Delivering time management for IT professionals : a trainer's manual : tools, methods, and strategies for delivering effective time management training / Dr. Jan Yager.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yager, Jan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time management.

Information technology--Management.

Information technology.

Information resources management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Impackt Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Yager Jan: Dr. Jan Yager is a business consultant and sociologist who has been researching and writing about time management since the early 1980s. She is the award-winning author of 40 books including five on time management, translated into 12 languages: Put More Time on Your Side (2014); Work Less, Do More: The 14-Day Productivity Makeover (2nd edition, 2012); 365 Daily Affirmations for Time Management (2011); Creative Time Management for the New Millennium (1999); and Creative Time Management (1984). Dr. Yager, President of Timemasters. com, has taught at the college level, which includes teaching at the New York Institute of Technology, Penn State, Temple University, The New School, St. John's University, the University of Connecticut, and most recently at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY). Often interviewed by print and broadcast media, her appearances have included such major talk shows as the Today Show, Good Morning America, the BBC, ABC Nightline, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS This Morning, CNN, as well as morning and evening news shows in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. Some of Dr. Yager's other titles, translated into 32 languages, include additional business and relationship books, such as: Productive Relationships: 57 Strategies for Building Strong Business Connections; Grow Global; Who's That Sitting at My Desk? Workship, Friendship, or Foe? ; Business Protocol; When Friendship Hurts; Friendshifts; Effective Business and Nonfiction Writing; 365 Daily Affirmations for Happiness; Road Signs on Life's Journey; 125 Ways to Meet the Love of Your Life; The Fast Track Guide to Speaking in Public; and Making Your Office Work For You. Dr. Yager's books are available in print, e-book, and/or audiobook formats. Follow her tweets on Twitter at @drjanyager. Dr. Yager, a coach, professional speaker, and trainer, delivers seminars, workshops, and presentations about time management and other business topics, including work relationships, business writing, and business protocol, throughout the U. S. and internationally before corporations, associations, the public, and the government. To book Dr. Yager for time management training, speaking, or coaching, contact your favorite lecture bureau or contact her directly: yagerinquiries2@aol. com. For more on Dr. Yager, or to read her blogs or excerpts from some of her writings, go to: http: //www. drjanyager. com

Summary:

If you want to create an efficient and high performing team, use this book to help your employees develop strong time management skills that will bring personal and team success.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgments

About the Reviewers

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Getting ready to present this workshop

Working on your training and facilitation skills

Presentation skills basics

Understanding how adults learn in a nutshell

Pre-training time management self-assessment

Pre-training time management self-assessment/self-quiz

Introducing yourself to the attendees

What is your role? Manager? Trainer? Owner?

Housekeeping/ground rules - brainstorming and sharing without judgment

Using an ice breaker

Using an ice breaker to have the group become more comfortable working together

Explain how the training will proceed

Bibliography

Resources

Summary

Chapter 1: Why Time Management Is More Important Than Ever

Introductory exercise

A definition of time

A definition of time management

Why time management is more essential than ever before

How time management relates to productivity

Managing time in the IT world

Consequences of poor time management

Applying the pros and cons of effective time management to yourself

Benefits of excellent time management

Time management is a series of skills that can be taught

Training agenda

Activities

Activity 1

Activity 2

Activity 3

Chapter 2: How Efficient Are You? Self-Awareness of Your Body Clock and Work Style

Time management self-assessment

Time management self-assessment/self-quiz

Daily time log

Setting up a weekend time log

Reviewing and analyzing the time logs

How is your performance being evaluated?

Energy highs and lows

What is your preferred work style?

Work style self-quiz

Summary.

Chapter 3: Setting Goals and Prioritizing

What you need to know about goal setting

Setting a measurable goal

Goals should also be S.M.A.R.T.

Setting short- and long-term goals, and why it will make you more effective

Chapter 3/Module 3/Worksheet #1

Chapter 3/Module 3/Worksheet #2

Goal setting and the Agile Manifesto

Prioritizing goals for greater clarity and productivity

Pareto's 80/20 rule

Re-evaluating and setting new goals

Using a to-do list to prioritize goals

Chapter 3/Module 3/Worksheet #3

Using the ACTION! system

ACTION! strategy worksheet

Chapter 4: Getting Organized

Organizing your day: the value of routine

Do you need to get more organized?

Evaluating your answers

Activity for training session

Causes of disorder and how you can overcome it

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Attention Deficit Trait (ADT)

Organizing principles to apply to your things

Organizing your desk

Clearing the clutter

Does clutter have a positive side?

Organizing your office or workspace

Creating a filing system that is organized

Creating a routine/repetitive tasks organizer

Making the most of commuting time

Business travel tips

Chapter 5: Identifying and Overcoming the Top 15 Time Wasters

Procrastination

Possible causes

Potential consequences

Ways to overcome it

Perfectionism

Poor planning

Poor pacing

Failure to delegate

Possible causes.

Potential consequences

Doing too much at once

Complaining

E-mail addiction

Ways to overcome e-mail addiction

Fear of success

Internet surfing

Fear of failure

Depression

Ways to overcome it.

Over-valuing or under-valuing your worth

Jealousy

Blaming others

Chapter 6: Dealing with Distractions, Interruptions, and Handling Change

Taking control of your time and your day

Improving your concentration and focus - understanding your brain!

Dealing with distractions

Most typical reasons for distractions at work

Coping with the most common causes of work distractions

Limoncelli's mutual interruption shield approach

Cirillo's The Pomodoro Technique®

Simplicity helps memory

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Multitasking - does it work?

Handling change

Chapter 7: Enhancing Your Verbal and Written Communication Skills for Efficiency

How body language impacts on how your words are perceived.

How improved verbal and written communication skills will enhance your productivity by setting goals

Writing effective e-mails

For the e-mails that you write

For the e-mails you receive

Improving your listening skills

Making the most of meetings

Meeting frequency

Worksheet 1

Worksheet 2

Using your phone more efficiently

Communication time saver

Chapter 8: Setting and Meeting Deadlines

Why do so many people dread deadlines?

Changing attitudes toward deadlines

Self - Quiz - deadline attitudes

Deadlines as a useful time management tool

Guidelines for how to set realistic deadlines

Project management basics

Working with a project manager - is this something you should be delegating? If so, to whom?

Strategies if you agreed to an unrealistically quick deadline

If you and your staff practice effective time management, you are more likely to set and meet deadlines

Associations

Chapter 9: Improving Your Work and Personal Relationships

Why work relationships matter

Getting along better with others at work

Dealing with conflict

Making time for connections at work

Tips for improving your business relationships

Collaborating for innovation and efficiency

Successful delegation

Should you be delegating?

Why delegating is a time saver

Selecting the right person to delegate to

How much supervision is just the right amount?

Dealing with the poor time management skills of those you work for or report to

Networking tips

Fostering better personal relationships

Resources.

Networking groups

Chapter 10: Cultivating a Work-Life Balance

Defining work-life balance

Why having a work-life balance is so important

Recognizing if your life is out of balance

The reality or myth of work-life balance

Creating your ideal workday

An ideal workday and evening worksheet #1

An ideal leisure day/evening worksheet #2

The hazards of being a workaholic

Self-Quiz: are you a workaholic?

The top six ways to develop work-life balance

Why taking vacation time is key for your work and for your greater efficiency and balance

Making the most of your evenings and weekends

Chapter 11: Closing the Training

Keeping up with technology

Time and culture considerations

Gender

Age

Cross-cultural issues

Top 12 time management ideas for IT professionals

Creating a work and personal self-improvement plan

Worksheet

Conducting your Q&amp

A session

The final review of the training

Distributing and collecting the training evaluation

Workshop evaluation

One month later - follow-up

Appendix

Sample training agendas and additional forums

Sample agendas

One-day time management training for IT Professionals

Two half-day time management training for IT professionals

Time management obstacle homework assignment

10-week course schedule for time management training for IT professionals

Two-day comprehensive time management training (retreat) for IT professionals (agenda)

90-minute time management training for IT professionals (GPS)

Daily time logs

Day one-workday time log

Day two-workday time log.

Day one-weekend (leisure time) time log.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 15, 2017).

ISBN:

1-78300-093-7