Understanding and Managing Yourself: A 20/20 MDS® Workshop Kit

Understanding and Managing Yourself

This module has two parts. The first part explores the whole area of personal style and temperament and suggests that we can be more effective by recognizing that people can think and act in ways that are often quite different to our own.

The second part of this module looks at the whole area of personal time management. Some experts suggest that many managers escape from the pressures of job induced anxiety by adopting a number of unproductive mechanisms that they call 'busyness'. They escape into time consuming activities that they find less threatening, though much less productive, than the tough aspects of their jobs. Of course, once this time has passed you cannot get it back; time is one of the aspects of our lives that many of us value only once it has slipped away.

If you adopt the techniques described in this module and to better understanding yourself and others and organizing your time as suggested, you will find that you are getting more done in a calmer and more efficient manner.

It is highly recommended that participants undertake the Personality Type Indicator prior to beginning this course. It is also recommended that you undertake the Time Management Effectiveness Profile.

Objectives
At the end of this module you will be able to:

• Understand your own style and temperament (in comparison to others) 
• Learn to ‘flex’ your style when this would be beneficial 
• analyze how effectively you use your time at the moment 
• describe strategies for using time more productively 
• plan how you will improve your use of time 
• assess your vulnerability to stress and plan how to look after yourself more effectively.

Underpinning Competencies:

• Directional clarity 
• Setting Goals and Standards 
• Managing and Prioritizing Time 
• Managing and Scheduling work 

The 20-20 MDS® series by WCOD is a management and leadership development program designed for professionals seeking to improve their management and leadership skills to help them reach their potential in the work world.  Until now, the courses and workshops in this program were only available as a complete course of study within an accredited program.  WCOD has recently begun making the eLearning courses and workshops from this management and leadership development program available to learners, trainers, coaches and consultants on a course-by-course basis. 

The 20-20 MDS® Workshop Course Packs for trainers and coaches provide a fully scripted PowerPoint presentation on the topic which can be used as-is or tailored as much as necessary to meet participant needs.   Also provided is a participant workbook which includes key materials from the presentation, and provides space for attendees to write their reflections, notes on exercises, discussion summaries and more.   

Note, when you purchase a Workshop Course Pack, you are provided with an editable PowerPoint file which you may save, adapt and reuse over and over.  In addition, once you have placed the Course Pack in your shopping cart, a participant workbook will be added to your cart at no charge, which you may freely copy.

This 20/20 MDS Workshop Kit includes a fully editable scripted Powerpoint Presentation and a copy of the accompanying Participant Workbook which may be freely copied for participants. 

To sample the first 6-7 pages of the Scripted Powerpoint Presentation, please click here.




To see sample pages from the Participant Workbook, please click here.