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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.

67 minutes
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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
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This course was last reviewed on January 31, 2024.

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  • ASAP PACE 0.1
     
  • This course is pre-approved through the American Society of Administrative Professionals (ASAP) for 0.1 CEU(s) towards your PACE Recertification.
     
  • IAAP 1.0
     
  • All education that aligns with the CAP Body of Knowledge can be used toward recertification. Lorman Education Services believes this course does align and should be counted toward recertification. Please visit IAAP's certification webpage to review recertification details and requirements. https://www.iaap-hq.org/page/CAP_Recertification. Course Length: 1.0.
     
  • CPE/NASBA - QAS Self Study 1.8 including Personal Development 1.8
     
  • Lorman Education Services is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a QAS Self Study sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its web site: www.nasbaregistry.org. For more information regarding administrative policies such as complaint and refund, please contact our offices at 866-352-9539. CPE Credit: Maximum Credit Hours: 1.8 each session (based on a 50 minute credit hour). You must attend at least 50 minutes to obtain credit. Field of Study: Personal Development for 1.8 hours. Prerequisite: . Level of Knowledge: Intermediate. Teaching Method: Seminar/Lecture. Advance Preparation: None. Delivery Method: QAS Self Study. Please refer to the information in this advertisement for outline, course content and objectives. Upon completion of this course, you will receive a certificate of attendance. Final approval of a course for CPE credit belongs with each state's regulatory board.
     
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Kristina Schneider

Kristina Schneider

The Ultimate Estate Planner, Inc.

  • Practice Success Coach for The Ultimate Estate Planner, Inc., a business consulting firm that helps assist estate planning attorneys and their support staff with practice management and marketing
  • Conducts in-depth practice-management training for estate planning law firms, along with additional consulting and coaching services to help with ongoing implementation
  • Prior to transitioning into her current role, she served as the Executive Assistant for over eight years to the president of The Ultimate Estate Planner and nationally renowned estate planning attorney, Philip Kavesh
  • Presented several educational programs for her organization on a number of business practices, including calendar and time management, hiring and training of administrative personnel, and marketing
  • Written numerous articles featured on the company’s website, offering administrative professionals useful and practical guidance on everyday issues in the office; additionally, she offers a free weekly email subscription for administrative staff on similar topics
  • B.S.B.A. degree, Pepperdine University; currently pursuing her master’s degree in business administration, Pepperdine Graziadio Business School
  • Can be contacted at [email protected]
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Product ID: 409731
Published 2022
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