get your business organised seminar

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Welcome

What will we cover today?

Time managementGoal settingResourcefulnessRecord keeping

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Time Management

What techniques can we use to bestmanage our time?

Learn to say NOIdentify and remove distractionsGet the day off to a productive start

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Activity – Identify and Remove Distractions

Identify the distractions in your workday(pages 2 - 3 of workbook)

Develop strategies to remove/manage the top three distractions (pages 2 - 3 of workbook)

Time available: 5 minutes

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Time Management Continued: Effective Diary Management

Effective diary managementtechniques:

‘Chunking’To Do listsPrioritisingDelegatingEfficient communication

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Activity – To Do List

Thinking about the business tasks that you need to complete tomorrow, fill in the to do list on page 4 of your workbook


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Activity – Prioritise Your To Do List

Using the information and example provided on pages 4 and 5 of your workbook, prioritise the tasks in your to do list


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GOALS

S SpecificM MeasurableA AchievableR RealisticT Time-bound

Goals sharpen our focus on our business activities and clarify our direction

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GOALS cont.

In 1996, after 30 years of research into the effect ofgoal setting on performance, Edwin Locke at theUniversity of Maryland found:

the more explicit the goal, the more specifically it is carried out

the more challenging the goal, the greater the achievement

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Activity – Create a SMART Goal

Create your own SMART goal for your business or your life (pages 9 and 10 of workbook)


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Resourcefulness

Identify your resources

Leverage your networks

“No one knows everything, everyone knowssomething, all knowledge resides in

humanity”Pierre Levy 1997

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Activity – Identify Resources

Identify the resources that will help you to achieve your SMART goal (page 11 of workbook)


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Record Keeping

Meet your taxation requirements

Keep track of financial trends that will help you plan for the future

Show the financial side of your business to lenders

Improve customer service

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Record Keeping cont.

Manual vs. electronicbookkeeping

Setting up yourfiling systems

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Small Business Mentoring Service

Business mentors help you to identify a clear direction for you and your business

Business mentors can also advise you on how to:conduct market researchprice and/or cost your products or servicesdevelop an effective marketing strategyuse other business management tools

To arrange a session with a business mentor go to:www.sbms.org.au

http://www.sbms.org.au/

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Discussion and Questions

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