Effectiveness Workshops
Half-day Workshops
Time Management & Organisation
Business Writing Skills
When all being asked to do more with less, we need to work 'smarter' rather than harder. The key lies in more effective behaviour - how we approach our work, how we handle other people and how we manage ourselves.
The half-day Workshops will enable you to sharpen practical skills in and to be more effective with less stress.
The workshops are designed for managers, support staff and administrative personnel who handle high volumes of work in often pressurised and stressful environments.
Time Management & Organisation Skills
The ability to manage time is fundamental to effectiveness at work and in personal life. A combination of time management techniques and organisational skills can make you more effective in routine tasks and ongoing projects.
Themes
- Exploring your working style
- Analysing how you spend time
- Identifying time wasters
- Developing strategies for planning and organising
- Clarifying the purposes behind the tasks you do
- Relating the purposes to the organisation’s objectives
- Prioritising work and setting goals
- Organising your workspace
- Coping with distractions
- Identifying why you procrastinate and using incentives and tips to help you stop
- Getting help from others
- Understanding stresses of conflicting priorities
- Saying ‘no’ diplomatically
- Meeting deadlines
Business Writing Skills
Well written and well presented material has tremendous impact and will be read. This is vital when so much is received from so many sources. This workshop is designed to increase confidence in writing clear and effective e-mails, letters, reports and minutes.
Themes
- Exploring the different forms of communication available to you
- Understanding the appropriate use of different types of document – e-mails, letters, reports, minutes
- Understanding how best to approach your target audience
- Planning the content to achieve the outcome you require
- Generating content and organising it logically, focussing on clarity and brevity
- Formulating openings and closings
- Considering the impact of the communication on the recipient and any one else who might read it
- Selecting the tone that is most appropriate
- Strengthening arguments
- Exploring the value of drafting and editing
- Recognising how consistency in layout, spelling, grammar and punctuation can contribute to the recipients’ understanding
- Developing ways of expressing disagreement without precipitating conflict
- Applying learning to real life examples
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