personal effectiveness

Motivation, time & self management

If being busy and ticking things off an urgent to-do list were the point, you’d think we’d all be overjoyed, wouldn't you? If getting from A to B is what it’s all about, then we ought to be happier about all those deadlines. Instead, we often feel as though it’s a bit hollow, all this busy-ness. Perhaps we’re tired. Or there’s just too much. Maybe the diary is full of stuff that’s a bit “m’eh”, or maybe we’ve gone along by default and ended up somewhere we really had no intention of going.

For some, it may be a question of time management, or about getting clearer on priorities and values, or even learning to say no. For others it might be about becoming more aware of what really motivates us.

Many are looking to overcome procrastination, or perhaps to develop the confidence and assertiveness required to negotiate our workload, and to look after the goose that lays the golden eggs.

In all of these cases, the emphasis in my workshops is on making conscious choices about how you invest your time and energy, rather than defaulting to patterns that don’t help. It’s about putting yourself in the driving seat.

Looking back in several years time, how would you like to have spent your time and energy?

So many aspects of this course were highly valuable: the numerous handouts with great practical tools, the exercises, the group discussions we had.
It was by far one of the best courses I have ever taken part in and I cannot recommend it enough

Examples of workshops I offer in this area:

Time and self management - a one day workshop that brings in aspects of focus and direction, psychology, time allocation and task management

Overcoming procrastination - a half- or 1-day programme that looks at the causes and methods for procrastination and that brings in tools for positively engaging with the things people put off time and again
Personal effectiveness - a two-day workshop bringing in motivation, values, procrastination, time and priorities, setting boundaries and clear thinking
Motivation and you - a half-, or one, -day exploration of what motivates and how to build on that awareness - bringing in values, intrinsic motivation, and tools proven to enhance people's connection to their goals