Successful people don't trade personal satisfaction for professional achievement. They know high performance depends on both. You work hard all day at work and then go home —to the second shift —the one you don't get paid for. To avoid the peaks and valleys of productivity created by balancing the urgent demands of work and personal life, professionals must be able to balance both without sacrificing either. When you discover the right mix of time and accomplishment in both arenas, you'll rediscover vision, vitality, and meaning in your life!

The most effective time management system in the world won't do a thing to improve your productivity if you can't focus on one thing. For many of us, the problem isn't a lack of willpower; it's the ability to refuse distractions caused by other people, the environment, and your mind. With noise, interruptions, people, and instant messages, so many things compete for our attention that it's often very difficult to concentrate. This seminar will improve your ability stay on target and focus on the task at hand.

Do you ever feel like you're doing things the hard way? That it takes you twice as long as it should to complete a task? If you ever say to yourself, "There HAS to be a better way to do this," then this class is for you. Learn the skills of efficiency, and you'll spend less time working and will get things done more quickly, with less effort.

If you keep more than a screen shot of email in your in-box, you need this program! Email has become the productivity bane of modern corporate employees, the ball-and-chain that keeps them stuck at their desks for hours every day. They wade around, desperately trying to sort, respond to, and organize messages. Pending items fall through the cracks. Email for long-term projects sit in the inbox and collect dust. Employees hit "Reply to All" to 17 people and create hundreds of "Me too!" responses that add nothing to the conversation and waste everyone's time. ENOUGH! Take this course and get and stay on top of your email, once and for all.

How much energy and vitality do you have throughout the day to accomplish the things you want to do? It's hard to be productive when you just want to put your head down on your desk and take a nap. You have the potential to dramatically impact your productivity by paying closer attention to your energy behaviors. You'll learn the factors that contribute to low energy (the "energy bandits") and how to reduce their effects. Then you'll build up and renew sources of positive force (with "energy boosters"). This seminar will guide you in making the changes necessary to give you vitality and productivity every day!

Without Making Them Hate You or Quit. If a mountain of deadlines and a staff that surfs the Internet for pleasure is keeping you awake at night, bring Laura in for guidance. Good leaders understand that time management is not about squeezing more into the day; it's about you and your people spending time productively toward the accomplishment of organizational goals. Managing the clock isn't the answer —teaching employees to manage themselves is. This innovative program discusses three key time management principles for leaders: (1) avoiding organizational "speed bumps," (2) eliminating activities that waste people's time, and (3) modeling effective time management behavior.

Do you get 100 emails every day? Do you feel like you're slowly drowning in a sea of paper? Does the sight of your messy office and overflowing email in-box frustrate you? Then this course is for you! You may work hard. But if you're disorganized, every step is a struggle. In this age of downsizing and a do-more-with-less mentality, efficiency is more important than ever before. This course will help staff members, professionals, and managers stay on top of it all. You will gain scores of new tips and techniques for bringing order into your life, both personally and professionally!

It takes a lot of work and discussion to get a team to function productively and effectively. Tapping a team's creative power can only happen when team members recognize and value each other's contributions and strengths. This course helps you realize the impact of your time management style and personality on others and relate positively as a team. During the program, the team will generate its own code of conduct to guide future relationships and behavior. Through fun team-building activities, they will leave with increased cohesiveness, cooperation, and trust.

We've become dependent upon computers, email, voicemail, the Internet, Blackberries, PDAs, cell phones, and pagers. These devices connect us to the world of work. Today, you must be technologically savvy. Technology can undoubtedly improve your productivity, but it can make you LESS productive if you're not careful. This seminar discusses how to use the latest technologies to your advantage, without letting technology take advantage of you.

Do you find yourself continually racing against time? Do you feel that you have so much to do that it's difficult to get anything done? Time management is much more complicated than making a list and checking things off. Managing time effectively is the key to managing your individual performance. Learn how to set priorities and focus on what's truly important, plan and schedule your day, and organize your calendar and tasks.