The Effective Edge Programs

Getting the EDGE™: Mastering Work & Life Flow using Lotus Notes®

If you're like most professionals, every day you face an overflowing inbox, mountains of files, constant interruptions, and countless voicemails, emails, tasks and responsibilities.  It's hard not to feel overwhelmed and stressed, worried that something important has been forgotten, and feeling like the day has evaporated while your to-do list has grown longer.

Getting the EDGE will boost personal and team productivity, but most importantly, help you gain control of your work and personal life.  This one-day workshop combines our proven self-management model with the powerful functionality of Lotus Notes to improve the way you make decisions and to help you manage everything from strategic initiatives to day-to-day tasks.  What's more, it teaches you how to maintain your "edge" by being both productive and effective.

How it Works

Getting the EDGE is a nine-hour workshop for up to 20 people.  The class introduces key concepts of self management using the very best real-world example - you.  Topics are delivered on a fast-track basis using your own inbox, files and tasks.  This means there's no application gap - you'll be personally motivated by the immediate results you see in your own workload.  Not only will you leave class with new knowledge, you'll have completely cleared your electronic desk in the process, gained a sense of priority and control, and return to your office ahead with a life-changing way of thinking!

What You Will Learn

Through practical, hands-on modules using your own Notes system, you'll learn the EDGE:

• Emptying- using the "clean up and clear out" model to manage collection points.
• Deciding- using a proven self-management model to make decisions and take action.
• Grouping- organizing in Notes to create a seamless system.
• Executing- maximizing your system through prioritizing, reviewing and doing.

The Results You Can Expect

• Gain 1-2 hours of productivity per day.
• See a 15-20% increase in your productive output.
• Reduce time spent in email.
• Manage and reduce constant interruptions.
• Spend less time searching for information.
• Increase personal focus and clarity.
• Feel more relaxed, recharged and empowered.

At the end of the workshop, you will have:

• Clarified and organized outstanding work assignments and projects and created an action item for each.
• Set up Lotus Notes as your personal system by integrating the many inputs (email, voicemail, paper, meetings) into a single seamless system.
• Created tracking systems, including effective delegation, for keeping workflow current and moving.
• Developed and implemented a thought process to help you stay current in your day-to-day management of your tasks.
• Designed projects for maximum impact and results.
• Learned enhanced skills that will allow you to stay focused and relaxed.
• Experienced inspiration, focus, control and action.  

Who Can Benefit From this Workshop?

Designed for managers, supervisors, team leaders, project leaders and individual contributors who have discretion over their time and order of activities and large numbers of actions to manage from a variety of sources.

Let us help! You are the pros at your business.  We are the pros at giving your people The Effective Edge to get work done and deliver results that impact you, your business- and their lives.