Multitasking, Priorities and Deadlines Management

By attending this training course, delegates will be able to:

• Apply the skills necessary to get work completed on time
• Effectively utilize basic project planning tools to plan and schedule work
• Identify key stakeholders and understand how to gain their support and input
• Motivate and engage colleagues to gain their commitment and support
• Use positive communication and influencing techniques to ensure work is completed on time
• Create the solid foundation to handle task management and self-management competently and effectively.
• Plan and manage work-related tasks and constraints.
• Explain the relationship between strategic planning and task completion
• Describe the priorities of tasks and related activities and learn how to deal with the stresses associated with them.
• Influencing others and improving task outcomes through personal and practical skills.
• Deal professionally with changes related to tasks and associated behaviours.
• Improving task outcomes and results when working in groups and teams.

CONTENTS

• Managing assigned tasks effectively
• Evaluating and establishing priorities to meet crucial deadlines
• Effective planning and project management techniques
• Task leadership and collaboration skills
• Excellence in delegation
• Influencing and stakeholder management skills
• Giving feedback
• Developing team members
• Motivating and inspiring others to high performance
• Effective communication skills
• The role of self-management in task management.
• The life cycle of tasks.
• Task and work environment management.
• Build additional value into each task.
• The impact of strategic management on task management.
• The impact of the organization's organizational structure on task management.
• Task management and the importance of planning.
• Skills to manage and lead tasks.
• Task and stakeholder management.
• Task and risk management.
• Setting priorities and setting deadlines.
• Planning, scheduling and punctuality.
• Task management and prioritization.
• Effective management of meetings, emails and downtime.
• Managing tasks and work pressures.
• Dealing with people while performing the assigned tasks with a tight time frame.
• Skills required when asking for help.
• Interpersonal skills and task completion.
• Flexibility and ability to multi-task.
• Improve task productivity.
• Communicate when tasks or their outputs change.
• Understand employee behaviours when dealing with change.
• Dealing with resistance to change.
• Techniques necessary to manage task-related change.
• Personal plans and self-management.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.