Strategies to Manage a Chaotic Workload

Learn to be more productive throughout the day and master whatever workload awaits you at the office.

Just about every workplace you go to, regardless of industry, seems to be busier than ever with too much to do and not enough people or time to do it. The result is a high-pressure and even perhaps stressful and chaotic workload. Having the right strategies to help you manage this chaos is key to being a more productive, balanced, and happier administrative professional. This course will help provide you with the strategies you will need to master whatever workload awaits you at the office, including where you should start, how to organize and prioritize, ways to be more productive throughout the day and minimize your interruptions, and much more. Through all of this and more, you will walk away with practical, real-world applications so that you can hit the ground running and begin implementing what you learn right away.

Learning Objectives

• You will be able to recognize that managing chaos starts with you, and how you can manage the chaos of the office.
• You will be able to recognize that chaos breeds chaos, and identify causes of the chaos, and tips for organizing your workspace.
• You will be able to identify the importance of communication, why meetings are important, and how to make meetings productive in addition to minimizing interruptions.
• You will be able to identify strategies for being more productive.

Agenda

Managing Chaos Starts With You

• How Your Mindset Impacts How You Can Manage the Chaos of the Office
• A Simple but Powerful Exercise to Help You Improve Your Mindset
• Fixed vs. Growth Mindset

Chaos Breeds Chaos

• How Your Desk, Office, and Work Environment Are Contributing to the Chaos (and Stress) at the Office
• Tips for Organizing Your Workspace
• Other Areas That You May Want to Declutter and Organize

The Importance of Communication

• Why Meetings Are Important and How to Properly Set up Key Staff Meetings (When and How Often)
• Making These Meetings Productive and Helpful (and Not a Waste of Time)
• Minimizing Interruptions and Other Inefficiencies

Strategies for Being More Productive

• Self-Awareness and Self-Monitoring Yourself for Distractions
• Helpful Ways for Creating Structure Around Tasks, Priorities, and Deadlines
• The Most Overlooked (but Necessary) Step for Being the Most Productive Employee That You Can Be