Course Description

Our “Get Organized” workshop was developed and honed through coaching hundreds of business people to be more effective with one of their most important commodities – time. Paradoxically, poor organizational habits are often encouraged by the same technology that was designed to make us more effective! It is not uncommon for business people to spend most of their days swamped with e-mail, meeting requests and piles of paper. This typically results in a reduced ability to get work done, and is usually coupled with high levels of stress and even burnout.

This workshop will develop superior organizational skills by providing a simple, yet effective workflow system that is integrated with standard tools and technology such as Microsoft Outlook.


Results you can expect:

  • Productivity gains of 20-80%
  • Greater ability to get strategic work done.
  • Improved ability to manage information.
  • Increased role clarity
  • Reduced stress


Key Focus Areas

  • Self-analysis of current workflow
  • Applying best practices with Outlook
  • Task prioritization
  • Electronic and paper filing
  • Processing the incoming stream
  • Office layout
  • To-do list and calendar planning
  • Choosing what to delegate

Target Audience

Supervisors, Managers, Executives and all business people with discretion over how their work gets done.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introduction

    • Download Material

    • Time Management Diagnostic and Job Aid - Download PDF

  • 2

    Diagnosis

    • Diagnosing An Inability To Get Strategic Work Done

    • Diagnosing Unreliability

    • Diagnosing Low Productivity

    • Diagnosing Stress

  • 3

    Ideal Workflow

    • Urgency & Importance

    • Ideal Workflow

    • Workflow Walkthrough

    • Typical Questions

    • Filing Systems

    • Office Layouts

  • 4

    Final Word

    • Final Word

Russel Horwitz

Principal at Kwela leadership and Talent Management

Russel is one of Kwela’s two founders and his expertise includes leadership development, team development, executive coaching, and training on a wide variety of topics. He has worked extensively as a leadership consultant / trainer since 2004 across a wide variety of sectors, including government, publicly-held, private and non-profit.  Russel's experience also includes 14 years in the high technology/engineering sector, where he held management roles in product development, marketing, customer service and training. Russel holds a Masters degree in Engineering from the University of Cape Town, South Africa