Success by Design (Work-Life Effectiveness)

CATEGORY: Time Management, Work-life Balance
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE: All staff
METHODOLOGY: Lecture, discussion, in-class activities, group work, analysis and planning work
LANGUAGE: Chinese, English or bilingual
DURATION: 2 Days

Purpose: Making Time for the Things that Truly Matter to Achieve Work /Life Balance

• Understanding the fundamentals of goal setting and prioritizing to create a compelling future
• Discovering what is most important to you and developing a system for writing goals at work
• Developing a system for planning and control in carrying out those goals
• Identifying time wasters and inefficient behavior
• Using powerful tools such as STOP questions as a guide

Process: To define and create measurable success criteria for work/life effectiveness through:

• Measurement and analysis of current time allocation habits
• Identifying costs and inefficiencies of behavior
• Articulating core values and setting goals that link to personal vision
• Action planning based on clearly developed plans

Payoff: What can people learn from this course?

• Each participant will answer a series of questions in the pre-workshop survey to invent a Personal Vision.
• Using the ALTEC Life Balance Wheel, participants will identify the 8 parts of their lives and analyze how much time they spend in each.
• They will then create a place for the areas that contribute most to their vision of who they want to become.
• Finally, they will establish an action plan to begin measurable steps toward achieving their vision.

Course Agenda

Day 1 Morning: Welcome, Introduction

• Intended result, Outcomes, Managing expectation
• Icebreaker game: Draw Your Prefect Day
• What Overwork is Costing You?
• Discussion: Where I Spent my Time?
  • What Would You Change?
  • Lost hours per week
  • Influence vs. Control

Day 1 Afternoon: Making Room for What Matters Most

• Model analysis: the eight aspects of life balance
• Pair work: what you would do if you had more time
• Mapping exercise: Life Map
• Achieving balance
• Group share: where you plan to change
• The fulfillment tool
• Freeing up your time
• The S.T.O.P. tool
• Asking powerful questions
• Four tricks that save your time
• Creating a vision

Day 2 Morning: Effective Decision Making

• The Importance of Goals
• Asking Powerful Questions
• The basics of Time Management
• Discussion: What is stress?
• Group share: What are the main courses of stress for you?

Day 2 Afternoon: How can I manage stress better?

• What are different definitions of stress?
• Lecture:
  • Stress reduction techniques
  • Quick tips for managing stress
• The 80/20 principles
• Summary
• Conclusion

For more information about Work-Life Balance, please Engage ALTEC or call one of our hotlines.

“ENGAGING THE DRAGON WITHIN”
ALTEC
Yueyun Building 18/F, No. 3, Zhong Shan 2 Road,
Guangzhou, China 510080
Tel: 8620 37621253 Fax: 8620 37621257
Website: www.altec.com.cn