Getting Things Done: Mastering Workflow

20% The Fundamental Thought Process • The nature of the “productive experience” • Work as a martial art; relaxation as the secret key to power • Two critical questions that define your work • The most productive way to deal with the flow of work • The value of dealing with each phase discretely 20% Workflow Phase 1 – Collecting • The tools for collecting • Success factors for proper collection 20% Workflow Phase 2 – Processing • The front-end decisions required to dispatch your work • The power of the “next action” decision • The 3 D’s - Do it, Delegate it, or Defer it 20% Workflow Phase 3 – Organizing • The eight natural organizing categories • The power of the “Projects” list • Managing e-mail and paper 10% Workflow Phase 4 – Reviewing • A critical success factor for stress management and personal productivity: the Weekly Review • How to keep your personal system alive and well 10% Workflow Phase 5 – Doing • The tricks to overcoming procrastination • The four criteria for choosing what to do • Multi-level priority setting

Seminar Description

Organizing your objectives and commitments is a basic requirement for effective work. However, most models for doing this do not stand up to the speed, volume and intensity of transactions of sophisticated professionals. This workshop will define a workable method for “clearing the decks”: freeing up your attention to maintain strategic focus, balance and creative thinking, and as a means of ensuring that things really get done. It will reinforce key principles of personal workflow management and provide powerful techniques that can be implemented immediately.

Guide to Participant Selection

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Senior Executive
(Pres, Exec & Sr VP) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Executive
(VP & Gen'l Mgr)
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Senior Managers
(Div & Reg. Mgrs) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Middle Managers
& Superintendents 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

APPLICABILITY:
1 indicates primary target audience.
2 indicates a good fit if the level of material is appropriate.
3 indicates (in the opinion of the institute and the faculty) very limited applicability.