Harold Taylor TOPICS: Achievement/Peak Performance Stress Time Management Productivity Organizational Skills FEE CATEGORY:* 5.0k to 10.0k TRAVELS FROM: * Video Profile Program Outlines Testimonials/Client List Request This Speaker

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Making Time Work For You

A practical workshop on time and life management with Harold Taylor
Available either as a full-day or half-day workshop tailored to your needs.
This “nuts and bolts” workshop will show you how to juggle priorities, cope with the information explosion, take advantage of technology, handle the demands of others and achieve significant results, with reduced stress, while maintaining a balanced life.

After this session participants will be able to:
• Set personal and professional goals, schedule multiple tasks, and achieve more significant results in less time.
• Prioritize the many demands on your time and use time investments to multiply the time at your disposal.
• Have both the information and the tools needed to meet your objectives without infringing on family time.
• Be familiar with ways of increasing your personal productivity through technology.
• Use e-mail more effectively to improve communications both inside and outside the organization.
• Break time wasting habits, reduce procrastination and perfectionism and manage yourself in stressful situations.

At this session, participants will learn how to:
Set goals and ensure that they are reached. / Replace bad habits with good ones. / Identify priorities and eliminate time wasters. / Organize your office, paperwork, electronic files and work area. / Avoid telephone tag, reduce the length of calls, and reduce the need for callbacks. / Streamline paperwork, avoid paper backlogs, and instantly locate information in your files. / Be productive even when it’s impossible to have a “quiet hour.” / Influence a meeting positively even when you are not the chairperson. / Reduce self-interruptions and interruptions by others. / Write effective e-mail and dispense with mailbox messages quickly and effectively. / Reduce procrastination. / Utilize waiting time, travel time, and driving time. / Cope with the information explosion. / Use technology to increase your personal productivity. / Say “no” tactfully and without feeling guilty. / Reduce the amount of paper work in the office. / Schedule activities, events, and things to do using either a time planner or a PDA. / Make time for your personal priorities. / Use a personal organizer or PDA to keep track of telephone calls, assignments, and other information. / Cope effectively with voice mail and email. / Delegate more effectively. / Manage stress, curb anger and frustration and avoid burnout. / Identify the top ten time problems experienced by workshop participants and apply strategies to resolve them. / Identify and increase your stress resistance through lifestyle changes. / Manage your time away from the job and keep your life in balance.

Shorter Programs & Keynotes

The 90-Minute Hour

This popular program can be modified to fit any time period between a half-hour and 3 hours. It is a fast-paced presentation on how to cut through the confusion of theory and put into practice the principles of personal organization and time management. Harold's rapid-fire depiction of how people squander their time is both hilarious and revealing. He leaves you with a glimpse of yourself as seen by others - and a string of suggestions on how to revise your habits and gain control of your life. You will have tips on managing paperwork, keeping on top of e-mail, managing multiple projects, proper use of a planning calendar, developing a follow-up system, and making technology work for you role-plays his way into everyone's closet, garage and desk drawer. But his hilarious antics and quick wit have purpose beyond the laughter. He inspires you to action.

Procrastination: The Only Thing We Have Time For

Harold shares strategies for developing the do-it-now habit in this information- packed presentation.. How serious is procrastination? Why do we do it? What are the results? How can we control it? These questions are answered as Harold tackles the biggest time waster of them all, procrastination.

The North American Packrat

"Everyone has a junk drawer. Where else are you going to keep those coupons that expired in 1981?” Harold will have you laughing at yourself as he reveals how we suffocate ourselves with our possessions. "We had brown paper bags filled with brown paper bags..." Everyone will relate to the situations depicted as Harold provides solutions to clutter and disorganization.

Living at the Speed of Stress

In this entertaining and educational presentation on the causes, consequences and cures of excessive stress, Harold shares personal experiences, research and anecdotes that will delight you as well as enlighten you. At one time hospitalized with bleeding ulcers, Harold shares the lessons learned and the practical application of medical research that will help you to live successfully in an age where over 80 percent of all diseases are attributed to stress.

Say Yes to Your Dreams

You can be what you were meant to be, regardless of your age or circumstances. That’s the message in this motivational presentation that takes the mystery out of goal setting and explains how to make your dreams a reality. Harold discusses both the mechanics of the goal setting process and the mental attitude needed to get you from where you are to where you want to be.

Time Management Myths

You can’t manage time, time is not money, a personal organizer won’t get you organized and To Do lists don’t work. These are a few of the statements made by Harold Taylor as he dispels the ten common myths of time management and provides you with suggestions that will keep you organized and productive.

* Please note that while this speaker's specific fee falls within the range posted at the top of this page (for Continental U.S. based events), fees are subject to change without notice. Also note that most celebrity keynotes begin in the $25,000 and up range (most list "Contact for Fee Schedule"). For current fee information or international event fees, please contact your Speakers Platform representative.