NOSTRILS

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NOSTRILS WHITECAPS

• ORGANIZEPRIORITIZEORDROWN

Carel Nickey Staff Organizational Training
6/2002
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Throw me a rope, Im drowning over here!!
Close your eyes. Its a beautiful day on the
river
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Similarities in Scenarios

• Begin with optimism and expectation of
  accomplishment
• Show effort to stay balanced and in control
• End in frustration, anxiety and feeling of
  hopelessness

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A Good Days Work Will Never Kill You
STRESSED OUT? BURNED OUT?
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Organize, Prioritize, or Drown
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ORGANIZE

• Consensus of Understanding
• Buy-In
• Action Plan

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Action Plan

• Look at the big picture
• Break down goals
• Distribute work responsibilities

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Action Plan

• Set Team Goals
• Break down goals
• Put monthly goals on Master Calendar
• Actions to meet goals
• Daily Briefing
• Set Individual Goals
• Outline work responsibilities
• Share with Team
• Develop work activities schedule

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CHART YOUR COURSE
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Work As A Team

• Share your calendars
• Work out a Win/Win schedule
• Rotate facilitation responsibilities
• Monitor progress

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PRIORITIZEHow Do We Spend Our Time?

• Answer Phones
• Register Clients
• Make Referrals
• Write Job Orders
• Follow-up
• WIA Activity
• Veteran Activity
• Resource Center Assistance
• Employer Relations
• Meetings
• Email

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Email

• Pavlovian Stimuli
• Designate Email Time
• Create Well Organized Folder Library
• Purge Yearly
• 2-Minute Rule
• Create Actionable Folders
• _at_Action
• _at_Waiting For

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Prioritize (cont.)

• List in proper order
• Most important tasks at top
• Break down large tasks
• A B C
• Rewrite
• Transfer unfinished tasks to next day
• Write the list at end of day
• Stop Procrastinating

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Procrastination

• Definition To delay needlessly
• Habit
• Usually not as bad as we expect
• List least favorite/toughest tasks first
• One bite at a time
• Focus on end result, not the process
• Feel good when you finish

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Your Work Environment

• Clean House
• Put things back where they belong
• Organize Files
• Keep it simple
• Keep it consistent
• No man is an island, but sometimes it helps

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Just Say No!

• Buy-in Makes it Easy
• Mutual Understanding and Respect
• Believe that you and your priorities are
  important to you and the team

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REWARD YOURSELF

• Celebrate Achievement of Goals
• Go out to lunch together
• Share special treats
• Bring in flowers or something to brighten the
  office
• Establish your reward at the beginning

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• CLEAN-UP WORK ENVIRONMENT
• BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
• WORK AS A TEAM
• UNDERSTANDING AND BUY-IN
• ACTION PLAN
• BREAK DOWN GOALS
• WORK RESPONSIBILITIES
• TO-DO LIST
• CONQUER PROCRASTINATION
• LEARN TO SAY NO
• REWARD YOURSELF