Skills for the Self Directed Workforce

Type: Class lectures, practical exercises, participative training videos

Number of sessions: 4
Length of sessions: 4 hours
Total hours: 16 hours

Target audience: The course is designed for employees from all types of organizations. The skills learned apply to business owners, company executives, middle managers, administrative personnel, and employees of manufacturing and service organizations. This course will benefit anyone who must make decisions about what to work on and how to execute their daily tasks.

Summary of content:

Identifying your priorities
Identifying organizational priorities
Identifying personal priorities
Creating a departmental mission statement
Creating a personal mission statement
Planning to fulfill your priorities
The importance of goals
Setting long range, intermediate and short term goals
Creating plans to complete your goals
Acting to accomplish your plans
Deciding what to work on today
Prioritizing your daily activities
Tracking the progress of your plans
Making corrections
Maximizing your productivity
Working smarter, not harder
Eliminating time wasters

Objectives and benefits: The students will leave this course knowing how to maximize their productivity, how to manage their time and how to stay organized. They will know how to set their own goals and have the skills to put plans in place to achieve those goals. They will know how to execute those plans by prioritizing their daily activities and working on the critical few instead of the trivial many.

Originator: Doug Howardell

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