Overview:
If there’s any time that effectiveness matters most in the workplace, it’s today as many people now work in an abruptly changed environment - working disparately with far less oversight and more restrictions.
Employee productivity is not how much effort an employee puts in, but how much work is completed. It’s what gets done in a given time.
And for sustained success in organizations, employees must be productive – they must produce value for the business that exceeds the cost of their wages.
However, unfortunately, many employees are not productive, especially with the intricacies of the modern workplace and the new pandemic-driven changes. Some put in much effort but don’t get enough work completed, and some do not put in enough effort and time due to distractions, interruptions, and bad attitude.
This course is designed to address these problems and help participants maximize their productivity. They will be armed with the tools, techniques, and motivation for accomplishing tasks efficiently and effectively to achieve greater results, meet deadlines, and bring significant value to their organization.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
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Identify what personal efficiency is, what skill sets can improve their personal productivity, and what attitudes they should cultivate
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Understand why multi-tasking is a myth and desist from wrong use
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Appreciate what role long-term goals play in short-term efficiency and begin to apply accordingly
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Share a personal vision and develop dreams and goals from it
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Apply the 80/20 rule and learn how it should affect planning
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Identify the characteristics of a good organizational system
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Develop a plan for an efficient workspace, including a customized information center and a filing system
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Apply a system that will allow them to process any type of information that crosses their desk, including e-mail, electronic files, paper files, text messages, and drop-in visitors
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Use the Eisenhower principle to prioritize work for more effectiveness
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Avoid urgency trap
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Say no
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Use routines to simplify their life
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Understand why they procrastinate and develop methods for tackling tasks
Course Content Details:
Session 1:
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Course Overview
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Learning Objectives
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Pre-Assignment: Purpose
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Pre-Assignment: Steps
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Pre-Assignment: Images
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Pre-Assignment: Images
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Pre-Course Assessment
Session 2:
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Understanding Personal Efficiency
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Defining Personal Efficiency
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In the Groove
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A Holistic Approach
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Time Management vs. Personal Productivity
Session 3:
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Developing the Right Attitude
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Useful Skill Sets
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Useful Attitudes
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Why Multi-Tasking is a Myth
Session 4:
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Laying the Foundation
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Creating a Personal Vision Statement
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Step One: Identifying Your Values
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Bringing It All Together
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Step Three: Put it all Together
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Making Connections
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Identifying Dreams and Setting Goals
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Getting Some Ideas
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SPIRIT
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Putting it All Together
Session 5:
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The Building Blocks of a Good Organizational System
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Pareto's Principle
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Characteristics of a Good Organizational System
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Building a Customizable System
Session 6:
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Creating the Right Environment
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Garbage Out!
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Step Two: Make an Action Plan
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Step Three: Get Started, Part One
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Step Three: Get Started, Part Two
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Step Four: Finish the Task
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Laying Out Your Workspace, Part One
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Laying Out Your Workspace, Part Two
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Re-Designing Your Workspace
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Setting up a Daily System
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Priority Tray
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The Incubator
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Sample Incubator
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Using the Incubator
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Using the Incubator Each Day
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Setting up a Filing System
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Four File Types
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Filing Tips
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Putting Everything Back Together
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Putting it in Action, Part 1
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Putting it in Action, Part 1
Session 7:
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Setting up your Virtual Environment
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Organizing Electronic Files
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Tips and Tricks
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Making Your E-Mail Program Work for You
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Commit to Your E-mail Program
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Take Some Training
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Set Up Folders
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Schedule Backups and Archives
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Automate What You Can
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Use Time-Saving Tools
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Exploring Applications
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Top Applications
Session 8:
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Setting up Your Information Management Center
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Key Components of a System, Part 1
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Key Components of a System, Part 2
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Case Study: Sarah the Salesperson
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Case Study: Walter the Writer
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Case Study: Edna the Executive Assistant
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Making Connections
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Lessons Learned, Part 1
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Lessons Learned Part 2
Session 9:
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Managing Information in Six Easy Steps
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GOPHER It!
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GOPHER It!
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Processing E-Mail Messages
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Digging Donald out of the Hole
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Problem One
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Problem Two
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Problem Three
Session 10:
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Prioritizing Your Tasks
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The Urgent-Important Matrix
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Matrix Overview
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Quadrant 1: Urgent and Important
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Quadrant 2: Important but Not Urgent
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Quadrant 3: Urgent but Not Important
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Quadrant 4: Not Urgent and Not Important
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Putting Tasks in Their Place
Session 11:
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Saying No
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Techniques for Saying No, Part One
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Techniques for Saying No, Part Two
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Techniques for Saying No, Part Three
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Techniques for Saying No, Part Four
Session 12:
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Creating Routines
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Why Routines?
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Start of Day Routine
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End of Day Routine
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Dealing with E-mail
Session 13:
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Stopping Procrastination Now (Not Later!)
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Tackling Procrastination
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A Challenge to Change, Part 1
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A Challenge to Change, Part 2
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A Challenge to Change, Part 3
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A Challenge to Change, Part 4
Session 14:
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Applying Our Lessons at Home
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Meals
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Exercise
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Fun Stuff
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Chores
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General Organization
Session 15:
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A Personal Action Plan
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Starting Point
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Where I Want to Go
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How I Will Get There
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Summary
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Recommended Reading List
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Post-Course Assessment
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Course Completion
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Certificate
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Our Account details
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