From The Book: Eliminate the Chaos at Work

Time Management Techniques

1. Identify problem areas up front and set yourself up for success. (Chapter 2)

2. Learn how to manage your actions and choose to spend your time. (Chapter 3)

3. Identify time wasters and implement solutions to eliminate them. (Chapter 4)

4. Develop strategies for accomplishing the most important action items each day in order to meet your goals and complete projects on time. (Chapter 5)

5. Implement an action items task management system and use it daily to help manage priorities and time. (Chapter 6)

6. Use the 20-minute rule when entering tasks into your electronic task management system. (Chapter 6)

7. Standardize on one electronic task management system. (Chapter 7)

8. Devise systems to plan your day, week, month, and year. (Chapter 8)

9. Conduct and participate in productive meetings. (Chapter 9)

10. Make time for time management maintenance. (Chapter 10)

Time Management Consulting Services 

What is time management – and can you really manage time? 

“Ultimately you choose how you spend your time; once it’s spent, you don’t get it back.  So, the real issue is that you need to learn how to manage your actions and choose how to spend your time.  Actions that produce productive results lead to the efficient management of time.”  ~Laura Leist, author Eliminate the Chaos at Work:  25 Techniques to Increase Productivity (Wiley 2011)

The problem?  Not everyone knows “how” to manage actions and spend time.  Lack of systems, technology and techniques to manage actions result in decreased productivity, lost time and wasted company funds.

The solution? Identify opportunities to improve productivity by redefining, restructuring or implementing paper and electronic information systems for individuals or company-wide deployment.

Who Benefits?  You and your employer.   Your bottom line: miss-managed time = less profits.

The Result?  You get more done during the workday with less stress and can focus more effectively on company goals.

How Can We Help You?

• Identify time wasters and implement solutions to eliminate them.
• Develop strategies for accomplishing the most important action items each day in order to meet your goals and complete projects on time.
• Implement an action item task management system.
• Standardize on one electronic task management system based on other technology used in your workplace.
• Devise systems to plan your day, week, month and year.
• Provide tools techniques to conduct and participate in productive meetings.

Services to Help You use Time Efficiently

Consulting. Time Management Specialists work one-on-one or in a collaborative environment to identify tools, processes, systems and solutions to facilitate increased productivity and the management of actions and how time is used.  These services are based on time and materials; whether we work with you in your office or remotely. 

Seminars.  Invest in your employees and increase productivity in the workplace by offering one of our programs on time management or let us develop one that focuses on the specific goals you want to achieve. 

Lunch and Learn.  Employees benefit from realistic and time-saving techniques they can start implementing that afternoon. 

The Eliminate Chaos Experience

When you put your trust in us to work with you; we listen to understand your needs, work with you to deliver results based on your budget and project deadlines and provide you with complete confidentiality.

Each project is highly individual and we do not believe in a one-size-fits-all solution.  You can expect that your solution will be designed around your defined goals.

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