Anne McDougall

WEBINAR WILL START SHORTLY

Time Is Money. How Well Do You Manage It?Monday 26 January 2015, 6pm – 7pm (UAE)

Agenda

• Welcome• Housekeeping notes• Session starts• Q&A• End of webinar

Housekeeping

Today’s Presenter

Anne McDougall

A motivational trainer and speaker, Anne is well known for her Communications and Management Skills programmes.

She has a Master’s Degree in Learning and Development from the University of Sheffield in the UK and knows exactly how to build confidence and get people accessing their true potential.

Her courses are fun! How else can people learn?

By giving delegates “simple tools for busy people”, she enables them to persuade, negotiate, influence and build trust with colleagues and clients. This trust, in turn, enables teams to work together constructively, problem solving and cooperating to provide great products and services for their customers.

• It’s Your Choice • Understanding your Key Priorities • Time Wasters • Productivity Killers• Managing Your Email

Agenda

• Family and friends• Sport• Learning new things• Travel• Sleeping!

What do you want more time for?

• 8 hours sleep• 8 hours work• 8 hours play

It’s Your Choice

Barely one in three workers in Dubai feels their employer helps them achieve

a healthy work-life balance

Work Life Balance

Work Life Balance

Colgate-Palmolive has a high rate of employee

retention and job satisfaction

o sets realistic expectations for employees

o promotes time management skills

o communicates clearly

Work Life Balance

AND offers some great benefits:

• flexible work hours

• telecommute options

• childcare centers

Colgate Palmolive

o Would like to be able to manage time

o Need to manage time better

o Passionate about managing time

Passion

Passion

You cannot manage time but you can manage yourself.

It’s all about discipline

Your Choice

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/235427

Your Choice

Mission for 2015

• Faster• Cheaper• Better

• What are you employed to do?

Key Result Areas

• Diary Management• Relationship Management• Meetings Management• Travel Management• File Management• Technical Assistance• Others

Key Tasks

How to Prioritize

• Always keep time for things that happen at the last minute and must be done NOW

How to prioritize

• We call it X rated time and it must go into your diary every day

How to prioritize

If no last minute tasks come up, use the time for Self Development

X Rated Time

Daily Plan

X Rated Time 1.30

Relationship Management 2.30

Diary Management 30

Travel Management 1.00

File Management 1.00

Meeting Management 1.00

Technical Assistance 30

How to schedule your 8 hours

How to prioritize

Who and What wastes your time?

• No planning ahead

• Lack of focus

• Putting things off

• Interruptions

• Poor meeting management

• Weak delegation

Time Wasters

Task Start Finish Describe Task Time Taken

Priority Best use of your time?

A Time Log

• Lack of clear goals

• Personal use of technology

• Chasing

• Duplication of work

• Poor communication

Productivity Killers

• Only write if you have to

• Read and reply at specific times

• Develop an email etiquette

• Agreed turnaround times

• Develop Templates

Managing Email

To whom it may concern…

It would seem to be imperative that some authorised

personnel should come to my immediate assistance,

in view of the situation in which I appear to have

found myself...

HELP!

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