?
- How can I recognise stress in my team
- Analyse your own stress profile
- Different types of stress (personal, business, environment, organisational)
Managing stress
- Methods of stress management
- How can I relieve stress in myself and others?
- Stress and conflict
- Stress and anger
- Stress in the workplace
- Proactive strategies and techniques to counteract negative stress
- Strategies to use stress productively and positively
- Implement a stress management plan in your department