The effective consultant - self-management

The primary aim of this module is to help you to become more effective as a consultant. How - by integrating groundbreaking approaches to work management such as GTD® with Covey’s 7 Habits and a range of tools and techniques for creativity, problem-solving and decisionmaking. This is complemented by tips to work more efficiently with standard office software, useful utilities and online resources.

Of course, the foundation of increased effectiveness is self-awareness and the course will include a number of questionnaires to provide insight into your own preferred approaches and how to make the most of them.

• Understanding internal drivers - questionnaire, explanation and implications
• Covey’s 7 Habits (including video)
• How to be the best that you can be - getting into ‘the zone’
• Getting Things Done® (GTD) - a systematic approach to self-management
  • the ‘haunted mind’
  • collection
  • processing - discard, do, defer, delegate, document
  • the system
• GTD® and Outlook - plus other useful Outlook tips
• Overcoming obstacles
• Personal insight - Thinking Styles questionnaire, explanation and implications
• Creativity - practical approaches to generating ideas
• Decision making tools
• Integrated approaches
  • visible thinking
  • mindmapping - using MindManager software and add-ins
• Increasing productivity - top tips and shortcuts:
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • the internet
    • useful sites
    • Google tips and resource