Questions

• Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed with tons of things to do?

• Do you feel you have great ideas but nobody listen to them?

• Is it sometimes difficult to motivate people around you?

• Do you feel that you are working so hard with little or no progress?

• Do you feel that you are working so hard with little or no time for your personal / family life?

• Do you not sometimes enjoy your work, but you have to do it?

Course Objectives

• Communicate more effectively

•  Set goals and achieve results

• Thrive in a learning environment

•  Become a team player

•  Deal with interruptions

•  Increase productivity through controlling priorities

•  Evaluate attitudes and make productive behavioral changes

 Chapter 1: Nature of Productivity

• What is Productivity?

• What are the Key Resources for Increasing Productivity?

• Identifying and Using High Payoff Activities (Tool)

• How to establishing a Base Line for Productivity?

• Recognize the rewards of Improving Productivity

• Acknowledge your attitudes and learn how to change them:

  o        Toward Planning and Goal Setting

  o        Toward Other People

  o        Toward External Circumstances

  o        Toward Practices and Procedures

  o        Toward Yourself

Chapter 2: Goal Achievement Through Time Management

• How the Goal-Setting Process Works

• Finding Time for Planning and Goal Setting

• Personal Productivity Worksheet (Tool)

• Classification of Tasks (Tool)

• Goal Planning Sheet (Tool)

Chapter 3: Increasing Productivity through Controlling Priorities

• Setting Balanced Priorities in All Areas of Life

• Dealing with Interruptions

• Coping with Emergencies

• Calendar / Commitment Book

• Drop-in Visitors

• Handling Paper Flow

• Efficient Work Areas

• Managing Communications

• Lear How and When to Say “No”

Chapter 4: Improving Productivity Through Communication

• Empathy in Communication

• Difference between Empathy and Sympathy

• Listening for the Total Message

• Communicating with Groups

• Time for Communicating

• Clarifying with Effective Questions

• Tips for Speed Reading

• Writing for Maximum Impact

• Using Technology Efficiently and Effectively

• Communicating with Groups

Chapter 5: Empowering the Team

• The Empowerment Imperative

• The Benefits of Empowerment

• The Time of a Leader

• Attitudes - The Heart of Empowerment and

• Delegation

• Developing Team Players Through Delegation

• Levels of Delegation

• Communication and Delegation

Chapter 6: Increasing Productivity of the Team

• Sharing and Communicating Goals

• Creating a Learning Environment

• Developing and Coaching Self-Directed Work

• Positive Expectancy

• Developing People

• Efficient Procedures

• Productive Meeting Strategies

• Celebrating Your Success

• The Productivity Challenge

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