Organizational Skills

Overview

Developing good Organizational Skill is an investment that will provide benefits for years. To be successful means to be organized. These skills will filter through all aspects of your participants professional and personal lives. Throughout this workshop your participants will be given the tools necessary in developing better Organizational Skills.

Through Organizational Skills your participants will encounter improved productivity, better management, and an overall increase in professional growth. Every day people waste numerous amounts of time looking for items. So, stop looking for those important items, and start knowing where they are by getting organized.

Module 1: Getting Started

Icebreaker
Housekeeping Items
Workshop Objectives

Module 2: Remove the Clutter

Just Do It
You Don't Have to Keep Everything
Three Boxes: Keep, Donate, and Trash
A Place For Everything And Everything In Its Place
Case Study

Module 3: Prioritize

Write It Down
Urgent/Important Matrix
Divide Tasks
80/20 Rule
Case Study

Module 4: Scheduling Your Time

Have a Master Calendar
Setting Deadlines
Remove or Limit the Time Wasters
Coping With Things Outside of Our Control
-Case Study

Module Five: To Do Lists

Use a Day Planner
Finish What You Start
Focus on the Important
Do Quick Tasks Immediately
Case Study

Module 6: Paper and Paperless Storage

Find a System that Works for You
Make it Consistent
Make it Time Sensitive
Setting up Archives
Case Study

Module 7: Organization Your Work Area

Keeping Items Within Arm's Reach
Only Have Current Projects on Your Desk
Arranging Your Drawers
Organize to Match Your Workflow
Case Study

Module 8: Tools to Fight Procrastination

Eat That Frog!
Remove Distractions
Give Yourself a Reward
Break Up Large Tasks
Case Study

Module 9: Organizing your Inbox

Setting up Delivery Rules
Folder and Message Hierarchy
Deal with Email Right Away
Flag and Highlight Important Items
Case Study

Module 10: Avoid the Causes of Disorganization

Keeping Everything
Not Being Consistent
Not Following a Schedule
Bad Habits
Case Study

Module 11: Discipline is the Key to Stay Organized

Stay Within Your Systems
Learn to Say No
Have Organization Be Part of Your Life
Plan for Tomorrow, Today
Case Study