Advanced Time Management - Distance Education Course

Presented by Harold Taylor

A three-hour course (in teleseminar format) divided into two 90-minute
sessions that discuss the changing role of time management in the age of
speed.

Tuesday evenings, June 3 & June 10, 2008 from 7 PM to 8:30 PM ET

Investment: $95

Prerequisite: Time Management Basics, PO203T Time Management or
equivalent

About the program:

In Harold’s opinion, personal productivity has changed very little in
the past 30 years in spite of technology. The net result of technology
has been to speed up the pace of life. We are working faster, driving
faster, communicating faster, eating faster – in short, living faster.
The time savings gained by technology have been offset by increases in
complexity, choices, interruptions, expectations, stress, delays and
errors. Our bodies are not designed to operate at warp speed and we are
faced with a variety of ailments to the point that “getting well”
has become another time consumer. We are living longer but remembering
less of it.

In this fast-paced environment, many traditional strategies are losing
their impact or simply no longer work. Quiet hours are a thing of the
past. “To Do” lists are becoming bottomless. Focus is weak or
non-existent. Multitasking has become counterproductive. Goals are
becoming as ineffective as New Year’s resolutions. Networking has
increased, yet friends are few. Eating on the run has become the norm.
Sleep is an annoying necessity. We spend more time on getting well than
on staying healthy. The division between work and personal life has
become blurred. Discretionary time is disappearing. There is no longer
time to simply relax and be in the moment. Hundreds of “quick time
management tips” have become meaningless.

We are in a whole new type of ball game. But most people and many time
management leaders continue to play by the same old rules using the same
old strategies. As a result, more and more people are spinning out of
control. In this advanced time management program, Harold Taylor will
review how times have changed during the 30 years that he has been
involved in time management. He will tell you what still works and what
doesn’t, where technology helps and where it hinders, and share some
strategies more in tune with the times.

Included in the program:

1. How the business and home environments have changed during the
   last 30 years and how it impacts our use of time.
2. The one time problem that has persisted for 30 years and has
   increased exponentially since the introduction of technology to the
   workplace.
3. Traditional time management strategies that are no longer
   relevant today, those that now have minimal impact on our personal
   productivity, and those that have endured.
4. Areas where time management training has been missing the mark.
5. Time in the eye of the beholder. Why it slows for those waiting
   and speeds up when we’re busy. Why time seems to go faster as we grow
   older – and what we can do about it.
6. Managing work when work is no longer a place we go to five days a
   week but a state of mind that spans the entire week.
7. Why most goals are never achieved, and many never attempted. And
   why New Year’s resolutions are quickly abandoned.
8. Why focus has become so difficult and interruptions so
   commonplace.
9. Why following your “body clock” is more productive than
   following the one on the wall.
10. Why multitasking is mostly counterproductive and unhealthy.
11. Life balance: what it is and how you can achieve it.
12. Why simplification is not simple, but essential to both
    organizations and individuals.
13. How time management, stress management and health management are
    merging disciplines.
14. Technology today: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
15. How our possessions can possess us. An explanation of the
    “Fulfillment Curve.”
16. Choosing your working hours. Are there really early birds and
    night owls?
17. Planning & the Sigmoid Curve. How it applies to organizations and
    individuals alike.
18. The one most important strategy for handling email.

Teleseminar format:

The teleseminar format eliminates traveling, parking or other hassles
generated by public seminars. You need only a telephone and an hour of
your time each week. It also makes the program available to anyone in
North America. After registering you will receive the course materials
and a telephone number to call and an access code to enter the session.
You are responsible for any long distance charges. These shouldn’t be
more than $6 per session depending on your long distance plan. You will
receive complete instructions and a course outline prior to the first
session.

Although this course will be repeated in the future, the material
covered in each session will not be identical so it is best to commit to
attending both sessions in their proper sequence.

Prerequisites:

There is a five-hour Time Management Basics series available that
serves as an excellent base of information for those who have had no
formal time management training. It is recommended, but not essential,
that you take the Time Management Basics series before signing up for
the Advanced Time Management course. The NAPO PO203T course is also
acceptable as a prerequisite, as is the Time Management Basics
Self-Study Program available at www.taylorintime.com. If you are in
doubt, please email Harold@taylorintime.com.

Teleseminar leader:

Harold Taylor, president of Harold Taylor Time Consultants Inc. has
been speaking, writing and conducting training programs on the topic of
effective time management for over 30 years. He has written 17 books,
including a Canadian bestseller, Making Time Work for You, and has had
over 300 articles accepted for publication. Since 1981, when he
incorporated the time management company, he has presented over 2000
workshops, speeches and keynotes on the topic of time and life
management.

A past director of the National Association of Professional Organizers,
Harold received the Founder’s Award in 1999 for outstanding
contributions to the organizing profession. He received the CSP
(Certified Speaking Professional) designation in 1987 from the National
Speakers Association. In 1998 the Canadian Association of Professional
Speakers inducted him into the Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame. And in
2001, he received the Founder’s Award from Professional Organizers in
Canada. Now in his seventies, Harold still provides corporate training
and personal coaching in Canada and the U.S.