0040 - Organizational Skills

Course Description

Developing good organizational skill is an investment that will provide benefits for years. To be successful means to be organized. These skills will filter through all aspects of participants professional and personal lives. Throughout this workshop, participants will be given the tools necessary in developing better organizational skills that results with 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.

Objectives

• Examine current habits and routines that are not organized
• Learn to prioritize your time schedule and daily tasks
• Determine ways of storing information and supplies
• Learn to organize personal and work space
• Learn to resist procrastination
• Make plans to stay organized in the future

Outline

• 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    
• Prioritize    
  • Write It Down    
  • Urgent/Important Matrix    
  • Divide Tasks    
  • 80/20 Rule    
• Scheduling Your Time    
  • Have a Master Calendar    
  • Setting Deadlines    
  • Remove or Limit the Time Wasters    
  • Coping With Things Outside of Your Control    
• To Do Lists    
  • Use a Day Planner    
  • Finish What You Start    
  • Focus on the Important    
  • Do Quick Tasks Immediately    
• Paper and Paperless Storage    
  • Find a System that Works for You    
  • Make It Consistent    
  • Make it Time Sensitive    
  • Setting up Archives    
• Organization in Your Work Area    
  • Keeping Items Within Arm’s Reach    
  • Only Have Current Projects on Your Desk    
  • Arranging Your Drawers    
  • Organize to Match Your Workflow    
• Tools to Fight Procrastination    
  • Eat That Frog!    
  • Remove Distractions    
  • Give Yourself a Reward    
  • Break Up Large Tasks    
• Organizing Your Inbox    
  • Setting Delivery Rules    
  • Folder and Message Hierarchy    
  • Deal With Email Right Away    
  • Flag and Highlight Important Items    
• Avoid the Causes of Disorganization    
  • Keeping Everything    
  • Not Being Consistent    
  • Not Following a Schedule    
  • Bad Habits    
• Discipline is the Key    
  • Stay Within Your Systems    
  • Learn to Say No    
  • Make Organization a Way of Life    
  • Plan for Tomorrow, Today