Time Management  

'From Chaos to Control: Learn How to Balance Your Tasks and Priorities and Achieve More While Doing Less'

Do you ever feel you have too much to do in too little time? Do you sometimes lie awake at night thinking about all the things you have to do the next day? Or maybe you're just looking for ways to help you and your team work smarter, not harder so you can achieve more with less stress and more fun.

Well consider this: the super-successful have no more time available to them than you or I, yet they appear to get more done in less time. That's because they've mastered the habits and tools of successful time management.

They've installed systems in their lives to...

• Track all their 'to dos'
• Stay focused on the next most important thing to do
• Focus on high value tasks ahead of low value tasks
• Balance their workload with less stress
• Get more done with more fun

Now you and your team can master the time management secrets of the super-successful.

'Introducing Brainpower Time Management training'

Brainpower Time Management training is a program for individuals and teams who want to master successful time management.

You'll learn practical strategies you can use immediately in your work and your life to increase your productivity and reduce stress. Click here enquire now.

'Maximise your potential and
make more out of your day'

Here are some of the things you and your team will learn in the Brainpower Time Management workshop :

Program content 

• Over-choice - the overwhelming number of options available to fill our time
• How to confidently handle competing priorities under pressure
• Various ways to identify the next most important thing to do
• The art of stress-free productivity and putting first things first
• Tools (paper-based or digital): to-do list, diary, daybook
• 22 ways to manage meetings
• Microsoft Outlook tips exchange – are you using Outlook to its full Potential, for appointments, tasks, meetings, reminders?
• Important vs. urgent
• Managing paper
• Managing interruptions
• Telephone escape clauses
• Embrace delegation as part of your job
• Do it faster – adequate vs. perfect
• The power of focus on the task at hand
• Achieve more by doing less and applying the 80/20 rule
• Overcome feelings of being overwhelmed, ‘mind churn’
• Work / life balance - making time for fitness, wellness, family, friends and fun
• Positive language

Return on investment - Time Management ROI

Just Imagine. . . If you train 10 people in Time Management, they will each work at least 10% more efficiently, you could save one full-time position costing perhaps $50,000 per year.

Time Management Outcomes

On completion of the program participants will be able to:

• Apply various methods to decide between competing priorities
• Gain clarity about the next most important thing to do
• Have systems to handle to-dos, appointments, file notes and meetings
• Write everything down and use systems so the mind can relax
• Understand the difference between a project and an action-step
• Eliminate procrastination by describing to-dos in action steps
• Appreciate the difference between important and urgent items
• Create a reliable ‘bring forward’ filing system for time-specific documents
• Manage interruptions
• Shorten a phone call, while remaining courteous
• Analyse workflow and identify if holding onto a task creates a bottleneck
• Feel okay about what cannot get done in a day, or delegate
• View delegating as an investment in developing staff
• Set time limits on activities
• Do all of one type of activity in time blocks e.g. all phone calls; all e-mails
• Avoid ‘grasshopper behaviour’ – jumping form task to task.
• Concentrate effort on top 20% of priorities which yields an 80% result
• Identify the one thing they are not doing now, that if they did do, would enhance their sense of happiness, achievement, contribution, and health and fitness
• Understand the impact of negative and positive self-talk

By understanding each of these areas, you'll easily get more done in less time. Click here to enquire.

The Brainpower difference: How we present

What motivates adults to learn? Adults learn when they are actively involved and given the opportunity to share their experience and expertise.

People remember only 5% of what they hear in a lecture. So what can we do to make training more memorable?

Brainpower Training draws on research* which shows interactive discussion increases retention to 50%.

* National Training Laboratories, Bethel, Maine, USA

Our experienced and qualified facilitator tailors the workshop to your group by:

• triggering interactive discussion
• leading brainstorming exercises
• asking quality questions
• comparing case studies

Open-ended exercises help people discover for themselves what you want them to know.

Our facilitator adapts and
customises the presentation to suit the
specific needs of you and your team

You'll interact with your fellow delegates and brainstorm practical action steps that you can apply in your organisation to:

• Identify problem areas
• Innovate solutions and
• Make good time management happen

'Does the training include
any additional materials?'

Yes. Everyone receives a reader-friendly, illustrated workbook to refer to during and after the course. You'll also be presented with a Certificate of Achievement for successfully completing the course.

What people say

'Very good presentation - interactive. Great practical ideas to take away.'

Adam Woods, Process Manager, AstraZeneca

'What I wanted and expected - specific 'how to' steps.'

David West, Solicitor

'Very well presented, easy to take in, not boring, fun and informative.'

Stephen Tole, Bank Officer, BNP Paribas

No Risk Guarantee

You have peace of mind knowing you are not only getting great value for money, but also results that positively impact performance.

Our guarantee is simply this:

If you are not 100% happy and delighted with your workshop, we will either refund the difference between what you paid to what you think it was worth or we'll continue to work with you for free until you achieve the outcomes you reasonably expected.

Call us on 1300 661 555. Our Support Team are happy to answer any questions you may have and walk you through your options.

You'll find the answers to most of your questions on the Frequently asked questions page. 

If you can't find what you're looking for, please contact us and our Support Team will respond to your enquiry with priority.