Essential Time Management and Organisation will help you transform the way you work and regain control of your working day. This clear and concise guide offers tried and tested techniques for organising your time and achieving your goals.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Chapter 1: How Successful Are You As A Time Manager?
  • Recognise where you are now
  • Your score
  • Improving your time management and organisation
  • Your motivation to improve your time management
• Chapter 2: Setting Objectives, Goals And Priorities
  • Establishing goals
  • Be a macro- not a micromanager
  • Set SMART objectives
  • Prioritising tasks
  • Using the priority ranking system
• Chapter 3: Planning Your Time
  • Are you a procrastinator?
  • Do you focus only on today?
  • Do you underestimate the time you lose each day and overestimate the time you have to complete tasks?
  • The OATS process
  • Monthly schedule
  • Weekly schedule
  • Daily schedule
• Chapter 4: Avoiding Timewasters
  • Are you a morning or an evening person?
  • Energy flows
  • Identifying timewasters
  • Identify your own timewasters
  • Strategies to overcome timewasters
• Chapter 5: E-Mail Management
  • Don’t be an e-mail junkie
  • Organise your e-mail folders
  • Working through your e-mails
  • The 4D model for dealing with e-mails
• Chapter 6: Delegation Techniques
  • Why do people not delegate?
  • Tips on how to delegate
• Chapter 7: Summary And Overview Of Time Management Tools And Techniques
  • Good time management ideas
  • Self-discipline and time management
• ITG Resources