Managing time effectively is a skill that every individual needs, be it in their personal or professional life. This makes time management training very important and one program which cannot be taken lightly.
Nowadays, there are multiple companies offering time management training as one of their offerings under the soft skills gamut. How do you figure out if the time management training provided by that training company or institute is good enough?
Well, there are certain things one must look out for before deciding to go ahead with a time management training or for that matter, any kind of training. And that’s exactly what I am going to talk to you about today. I am going to help you evaluate a time management training program before choosing it as a developmental program for yourself. Sounds good? So here we go…
Some of the things that you should look for in the program are:
- Fulfilling your expectations
Always check and see whether the program is actually fulfilling what you need. You are going for a time management training program because you face some issue in managing time, right? So it’s important that you voice your challenges before-hand and ask if the issue will be dealt with in the session. Otherwise, it really won’t serve the purpose.
- Learning methodologies
You definitely don’t want to attend a lecture on time management, right? For that, always check the methodologies that will be used in the program for bringing about the learning. Are there going to various activities, games, assessments, discussions, etc., and is it experiential in nature? Experiential learning gives excellent results and can give you some amazing insights on the issues you are facing. And having different learning methodologies will help you learn better and retain more.
- Barriers
Check if the program covers a discussion on the barriers that people face while managing time. This is a section that should give you the space to voice your issue and directly get inputs and insights on the same. It should help you attack the problem at the root and go a step closer to removing it once and for all.
- Tools and Techniques
Will the training program provide you with concrete tools and techniques that you can use on a daily basis? If yes, then that’s a good thing as it will increase applicability. A one or two day corporate training session can provide you with limited insights. However, having a set of tools at your disposal will help you go all the way.
- Action planning
Last but not the least, check if the program provides you the time to plan your actions based on what you have learned. Action planning is necessary to take further actions on what you learned and helps in tracking your progress. And believe me, doing it in front of a facilitator can make a lot of difference. They can add their inputs and advise you on where you may get stuck.
So these were some of the points you need to keep in mind while evaluating a time management training. You would have also realised, many of these points can also be used to evaluate practically any training program before going ahead with it.
