Dealing with time-stealers
Featured in the Time to be Effective! - Time Management Training training manual
By Christine Chun
Category: Management
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
Time-stealers have very clear intentions – they want your time and, more often than not, they want it now. If they succeed in stealing your time, the result is that they get what they want but you end up not achieving your objectives. This training activity gives participants the opportunity to identify people who steal their time, the reasons why it is difficult to say ‘No’, and the skills required to improve assertiveness, and to complete a personalised action plan.
Initially, you give participants the opportunity, individually, to identify the main people who impact upon their time. Then, in a group discussion, you explore with participants why saying ‘No’ is so difficult and the general skills needed to increase assertiveness. Participants then carry out role-plays to practise the skills discussed and finally complete their individual action plans identifying the specific actions they personally intend to take.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to enable participants to learn how to identify and manage time-stealers.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 02:05:00 |
| No of Pages: | 16 |
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Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers as a stand-alone activity or to be linked with ‘Where does your time go?’ and ‘Analysis of the timelog’, as the information from the timelog can be used to help participants in the evaluation process. It can be particularly beneficial for those who find it difficult to say ‘No’ to others.
Download the training activity, Dealing with time-stealers as featured in the Fenman training manual; Time to be Effective! - Time Management Training