Time and Stress Management
Course Description
Modern life is full of hassles, deadlines and frustrations. Like most professionals, you've probably struggled with managing time and stress effectively. In this course, you will practice techniques that will help you achieve more effective use of your time so that you can direct your energy towards the activities that will further your professional and personal goals. You will also discover your unique reactions to stressful situations and how to effectively cope with them.
Course Objective:
You will identify effective time-management strategies, including defining personal and professional goals, establishing priorities, and identifying the tasks that will be critical to achieving those goals. You will create a personal time-management action plan, and learn how to effectively cope with stress, manage with stress and find ways to reduce the level of stress.
- Articulate your goals
- Analyze how you are currently allocating your most precious resources: energy and time
- Identify elements of your personal work style that contribute to your effective use of time
- Understand the different responses to stress
- Assemble a toolbox of time and stress management strategies to better manage and reduce the stress at work and be more effective
- Create an action plan for your time management process and identify ways to evaluate and improve your efforts
Who Should Attend
For anyone who needs to effectively manage their time and stress at work.
Methodologies
Course Content
Lesson 1: Defining Priorities & Goals
- Define Time Management
- Identify Priorities
- Articulate SMART Goals
Lesson 2: Analyzing Time & Energy Allocation
- Identify How Energy Is Spent
- Analyze Tasks
- Analyze Time Usage
- Analyze Energy Flow
Lesson 3: Personal Time Management Styles
- Different time management styles
- Personal Strengths and Motivatiors
- Analyse Your Preferences
- Review a Successful Day or Project
Lesson 4: Understanding Stress
- What is stress
- Impact of stress
- Signs of stress
- Negative and positive effect of stress
- Avoiding or minimize the stress
- Managing stress
Lesson 5: Assembling the Toolbox
- Use a Stress Log to Identify Stressors & Create a Plan to Reduce them
- Physical Relaxation Techniques
- Techniques in Releasing and Relieving Stress
- Choose Time and Stress Management Tools that Work for You
Lesson 6: Creating an Action Plan
- The Power of Planning
- Create the Action Plan
- Evaluate the Time and Stress Management Process