Anyone do training seminars around this topic. Every attended a good one? How about a generally strong place to get mgt. training? Thanks
My experience was not good.
the main thing they emphasized was to make a list of things that you had to do and put them in the order of importance. Fine so far. So I make a list.
I was a technical writer and had to produce various manuals.
So I make a list that has as a top priority that I had to write the Administration chapter. OK, so to do that I had to get together with a couple of engineers. It may have been my top priority but those engineers were also under the gun to get there shit together and that had nothing to do with talking to some damn technical writer.
Now I'm a results kind of guy. I like to get things done. I'd like to knock out items 3, 5, and 8 on my most important ten if it can be done post haste. Get it done and work on other items later. Not recommended by the Time Management folks.
They also told us to keep a log as to what we were doing at 9, at 9:15, at 9:30 at 9:45 etc., etc.
Besides the problem of wasting time making logs I wondered if I was allowed to take a leak.
If the attempt of the seminar was to make sure I was not wasting time they could have said it up front and give me the rest of the day off!