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Attention Management

1 Day, 9:00-4:00, 6 Hours

Course Overview

A distracted employee is a less effective employee. Employees who do not pay attention can waste valuable time and make careless mistakes. Your participants will be more efficient at their job, make fewer mistakes, and be more productive overall.

Attention Management is a useful skill that allows managers to connect with their employees on an emotional level and motivate them to focus on their work. Our workshop will help your participants reach their personal and in turn company goals. They will gain valuable insight and strategies into what it takes to be more attentive and vigilant.

Course Outline

Module One: Getting Started

  • Icebreaker
  • Housekeeping Items
  • The Parking Lot

Module Two: Introduction to Attention Management

  • What Is Attention Management?
  • Stop Thinking and Pay Attention!
  • What Is Mushin?
  • What is Xin Yi (Heart Minded)?

Module Three: Types of Attention

  • Focused Attention
  • Sustained Attention
  • Selective Attention
  • Alternating Attention
  • Attention CEO
  • Attentional Blink

Module Four: Strategies for Goal Setting

  • Listening to Your Emotions
  • Prioritizing
  • Re-Gating

Module Five: Meditation

  • Beta
  • Alpha
  • Theta
  • Delta
  • Gamma

Module Six: Training Your Attention

  • Mushin
  • Meditation
  • Focus Execute
  • Visualization
  • Case Study

Module Seven: Attention Zones Model

  • Reactive Zone
  • Proactive Zone
  • Distracted Zone
  • Wasteful Zone
  • Case Study

Module Eight: SMART Goals

  • The Three P's
  • The SMART Way
  • Prioritizing
  • Evaluating and Adapting

Module Nine: Keeping Yourself Focused

  • The One Minute Rule
  • The Five Minute Rule
  • What to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed

Module Ten: Procrastination

  • Why We Procrastinate
  • Nine Ways to Overcome Procrastination
  • Eat That Frog

Module Eleven: Prioritizing Your Time

  • The 80/20 Rule
  • The Urgent / Important Matrix
  • Being Assertive
  • Creating a Productivity Journal
  • The Glass Jar: Rocks, Pebbles, Sand and Water

Module Twelve: Wrapping Up

  • Words from the Wise
  • Review of Parking Lot
  • Lessons Learned
  • Completion of Action Plans

Cost and Delivery Format Options

We offer the above listed class as a private group class in the following delivery formats:

Private Group Class: Live Virtual
1-6 students $1650
7-12 students $2800
13-18 students $3500
Private Group Class: At Your Location
1-6 students $1900
7-12 students $3050
13-18 students $3750

Private Group Training

Private group classes are cost effective when you have a group of students who need the same course. Volume discounts of 5% to 20% are available when five or more training days are scheduled. For classes conducted at your location, you are responsible for the classroom setup which should include:

  • A computer for each student (with the appropriate software installed), and
  • An instructor workstation connected to a visual display (e.g., projector, smartboard, etc.).

Customization

Softek can easily customize a training course that covers the specific topics you require and integrate examples relevant to your work environment. Course customization is billed at $150 per hour and covers time needed to meet, discuss, prepare, and incorporate any specific examples into the training program. Once we have a better idea of what you have in mind, we will be glad to provide a specific price quote for the customization.

Why Choose Softek?

  • Live, virtual or in-person training
  • Instructors with 15+ years of experience
  • Detailed training guide
  • Certificate of completion
  • Money-back guarantee