Certificate: Course Completion Certificate

Language: English

Duration: 1 Day

Credits: 8

Course Delivery: Classroom/ Virtual Live / Onsite

Offers: Groups of 5 - 10 people 10% Discount | Groups of 11 - 20 people 15% Discount

Course Overview:

Developing good Organizational Skills is an investment that will provide benefits for years. To be successful means to be organized. These skills will filter through all aspects of the participant's professional and personal lives. Throughout this workshop, the participants will be given the tools necessary to develop better Organizational Skills.

Through Organizational Skills, the 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.

Target Audience:

Anybody who is interested in learning Organizational Skills.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Remove the Clutter
• Prioritize
• Scheduling Your Time
• To-Do Lists
• Paper and Paperless Storage
• Organization Your Work Area
• Tools to Fight Procrastination
• Organizing your Inbox
• Avoid the Causes of Disorganization
• Discipline is the Key to Stay Organized

Prerequisites:

None

Course Materials:

Attendees will receive a course manual with presentation slides and reference materials.

Technical Requirements:

For eBooks:

Internet for downloading the eBook

Laptop, tablet, Smartphone, eReader (No Kindle)

Adobe DRM supported software (e.g. Digital Editions, Bluefire Reader)

eBook download and activation instructions

Agenda:

Module One: 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 Its Place
• Case Study
• Module One: Review Questions

Module Two: Prioritize

• Write It Down
• Urgent/Important Matrix
• Divide Tasks
• 80/20 Rule
• Case Study
• Module Two: Review Questions

Module Three: Scheduling Your Time

• Have a Master Calendar
• Setting Deadlines
• Remove or Limit the Time Wasters
• Coping With Things Outside of Our Control
• Case Study
• Module Three: Review Questions

Module Four: To-Do Lists

• Use a Day Planner
• Finish What You Start
• Focus on the Important
• Do Quick Tasks Immediately
• Case Study
• Module Four: Review Questions

Module Five: Paper and Paperless Storage

• Find a System that Works for You
• Make it Consistent
• Make it Time Sensitive
• Setting up Archives
• Case Study
• Module Five: Review Questions

Module Six: Organization 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
• Module Six: Review Questions

Module Seven: Tools to Fight Procrastination

• Eat That Frog!
• Remove Distractions
• Give Yourself a Reward
• Break Up Large Tasks
• Case Study
• Module Seven: Review Questions

Module Eight: Organizing your Inbox

• setting up Delivery Rules
• Folder and Message Hierarchy
• Deal with Email Right Away
• Flag and Highlight Important Items
• Case Study
• Module Eight: Review Questions

Module Nine: Avoid the Causes of Disorganization

• Keeping Everything
• Not Being Consistent
• Not Following a Schedule
• Bad Habits
• Case Study
• Module Nine: Review Questions

Module Ten: Discipline is the Key to Stay Organized

• Stay Within Your Systems
• Learn to Say No
• Have Organization Be Part of Your Life
• Plan for Tomorrow, Today
• Case Study
• Module Ten: Review Questions

• Module Eleven: Wrapping Up

• Words from the Wise
• Review of Parking Lot
• Lessons Learned
• Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations