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Introduction

          Are you under pressure from an ever-growing task list, conflicting demands and constantly changing priorities? Productive working practices are valuable skills in today’s work environment. Competition is intense and companies need people who can organise their time effectively, collaborate with others to achieve goals, and who constantly strive to better meet customer and stakeholder needs.

This IACT Managing Multiple Tasks, Priorities & Deadlines training course will support you to develop practices and techniques to manage this pressure proactively, allowing you to meet deadlines and deliver against your objectives. You will also develop skills in working well with others to ensure success.

This IACT training course will feature:

Ü Managing assigned tasks effectively

Ü Evaluating and establishing priorities to meet crucial deadlines

Ü Effective planning and project management techniques

Ü Task leadership and collaboration skills

Ü Influencing and stakeholder management skills

Objectives :

Participants attending the training seminar will:

Ü Explain the link between strategic planning and task accomplishment

Ü Describe task objectives, constraints and stakeholders 

Ü Set task priorities and deadlines

Ü Improve task outcomes when working in groups and teams

Ü Communicate, justify and persuade others when it comes to changes to task assignments

Who Should Attend?

Ü This IACT course targets professionals, from all industries, who want to

acquire essential skills to create and develop an effective and efficient workplace environment. It is designed for team leaders, supervisors, managers and section heads who are interested in improving their personal productivity or that of the people they manage or work with, whether on a project or within a department. The course also serves as a solid foundation for those who are keen on assuming a supervisory or managerial role as the next step in their career.

Target Competencies

Ü Self management

Ü Goal setting

Ü Scheduling

Ü Task management

Ü Conflict management

Ü Communication

Ü Motivation

Ü Dealing with change

Course Methodology

The course uses self-assessments and a wide mix of business cases that promote healthy discussions around the importance of managing multiple tasks, deadlines and priorities. Participants will benefit from role plays covering workplace challenges related to handling tasks, deadlines and priorities. They will learn how to deal with conflicts that may arise as a result. Interactive team exercises are also used with each team presenting their findings and comments.  

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours:

• 30% Lectures, Concepts, Role Play
• 30% Workshops & Work Presentations, Techniques
• 20% Based on Case Studies & Practical Exercises
• 20% Videos, Software & General Discussions

Pre and Post Test

Outline 

DAY 1: Introduction to tasks in a business environment

Ü Role of self-management in managing tasks

Ü Overview of task management

· The task PTTR lifecycle

· Task management principles

Ü Task management and the business environment

Ü Organizational perspective on work accomplishment

· Building value mindset in every task

Ü Impact of company strategy on task management

Ü Role of organizational structures in getting tasks done.

DAY 2 :

Importance of planning in task management

Managerial functions and tasks

Ü Task management skills

Ü Dealing with task constraints

Ü Goals, objectives and tasks

· From SMART objectives to SMART tasks

Ü Scopes of work and task assignments

Ü Identifying and managing task stakeholders

Ü Task related risks 

DAY 3 :  

Setting task priorities and deadlines

Ü How we deal with tasks - an assessment

Ü Task management and work

Ü Planning, scheduling and meeting deadlines

Ü Task management and the development of priorities

Ü Managing meetings, e-mails, and interruptions

Ü ‘To do’ lists and managing priorities

Ü Time wasters, procrastination and immediate demands

Ü Tasks and automation

Ü Task management and stress​

DAY 4 :

 Tasks and shared responsibilities

Ü Skills needed when assistance is needed

Ü The four rights of delegation

Ü Working effectively with others

Ü Interpersonal skills and task accomplishment

Ü Personal work styles and task accomplishment

Ü Flexibility and versatility

Ü Improving task productivity

DAY 5 :

Changing tasks effectively

Ü Improving task learning and understanding

Ü Communicating changes to task assignments

Ü Employee reactions to changes in task assignments

Ü The importance of engagement and ownership

Ü Overcoming natural resistance to changing tasks

Ü Managing changes to tasks effectively

Ü Personal plans and self-management

Fees:

The Fee for the seminar, including instruction materials, documentation, lunch, coffee/tea breaks & snack is:

4.250USD$

Schedule:

08:30 – 10:15 First Session

10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:15 Second Session

12:15 – 12:30 Coffee Break

12:30 – 14:00 Third Session