Course description
How to Manage Your Workload Effectively
Work teams will often tell you that they now have half the people to do twice the work. Sometimes it’s because of budget cuts, mergers and acquisitions, layoffs, outdated role descriptions, and a cultural shift due to changing demands over time.
Morale declines. People are stressed and employee engagement decreases. Projects fall through the cracks deadlines are missed. A study at Temple University shows when people “reach cognitive and information overload,” brain activity declines in the portion of the brain responsible for making decisions and controlling emotions. The result: people start making bad decisions and errors increase.
Our Time & Workload Management Skills Workshop will help participants gain control of their workload and learn solutions to increase productivity and improve morale.
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Who should attend?
Target Audience
Anyone who believes they have too much work and not enough time to produce a quality result
Training content
Pre-Workshop
- Two weeks prior to the workshop, attendees will receive aone-page matrix that they will be instructed to completeand bring to the workshop. The matrix will identify wheretheir pain is. For instance, if they attend a meeting theybelieve was not productive, they will mark that on theirmatrix. If they are asked to do a task that they don’t havethe proper tools or skills, they need to mark that as well.
- One-on-one interview with stakeholders to understandthe current landscape and what drivers they perceivecould be contributing to overload.
Day of Training
- Where is the Pain? & Where is the Opportunity?
- At their tables, participants will share their personalmatrix. A leader will be selected to capture the top fivecommon themes. Each work team will report out theirfindings. A facilitated discussion will follow on thebiggest themes.
- What is the Solution?
- Participants will then be able to self-select a themethey want to work on. At the newly formed teams,participants will come up with solutions to reduce theoverload for that theme.
- Assess Your Own Productivity
- Participants will take an assessment and then beprovided with some techniques to increase theirpersonal productivity.
- Create A Circle Of Experts
- Participants identify an area where they want to becalled on for their expertise. Perhaps, it’s using Excel orPowerPoint. Other team members know if they haveto use a particular tool and are struggling with it, theycan go to the expert. They will save time and reducetheir stress. Participants commit to the circle beforeleaving the workshop.
Course delivery details
Delivery Options
Custom-tailored Workshop
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