What resources are available on optimizing productivity and engagement, and mastering time, time pressures, and anxiety about time?
Articles -->
Click the above link for a list of articles on time. If you have questions or comments about any of the readings, please email Steve Randall at: steve@manage-time.com
Books and tapes -->
Click the above link for a list of books and tapes on time.
Coaching and consulting -->
Coaching is available for individuals and groups—take advantage of a free, half-hour needs assessment interview via phone or Skype. For more information, click the link above and fill out the request form for a free needs assessment, or simply email Steve Randall at: steve@manage-time.com The link above leads to additional information about coaching, including an Autobiography with Respect to Time.
General online resources -->
Click the above link for related websites, blogs, social groups, a time management prescriptive guide, and information about a popular 'time movement',
Webinar and Video offerings -->
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Seminars, workshops, and presentations
Predesigned seminars, workshops, and presentations related to time are listed below. We
customize presentations and training to fit the needs of participants and
organizations.
Beat the Clock, Lower Stress, and Improve Health and Well-Being!
Where does time pressure come from, and what can we do about it? If we believe that pressure is 'built into' time, we might try to leave the fast lane whenever we can-during breaks, weekends, vacations, and at retirement. When at work we might use conventional time management (CTM). CTM techniques can be very valuable. But "concerns about quality of life are just as likely to come from someone with a high level of time management training as from someone without it." (Stephen Covey, First Things First) Is something missing from CTM? Perhaps our assumption about the source of time pressure is wrong. Is it really 'built into' time? Or could it depend on our perspective? If we were able to increase our personal speed without getting anxious, could we 'keep up' with increasing work demands? Although CTM doesn't directly address these question, the new field of inner time management (ITM) shows how to change our way of relating to a task and get totally involved, optimizing well-being and productivity.
In this seminar participants can learn:
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Beat the Clock while Improving Well-beingDo you race against time? Does time flow too fast, with pressure somehow built into it? Is there some aspect of time that we can change to lessen pressure? Does pressure somehow depend on our perspective, or on how much we're involved in what we're doing? Is there any way to eliminate time stress? Is there any peaceful 'zone' in time, like the eye of a hurricane? Most time management seminars don't ask these questions, which are necessary to deal with our time issues at their root. In this workshop we'll explore the sources of time pressure, identify different types of time, and discuss the full range of what can be done about time stress.
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Changing Time Stress to Effortless Flow
Are we stuck with the modern rat race? Is time unalterable, with pressure somehow built into it? Or is there some aspect of time that we can change to lessen pressure? Does pressure somehow depend on our perspective? Is there any way to eliminate time stress, any 'zone' in time like the eye of a hurricane? In this introductory workshop we will explore the sources of time pressure, define different types of time, and discuss the full range of what can be done about time stress. We'll look at conventional time management (CTM). Although people generally find CTM helpful, some find it turns up the speed of time's treadmill. Can we use CTM in a way that won't accelerate time? We'll discuss inner time management (ITM), which focuses on how we do things rather than what we're doing. By combining ITM with CTM, we develop balance, rather than the drivenness that often accompanies CTM's preoccupation with results. And we can open doorways to new levels of performance and fulfillment that are simply unavailable with CTM alone. You can learn:
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Changing your Personal Time to Beat the Clock
This is a highly experiential, one-day workshop teaching integrated methods to do anything faster while improving well-being. Like a personal space, we have a personal time, the time it typically takes us to process a bit of information. Personal time is like a frequency of awareness, a cycle time that we can learn to speed up and slow down, opening up new levels of performance and well-being.
How can we change personal time? A proven methodology does exist: (1) We balance our breathing in order to gradually but directly transform anxiety and time pressures. (2) We need to consistently recognize the tendency to see time as a linear sequence of discrete, yet connected 'atomic' moments. This can be implemented by exercises that look for ever more subtle and 'frequent' moments between moments. (3) We need to see how the self is driven to seek goals and fulfillment in a future positioned away from 'here'. This can be fostered by an exercise that experiments with reversing the 'normal' temporal structure, looking from points in the future back toward the past (we don't need to stop thinking about the future). (4) We need to see how clock time is independent of personal time, which can be done by watching the second hand of a clock while observing fluctuations in the feelings of time passing. (5) We need to quickly see through the positioning of self and mental events, which can be practiced during simple card sorting exercises. In this workshop you will get extensive practice with these methods. Possible benefits:
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Mastering Time 101Free introductory seminar that introduces conventional time management and inner time management, and covers:
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Mastering Time 102: Seeing Time as an AllyThis workshop focuses on optimizing psychological time, the way we actually experience and feel time, rather than on what to do with our clock time. Topics and exercises:
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Mastering Time 103: Organizing Your Life-Time (self-directed workshop)A free, complete, online, on-demand conventional time management course. The essential skills are to identify long-term goals, break down projects, prioritize tasks, estimate how long it will take to do things, and organize and schedule tasks. You can learn these skills by following these links and doing the exercises:
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Mastering Time 103: Organizing Your Life-Time (Live workshop)In addition to the self-directed version, this workshop can also be delivered live, in person or via the Internet.
Are you missing opportunities for fulfillment because of confusion about your goals or inadequate planning of your personal or professional affairs? One hour spent clarifying goals and planning activities can be worth three or four hours trying to do things without a good sense of direction. This seminar gives you an opportunity to clarify the important goals in your life and learn the organizational skills necessary to accomplish them efficiently. You can feel more in control and get more done--while decreasing stress! Possible benefits:
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Taking the Pressure Out of DeadlinesWhere's the Pressure Come From? The pressure and anxiety associated with deadlines are not 'facts of life' that we have to put up with. Deadline pressure is simply an intense and constricted version of our usual perception of time flowing. If we can learn how to directly transform the pressure, we can realize significant gains in both productivity and well-being.
Where's the Pressure Come From? The pressure and anxiety associated with deadlines are not 'facts of life' that we have to put up with. Deadline pressure is simply an intense and constricted version of our usual perception of time flowing. If we can learn how to directly transform the pressure, we can realize significant gains in both productivity and well-being. At this workshop you can learn:
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Team Planning by Reviewing the FutureExplore a more creative and insightful alternative to consensus building and five-year plans. A group can effortlessly and intuitively plan its projects by doing a presumé, which reviews accomplishments from a future time. Then you can compare individuals' views of the group's progress to determine alignment and get insight for new directions.
A resumé reviews accomplishments from the present, and a presumé reviews accomplishments from a point in the future. Besides being a truly collaborative effort that readily develops buy-in by participants, this process provides a great way to cut through wishful thinking, pessimism, and resistance to change and planning. Possible benefits:
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Turning Procrastination AroundProcrastination is not simply putting something off to a future time. It actually makes time pressure worse and erodes our confidence. Understanding how the “pressure perspective” sets up the side-effects can give us the key to turning procrastination around at the outset. Possible benefits of the seminar:
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What’s the Key to Masterful Work?
In a typical company the primary concern is on productivity and the bottom line. But is results-driven work the same as peak performance? If not, is there a measure or indicator that does optimize productivity, well-being, and quality of process and product--all at the same time, and no matter what the kind of work? In this presentation Dr. Steve Randall introduces such a measure that can motivate people to ever-higher levels of performance. This presentation can help you learn:
In a typical company the primary concern is on productivity and the bottom line. But is results-driven work the same as peak performance? If not, is there a measure or indicator that does optimize productivity, well-being, and quality of process and product--all at the same time, and no matter what the kind of work? In this presentation Dr. Steve Randall introduces such a measure that can motivate people to ever-higher levels of performance. This presentation can help you learn:
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What’s the Zone of Peak Performance?What are the qualities of peak performance in the workplace? Are there some shared values--not just common goals--that would naturally motivate people in any organization? Dr. Steve Randall will present a twelve-facet vision of peak performance drawn from experiential reports of geniuses and mystics. This vision can provide the foundation for continuous improvement and managing by values, no matter what the organizational mission. You can learn:
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