Delivering Time Management for IT Professionals: A Trainer's Manual: Tools, methods, and strategies for delivering effective time management training

About the Book

Key Features Book DescriptionIn a world where IT is absolutely integral to the way business works and how it interacts with its customers, effective time management within IT is perhaps more important than in any other department. Effective and on-time delivery is essential for any IT team, and ensuring your team is able to plan and deliver results independently as well as being able to cooperate and work cohesively together is the foundation of an exceptional and productive organizational culture. Business consultant and sociologist Dr. Jan Yager understands exactly what effective time management in IT can bring to a business. In this book she provides you with templates, tips, tools and tricks that you can use to deliver successful time management training for your team. From Agile organization to personal strategies for managing projects, this training manual will provide you with everything you and your team need to cultivate a culture where time is highly valued. Time Management for IT Professionals: A Trainer’s Manual is designed to make the task of delivering training material easier for you. Featuring exercises and worksheets and plenty of tips that will help you to develop exceptional time management skills this book is indispensable for anyone who recognizes the value of time in a business. Discover strategies for improving personal productivity and help your team tackle time management headaches such as procrastination with exercises and tasks to help improve personal planning and project management skills. Tackle the distractions of the modern workplace and help your team overcome issues such as perfectionism to ensure they are not only more productive but also happier and successful employees. Along with goal setting and prioritization for personal success, explore organizational strategies and Agile methodologies with your team. Move from personal goal setting to strategic cohesion as you help your team complete the time management puzzle to see the broad picture – where both personal productivity and organizational efficiency come together. What you will learn Who this book is for

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About the Author :
Dr. Jan Yager is a business consultant and sociologist who has been researching and writing about time management since the early 1980s. She is the award-winning author of 40 books including five on time management, translated into 12 languages: Put More Time on Your Side (2014); Work Less, Do More: The 14-Day Productivity Makeover (2nd edition, 2012); 365 Daily Affirmations for Time Management (2011); Creative Time Management for the New Millennium (1999); and Creative Time Management (1984). Dr. Yager, President of Timemasters.com, has taught at the college level, which includes teaching at the New York Institute of Technology, Penn State, Temple University, The New School, St. John's University, the University of Connecticut, and most recently at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY). Often interviewed by print and broadcast media, her appearances have included such major talk shows as the Today Show, Good Morning America, the BBC, ABC Nightline, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS This Morning, CNN, as well as morning and evening news shows in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. Some of Dr. Yager's other titles, translated into 32 languages, include additional business and relationship books, such as: Productive Relationships: 57 Strategies for Building Strong Business Connections; Grow Global; Who's That Sitting at My Desk? Workship, Friendship, or Foe?; Business Protocol; When Friendship Hurts; Friendshifts; Effective Business and Nonfiction Writing; 365 Daily Affirmations for Happiness; Road Signs on Life's Journey; 125 Ways to Meet the Love of Your Life; The Fast Track Guide to Speaking in Public; and Making Your Office Work For You. Dr. Yager's books are available in print, e-book, and/or audiobook formats. Follow her tweets on Twitter at @drjanyager. Dr. Yager, a coach, professional speaker, and trainer, delivers seminars, workshops, and presentations about time management and other business topics, including work relationships, business writing, and business protocol, throughout the U.S. and internationally before corporations, associations, the public, and the government. To book Dr. Yager for time management training, speaking, or coaching, contact your favorite lecture bureau or contact her directly: yagerinquiries2@aol.com. For more on Dr. Yager, or to read her blogs or excerpts from some of her writings, go to: http://www.drjanyager.com