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Putting First Things First: Effective Time Management and Prioritization

In this webinar, Liz McLean from the Center for Leadership and Management will discuss Stephen Covey's Important/Urgent Matrix and how it can help you prioritize your work. Learn how to organize and carry out tasks based on priorities, and discover other time management tools. Putting first things first is crucial for vision, perspective, balance, control, and reducing crisis. Don't miss this opportunity to improve your time management skills!

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Putting First Things First: Effective Time Management and Prioritization

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  1. Center for Leadership and Management CLM 2012 Technical Exchange Coffee Webinars Putting First Things First Liz McLean March 15, 2012 Date (month/day/year)

  2. Learning Objectives • Know Stephen Covey’s Important/Urgent Matrix • Gain Some Experience Using It • Be Prepared to Apply the Important/Urgent Matrix to Own Work • Be Aware of Some Time Management tools

  3. Putting First Things First • Organize and carry out work based on priorities • The most important thing is not managing time; it is managing ourselves!

  4. Why bother? • Good management means putting first things first • When we put “first things first” we will have vision, perspective, balance, control, and fewer crisis

  5. Important and Urgent Matrix

  6. Important and Urgent Matrix - Example

  7. Impact of Each Quadrant on Your Energy and Effectiveness

  8. How Do You Spend Your Time at Work?

  9. Seven Key Practices of Quadrant II • Improving communication with others • Better preparation • Better planning and organization • Caring for yourself • Taking advantage of new opportunities • Personal development • Knowing what is important

  10. Other Tools That May Help • Plan to put first things first: • Make a list of what is most important to you in your work • Share this list with another person • Discuss what you can do differently to put first things first • Set priorities using the priority matrix (pg 203 MWLH)

  11. Next CLM Technical Exchange Coffee Webinar Understanding Financial Reports:The Income Statement March 29, 2012 9:00 am – 9:30 am (U.S. Eastern Time) CLM Technical Exchange Coffee Webinars 2012

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