When you attend, you’ll learn how to:

• Throw out your bad habits and replace them with success habits
• Organize and plan projects with fresh strategies that meet every deadline
• Handle project communication problems with ease, so you can be more effective
• Estimate and meet budgets accurately every time
• Stay motivated when the pressure is on and minimize stress

Kick Those Bad Habits to the Curb

• How to tackle the most common bad habits that interfere with productivity
• 7 steps for ending procrastination
• Strategies for developing A+ work habits
• When and how to put a stop to your inner perfectionist
• 20 bright ideas for handling time-stealers and interruptions
• What to do when you’re being “meeting-ed” to death

Stop Juggling and Start Managing Those Priorities

• Identifying what’s most important when everything is high-priority
• Learn the F.A.S.T. system for successful priority management
• How to prioritize when you have more than one boss
• Rid yourself of non-priority tasks and duties you can delegate

Plan Your Work, Get Organized, and Complete Every Project With Ease

• Powerful planning techniques that will prevent stress later
• Goal setting that will help you remain in control of your projects
• Pareto’s Principle for planning and using the 80/20 rule to focus your work
• 5 quick and easy personal filing systems
• The secret to making your to-do list work for you instead of against you
• Organization strategies and tools for handling one or many projects all at once

Conquer the #1 Roadblock to Effective Project Management: Communication

• Getting mixed messages? Keys to ensuring you have clear direction and what to do when you don’t
• Talking with your boss when there’s absolutely too much on your plate
• Secrets to getting what you need from others
• How to say “no” with tact
• Strategies for clear communication up and down the project line
• Communicating in difficult situations, from criticism to conflict

Meet Every Deadline With Amazing Time Management Skills

• Identifying and eliminating your greatest time-wasters
• Strategies for making the most of your time and reaching optimal productivity
• Deadlines 101: Tips for assessing how long a project will really take
• Planning strategies for when your competing deadlines all fall around the same time
• The impossible deadline: How to deal

Assess and Manage Your Budget Accurately

• 12 steps to making more accurate cost estimates
• Keys to analyzing your budget constraints easily and accurately
• How to assess and assign risk when budgeting
• Communication tips for when your project comes in over budget

Bonus Session: Utilize Outlook® for Better Project Management

• How Outlook® can help you manage projects more effectively
• Learn about all the tools available
• Stay on top of your priorities with tips for managing your e-mail inbox and creatively filing your e-mail
• Using the Outlook calendar to manage your time and plan your work
• Tips for using Outlook to facilitate teamwork
• Receive a handy desk reference with quick tips and shortcuts

Prevent Stress From Breaking You Down

• 8 foolproof stress-busters for remaining calm, cool, and collected when everything else is falling apart around you
• Remembering that stress IS contagious and making sure your stress doesn’t spread to others – and vice versa
• Strategies for dealing with “toxic” stressors and “toxic” people
• How to stop negativity and worry from robbing you of your productivity
• Tips for staying positive when the pressure is on

"This program helped me look at project management in a new way."
J. Hill

"The presenter was very helpful. She answered questions that directly impacted our needs in the real world."
M. Rengel

"This gave me many useful tools to do my job."
T. Berry

"Today's program provided much more information than I expected. I can't wait to share some of the tools I gained with my associate"
B. Ramy