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Managing Chaos: Dynamic Time Management

Learn practical techniques to manage chaos and take control of your workload. This course at the American Management Association will teach you how to prioritize, handle information overload, improve memory and recall, and effectively manage stress. Don't let chaos overwhelm you -- gain the skills to thrive in a dynamic work environment.

  • All levels
  • 21 and older
  • $1,995
  • 2345 Crystal Dr , Arlington, VA
  • 15 hours over 2 sessions

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  • $1,995
  • AMA Washington Area Center @ 2345 Crystal Dr Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22202
  • 15 hours over 2 sessions
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Description

What you'll learn in this conflict resolution training:

Managing Chaos: Dynamic Time Management, Recall, Reading and Stress Management Skills for Administrative Professionals


Facing an overwhelming "to do" list? Information overload putting you in chaos mode? Unsure how to multitask?

In this practical, hands-on 2-day seminar, you'll gain the information management skills to delegate to others and pick up simple techniques to banish procrastination. Learn how to organize better. Participate in exercises that enable you to read, understand and recall more information than you have ever experienced. And use assertiveness to manage stress and achieve work/life balance. Take control of your workload—and your workday!

What You Will Cover:

  • Prioritizing: the SMART way to set goals…the five-step time management plan
  • Using your power skills to handle the mass of information on your desk
  • Accessing your memory and recall skills
  • Staying in control: how to use stress to your advantage and handle burnout
  • Reading more effectively by increasing comprehension

How You Will Benefit

  • Pinpoint where you need to take control
  • Conquer procrastination and stress
  • Effectively process and retain critical information
  • Improve comprehension and focus
  • Perform better when juggling people, paper and priorities

Who Should Attend

Executive secretaries, secretaries and administrative/executive/sales assistants.

Outline

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize and Stop Procrastination
  • Minimize Interruptions
  • Set SMART Goals
  • Prioritize Your Time and Activities
  • Maximize Your Time with the 4-Step Time Mastery Plan
  • Apply the Principles of Reading with Purpose, Strategy and Flexibility
  • Improve Mental Focus and Reading Speed with Pacing Techniques
  • Use Preview Techniques to Build Reading Effectiveness
  • Increase Reading Comprehension
  • Use Techniques to Build Memory and Recall
  • Identify Symptoms of Burnout
  • Apply Assertiveness Techniques
  • Develop Coping Strategies

Coping with Chaos

  • Recognize and Stop Procrastination
  • Minimize Interruptions
  • Onload and Offload Work Effectively

Mastering Your Time

  • Set SMART Goals
  • Prioritize Your Time and Activities
  • Maximize Your Time with the 4-Step Time Mastery Plan

Reading More Effectively

  • Apply the Principles of Reading with Purpose, Strategy and Flexibility
  • Improve Mental Focus and Reading Speed with Pacing Techniques
  • Use Preview Techniques to Build Reading Effectiveness
  • Increase Reading Comprehension

Building Memory and Recall

  • Explain the Differences Among Comprehension, Memory, and Recall
  • Understand How Memory Works
  • Use Techniques to Build Memory and Recall

Staying in Control

  • Identify Symptoms of Burnout
  • Apply Assertiveness Techniques
  • Develop Coping Strategies

Refund Policy

For Classroom, Live Online, Express Skills Courses and Webinar programs, you may transfer to a future session, send someone to take your place, or cancel for a 5% fee up to 23 days prior to your program.

If you provide AMA with less than 23 days’ notice, or fail to attend, you will be liable for the entire program fee.

Programs included in AMA On Demand offerings are not eligible for substitution, transfer, cancellation, return, or refund. We appreciate that this is an important investment for you and your company and would like to accommodate your needs the best we can.

Please email us at [email protected]

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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