Can you use 60 more minutes every day?

Our clients tell us they gain this or more

The WorkloadMaster System will teach you how to change your work management habits using a powerful tool you already have, Microsoft Outlook. By implementing our system you can gain an additional 60 minutes (or more) of productive time per day.  Let us show you how to take control of your time, your workload and your life.

WorkloadMaster is an effective, easy-to-follow, easy-to-implement system that is customized to your individual needs. A system that allows you to plan, organize and do what needs to be done…when it needs to be done.  With our system you will:

• Process e-mail quickly and effectively
  Turn e-mail into a powerful tool (not a burden).
• Keep on top of tasks
  Be more responsive, professional and effective.
• Stay consistently focused on high-payoff activities
  Do the important  things, not the “Squeaky wheels”.
• Reduce Stress
  Stop feeling out of control, behind or overloaded

We help individuals who are overwhelmed, overloaded, with too much to do and not enough time… who need to gain control over their time, their workload and their lives.  Our clients lead more balanced lives, operate more effectively, more productively and live more successfully.

The WorkloadMaster System includes many of the time-tested time management best practices but goes well beyond.  Coping with today’s fast-paced environment requires more than the old A,B,C 1,2,3 time management solutions.  In WorkloadMaster training you roll up your sleeves and jump right in to learn easy-to-follow processes that enables you to deal with large volumes of new information and shifting priorities.

Typical Outlook training is more of a survey of various features of the software.  WorkloadMaster shows you a systematic approach for using Outlook as a tool to help you achieve your goals. We don’t get bogged down in technical details, just how to use the process to manage your work effectively.

Course Details

WorloadMaster multimedia training system is a lively, interactive  “hands on software” program that allows you to work at your own pace…on your own computer. Highlights of the training include:

1. The Outlook® Control Panel
   “Hands -on & How to use”
   Configure Outlook for optimum personal performance
2. E-mail Management
   Techniques for taking control and eliminating the e-mail crush
   Converting e-mails to tasks
   Keeping your Inbox empty
3. Managing your Time and Calendar
   Becoming a more proficient time manager
   Block time for important tasks
4. Managing Tasks
   Managing Task Lists
   Determining Priorities
   Use Next Action decisions to get tasks done
   Use Outlook to manage small projects
5. Taking Charge
   Developing a systematic planning process
   Becoming more strategic in your choices

Back in the Real World – Putting the system to work in your world

• What to do if you fall off the wagon
• Effective planning your day week and month
• Ongoing productivity pointers
• Optional personal coaching sessions to reinforce the learning hand customize the system for you
• Additional techniques, tips and tricks on our web site and blog

After The Training You Should Be Able To:

• Reduce stress
• Develop a sense of confidence and control
• Follow-up and follow through – Be someone your colleagues can count on
• Process Your Incoming Work Systematically
• Use a repeatable process to capture all incomplete tasks, unmet commitments and upcoming apponitments. Process all incoming information (e-mail, paper mail, voice mail, scraps of paper, etc.) on a routine basis…not as it arrives.
• Decide Once and Early
• Use a simple formula to process all incoming information to either do it now, schedule it for later, delegate it or throw it away.  Make a decision one time about the nature decision of each incoming piece of information.
• Organize Using Clearly Defined Buckets
• Consistently use only one source (tool) to manage appointments, tasks and contacts.  Use a repeatable system for capturing thoughts , meeting notes, conversations and other information while away from your system.
• Review and Plan Sysematically
• Systematically plan each day the day before making decisons about unfinished tasks before closing the day. Use a repeatable process to consistently plan each week based upon short-term and long-term goals.