Time Mastery for Lawyers
June 2013
Time Mastery for Lawyers
Over 100 Ways to Maximize Your Productivity and Satisfaction
Program Description:
This workshop will enable you to:
- Eliminate time stress
- Learn 100 practical ideas
- Balance work life and personal life
- Achieve greater productivity and satisfaction
- Comply with Code of Professional Conduct
Agenda:
8:30am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 12:00pm
Programming
12:00 - 1:00pm
Lunch - On Your Own
1:00 - 3:30pm
Programming
MORNING AGENDA:
(includes one 15-minute break)
Become Accountable for Your Time
- Understand where your time goes
- Where do you want it to go?
Create Positive Attitudes for Peace of Mind
- Never again say, “I don't have enough time”
Work on What Counts Rather Than What Comes Up
- The Doing/Managing ratio
- Fire clients
- Control where your time goes
- Increase income while decreasing hours
Delegate - You Can Do It!
- Overcome barriers to delegating
- Your secretary as assistant
- Using time-saving technology
Plan Your Life
- Work to live instead of living to work
Plan Your Work
- Set and stick to priorities
- Set yearly goals
- Reduce your work hours: The “Cold Turkey” method
- Long range planning
Lunch - On Your Own
AFTERNOON AGENDA:
(includes one 15-minute break)
Ethics: Client-Lawyer Relationship - Communication
Work Your Plan: Control Interruptions
- Be the master of technology, not the slave
- Balance being available with getting your planned work done
- Take a Priority Hour
Manage the Phone
- Delegate phone management
- Set phone appointments
- Get out of cell hell
Get out of E-mail Jail
- The 12 best e-mail practices
Communicate Proactively with Clients and in the Office
Eliminate Time Waste in Meetings
Get and Stay in Control of Your Work
- Using a simple task management system
- Daily Planning
- How to not let anything slip through the cracks
Go Home Satisfied Every Day
Ethics: Client-Lawyer Relationship - Competence and Diligence
Get and Stay Organized
- Orderly file processing
- Clear up your piles
- Overcome indecision: The 3 Minute Rule
- Handle paper and mail efficiently
Handle Anxiety
- The anatomy of anxiety
- Get control over anxiety
- How to complete everything
Stop Procrastinating
- The Worst First method
- The Bite the Bullet day
Get Things Done
- Tackle the “some day,” soft deadline” or tedious projects
- The 15 Minute Rule
Pause for Perspective, Creativity and Well-being
- Creating creative time
- The "Do What I Like" Day
- Take a vacation
Foster Better Time Management for the Whole Office
Convert Intentions into Action
The Buddy System
Faculty
Frank Sanitate
Frank Sanitate is President of Frank Sanitate Associates, which he established in 1977. He and his firm develop and present transformational workshops for professionals. He has conducted his workshops in every state in the U.S., every province in Canada and in seven other countries -- teaching tens of thousands of lawyers and other professionals. His premier workshop is Time Mastery.
He has published Don't Go To Work Unless It's Fun: State-of-the-Heart Time Management. As a former member of a Catholic Religious Order he has also written Beyond Organized Religion: An Ex-Monk Revisits Life's Basic Questions. (Books available on smashwords.com.) He was previously a manager at the American Institute of CPAs and a high school English teacher. He has a BA from Catholic University of America and an MBA from Florida Atlantic University.
Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $309.00 |
| CBA Member | $259.00 |
| New Lawyer - in practice <3 years | $209.00 |
| Paralegal/Legal Support Staff | $209.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS | $25.00 |
- General Credits: 6.00
- Ethics Credits: 2.00
- EDI Credits:
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