At the end of this course, the participants should be able to:

• Define the concept of self-management and determine its requirements
• Understand the concept and the importance of time in the workplace
• Monitor and analyze their usage of time
• Use tools and strategies that can help them spend their time most effectively in the workplace
• Understand the concept of stress management and factors causing stress in the workplace
• Utilize tools and methods to effectively deal with work stress

Self-Management:

• Self: definition and concept
• Concept and principles of Self-management in the workplace
• Keys to ensure success in self-management.
• Balance in the different aspects of life
• Self-management Main Requirements
  • Self-awareness: The concept and the importance of self-awareness, sources of self-awareness, how to raise the level of self-awareness
  • Advices for effective self-management, based on the “7 Habits of the Highly Effective People”

Time Management Fundamentals:

• The relationship between Self-Management and Time Management
• Definition of time
• Facts about time
• Time characteristics and the value of time in the workplace.
• Definition of time management and its importance in our life
• Understanding the benefits of time management in the workplace.

Planning of Time in the Workplace :

• Concept of planning of work time and its importance.
• Steps of planning work time:
  • 1st step: Where are you now?
    • The use of time log
    • Time log analysis
  • 2nd step: Where do you want to be?
    • Set SMART objectives at work
    • Set priorities at work:
    • Applying PARETO rule (80/20)
    • Using (urgent / important) matrix
  • 3rd step: How do you get there?
    • Setting strategy to reach the desired objectives
    • Schedule the required activities
    • Following up on scheduled objectives and activities

Time Wasters in the Workplace:

• The concept of time wasters at work
• Types of time wasters and dealing with them effectively:-
  • Ineffective meetings and how to fix them
  • Procrastination and how to overcome it
  • Centralization and how to reduce it (delegation)
  • Poor organization of documents and using (TRAF) system
  • Spending too much time doing non-work related activities and how to reduce it
  • Inability to say “No“ and learning to say it assertively
  • Interruptions (visitors without appointment) and how you manage
  • The negative use of phone and how to use it efficiently

Stress Management in the Workplace

• The concept of stress in the workplace
• Factors causing stress: Personal/ environmental / organizational
• Human behavior and its relation to work stress: Submissive behavior / Aggressive behavior.
• Effects of work stress: negative results of work pressures, Developing stages of work stress
• Methods of dealing effectively with work stress: the personal approach / the organizational approach