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Welcome! . How to Handle Multiple Demands on Your Time Presented by: Tamara Anderson Dale Carnegie Training. Seminar Objectives. Gain an understanding of where our time is spent Develop the mindset to overcome time management obstacles and work more efficiently
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Welcome! How to Handle Multiple Demands on Your Time Presented by: Tamara Anderson Dale Carnegie Training
Seminar Objectives • Gain an understanding of where our time is spent • Develop the mindset to overcome time management obstacles and work more efficiently • Identify tools to plan, organize, and manage our time
Cycle of Self Development I need I Want Attitude I can Results I will How? Practice Knowledge
Time Cost Quality Current Business Reality
The Pareto Principle • The 80/20 Rule: 20% is vital and 80% is trivial • Examples: • 20% of the people owns 80% of the wealth • 20% of stock takes up 80% of warehouse • 80% of sales comes from 20% of the sales staff • 20% of staff will cause 80% of the problems And… • 20% of staff will provide 80% of production • 20% of activities produces 80% of the results
Five Components of Time Management • Attitude and Stress • Planning • Prioritizing • Organizing • Decision-Making
Obstacles to Effective Time Management
Urgent Not Urgent I • Crisis • Deadlines • Meetings • Conflicts Important III • Phone calls • Interruptions • E-mail • Voice mail Not Important Tyranny of the Urgent II • Planning • Prioritizing • Building relationships • Skill development IV • Junk mail • Busy work • Internet • Instant Messenger • Games
The Wheel of Life Career 10% Finances/Home Spirituality 10 10 o Health Community 10 10 PersonalLife 10 SocialLife/Leisure 10 10 Family/SignificantOthers
Fun Time Facts • There are 168 hours in a week. • We spend about 40 of them working. • We spend about four hours a week in transit to and from our jobs. • We spend just over one fourth of our lives taking care of business. • We spend approximately 56 hours/week sleeping. • We spend seven hours grooming ourselves each week. • We spend about seven hours/week eating. • We are left with 54 hours in our week for “free” time.
Delegation Plan • A task I currently do that can be delegated to someone on my team • The person to whom I will delegate • The benefits to this person in taking on this task • The benefits to me in my effort to increase productivity and manage my time more effectively
Magic Formula for Decision-Making What is the best option? What are the pros and cons of each? What are the options? What is the decision-making opportunity?
Thank you for your time! Tamara Anderson Corporate Solutions Consultant Dale Carnegie Training/Eide Bailly LLP 701.476.8730 Tanderson@eidebailly.com www.eidebailly.com/dalecarnegie