Training Courses

Personal Effectiveness

Course Aims:

The course is designed to enable the participants to become aware of their personal preferences and behaviour and how this impacts on their effectiveness. In addition, the participants will examine how they spend their time and identify how they can be more effective. The participants will complete a Myers-Briggs or TMS profile before the workshop. The participants will also be encouraged to keep a time log for the two weeks prior to the workshop.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course participants will be able to:
  • Use their personal preferences to best effect.
  • Mange their priorities effectively.
  • Use simple tools to manage competing demands.
  • Use their time more appropriately to deliver better results.

Duration:

1 Day

Understanding self
  • What is personal preference?
  • Impact of preference on behaviour
Habits of effective people
  • What are the habits of effective people?
  • Taking responsibility
  • Being proactive
  • Focussing key priorities
Setting personal standards
  • How to set standards at work
  • Changing your behaviour
  • Leading by example
Managing priorities and time management
  • What wastes your time?
  • Analysis of personal time log
  • Establishing priorities
  • Spending time doing the right things
  • Practical priority management tools
  • Planning & diary management
Handling competing priorities
  • Making good judgements and sound decisions
  • Separating and prioritising issues and actions
  • Evaluating choices and consequences
  • Taking action
Action planning
  • Transferring learning back to the workplace