INTENDED AUDIENCE: Employees of VISN 18 VA Medical Centers.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Are you working harder and longer than ever before, dealing with multiple projects and priorities, and struggling to keep up with increasing demands? Most professionals in these challenging times are! If you feel stressed because the only exercise you have time for is dodging deadlines and jumping to conclusions, it’s time to learn (or re-learn) the basic strategies and proven techniques that can help you regain balance, achieve your goals, and be more productive. If you’re doing more and enjoying it less (and who isn’t struggling with this kind of stress today?), it’s time to make real choices about how, when, and where to spend your time. This program shows you how to adapt the essentials of time management to fit your situation and work style, deal with conflicting priorities, and overcome common barriers to getting the right things done. 

FACULTY: Rosalie Hydock, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and the owner of Change-Points LLC—an organization that specializes in helping adults and organizations achieve optimal results through strategic change. Since 1995, she has been using the research findings on effective time management and effectiveness to create programs for professional and corporate audiences and individual coaching clients who want to boost personal satisfaction as well as productivity. Her understanding of workplace dynamics is enriched by her direct experience in public sector and corporate leadership positions with responsibility for organizational development, corporate training, and clinical administration.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:  At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

• define practical strategies for setting and accomplishing goals,

• prioritize tasks, projects, deadlines,

• identify the components of a realistic and productive scheduling system,

• recognize and deal with internal and external distractions and interruptions,

• define ways to optimize efforts and increase balance in work/life roles.

AGENDA:

8:00 AM - 8:15 AM                    Registration and Introductions

8:15 AM - 8:45 AM                    Fundamental Principles of Time Management
                                                     The Immutable Laws of Physical Time
                                                     Start with the End in Mind: The Importance of Goals
                                                     How to Create and Attain Meaningful Goals

8:45 AM - 9:15 AM                    Triage! How to Plan and Prioritize
                                                     4 Steps to more Flexible, Effective Planning
                                                     3 Approaches to Prioritizing when Everything’s a Priority

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM                   Barriers to Productivity
                                                    Identify Personal Time Wasters
                                                    Using Assertive Communication: Just Say No
                                                    Proactive Ways to Handle Organizational Time Thieves

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM                Morning Break

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM              Leveraging your Efforts and Energies
                                                   Dealing with Interruptions
                                                   5 Ways to Maximize Meeting Time
                                                   3 Components, 3 Winners of Effective Delegation
                                                   Delegating when there’s No One to Delegate to

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM              Flow: How to Enhance your Work Environment
                                                   Organizing your Workspace
                                                   4 Steps for Handling an Overflowing Inbox
                                                   Rip and Read: Staying on Top of Professional Developments

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM             Self-Sabotage: Habits that Keep us Working Overtime
                                                  Are you the Pro in Procrastination?
                                                  Socializing is like Aspirin—Too much can be Fatal
                                                  Do you Know When to Quit?

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM            Creating Boundaries and Balance
                                                  Workplace Stress Reduction: 5 Easy Strategies
                                                  Long-Term Resilience Boosters
                                                  Do One Thing Different: Develop/Design, Organize, Oversee, Relax

12:00 PM:                               Program Closure and Evaluations 

CONTINUING EDUCATION: The Southwest Health Professions Education Center, Inc. (SEC) certifies this program for 3.5 contact hours.  A certificate of attendance will be awarded. 

REGISTRATION:  There is NO FEE for VISN 18 VA Medical Centers employees.  Pre-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Includes course material. Confirmation letters will not be sent.

IMPORTANT: VISN 18 VA MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYEES need to register with the SEC office at the Prescott VAMC, using the below options to contact SEC (and not just through TEMPO, or your supervisor):