Course Information
Maximum Productivity – Time Management and Time Budgeting Strategy
Parking for SAO, Professional Development courses is in Garage B (1511 San Jacinto Blvd.). The Garage signage may read 1511 San Jacinto or Garage B. The elevator in Garage B is not reliable. If you are unable to walk the stairs, please contact the professionaldevelopment@sao.texas.gov for alternate parking arrangements. Handicapped parking is free at the meters around the downtown area.
A course coordinator will email you a parking permit prior to the course start date. A permit must be displayed or you will be ticketed.
Course Description
If you operate in a constant state of crisis management, these paradigm-shifting concepts will unlock the solution. Recalibrate your perspective on time and how you’re using it. Identify ways to become organized and systemized. Master the approach of time budgeting and end the perpetual feel of urgency. Imagine, regaining control of your time, and reaching a higher level of productivity than you’ve ever experienced. Easy to learn…easy to apply…easy to re-teach!
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
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Gain a new perspective of the value you place on your time and understand how that affects you as you manage your tasks. This will allow you prioritize your schedule more effectively.
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Organize physical and electronic “desks/desk tops” for greater efficiency. This will include a basic structure for files, documents and emails, as well as a methodology for maintaining the organizational system over a long period of time.
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Delegate tasks that someone else COULD do, including a professional way to delegate tasks UP STREAM if possible.
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Systemize recurring tasks and sequence your day in a more efficient manner that may mean NOT doing the most important tasks first, but rather in the most logical order of succession.
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Be able to “Say NO” to things that don’t help you to achieve and/or maintain your core values, leaving time for what really matters most.
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Allocate your time proactively, plan your days, and make time for the important tasks that aren't always screaming for attention, but often determine long-term success.
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You'll walk away with actionable ideas you can implement immediately to become more organized and more efficient.
Course Outline
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Gaining a new perspective on the value you place on your time and how that affects your time management.
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6 Truths about time that apply to everyone and that can not be changed
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Identifying your greatest personal productivity challenges and the time bandits that steal your time in order to better defend against those things.
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Organizing for Productivity
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20 Strategies for Streamlining Priority Management
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Time Budgeting Explanation
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Creating Your Own Time Budget
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4 final strategic mindset determiners to make the system work.
Instructors
Randy Anderson is co-founder of E3 Professional Trainers…a Lubbock-based training firm that provides workplace and life training for individuals, teams, and companies. The training he provides is designed to help individuals improve their personal productivity and live more fulfilling lives, while at the same time, helping the companies and organizations they work for improve profitability.
Before starting E3 in 2005, Randy spent 20 years in sales and sales management. Most of that time was spent in media sales, which gave him the opportunity to work with virtually every type of business and in every industry. It is from that experience that he draws the ideas and strategies to help his clients improve their performance in the workplace and to achieve their maximum potential in life.
Randy was awarded the designation of Certified Speaking Professional in 2012. This is the highest earned-designation given by the National Speakers Association, recognizing proven expertise in speaking eloquence, business enterprise, and professional ethics.
Randy received his Bachelors of Science in Agricultural Communications from Texas Tech University in 1990. Since that time, he has participated in and completed numerous training courses including; Your Leadership Legacy (Ken Blanchard Co.),Changing the Picture (Ziglar Corp.), Ethics 101 (Cox Enterprises, Inc.), LifeNet Time Management Training (Life Net Inc.), Basic Selling Skills (AVI International), Top Selling (Ziglar Corp.), Professional Selling Skills (Learning International), System 21 Selling (Executive Decision Systems), and Fast Track Media Sales (Cox Media, Inc.). His most valuable experience has come through more than 25 years of on-the-job, real world experience: 12 of which were spent managing others, and seven and one half years running his own company.
Additional Information
TAC Rule 523.142(g) requires the CPE Sponsor to monitor individual attendance and assign the correct number of CPE credits. Participants will be asked to document their time of arrival and departure in compliance with this Rule. Additionally, attendance will be monitored throughout the day and CPE certificates will reflect actual attendance of each participant.
If you are making travel plans to come to Austin, we recommend making "refundable" air and hotel reservations or waiting until 14 days before the class to actually book your reservations. Courses are occasionally canceled or rescheduled due to low enrollment. We determine whether a course has enough participants 16 days prior to the course date. If we cancel or reschedule, we will email the participant and his or her billing contact no later than 14 days before the original class date.
The course coordinator will contact you with parking information. Handicapped parking is free at the meters around the downtown area.
Vending machines with Coca-Cola products and various snack items are available. There is also a refrigerator and microwave in our coffee bar area. Feel free to bring in your own drinks and food if you prefer.
You might want to bring a light sweater or jacket, as room temperatures vary.
To see answers to our Frequently Asked Questions, visit http://www.sao.texas.gov/training/faq.html.