· Those who feel their life-work balance has gone AWOL
· Anyone who feels that time rules them, instead of them ruling time.
· A new approach to a perennially popular business subject.
· A well-established author on the business circuit, who gives regular seminars.
· Written with the stressed and time-starved reader in mind, the text is in short, punchy, accessible chunks with pull-out tips.
· A business book with cross-over potential.
Becoming a Time Lord is not just about gaining time in order to get more done; it is also about being able to slow down to do the things that you want to do in the way that you want to do them. Essentially it is about self-mastery. If you can master time -- you can be a Time Lord!
Time traps work in two ways: they trap you into losing time; or they result in personal overload.
· Dividing your time.
· Avoiding information overload.
· Managing emails and telephone.
· Brilliant meetings.
· Making communication work.
· Banish procrastination.
· How not to get sidetracked.
· Striking a balance.
· How to say no.
· Create a time control system.
· Never lose things again.
· Small talk costs time.
· Travel downtime.
· Are you a time thief?
· Making time for relationships.
· Killing time.
· The routine trap.
· Know your body clock.
Becoming a Time Lord is not just about gaining time in order to get more done; it is also about being able to slow down to do the things that you want to do in the way that you want to do them. Essentially it is about self-mastery. If you can master time -- you can be a Time Lord! Time traps work in two ways: they trap you into losing time; or they result in personal overload.
· Dividing your time.
· Avoiding information overload.
· Managing emails and telephone.
· Brilliant meetings.
· Making communication work.
· Banish procrastination.
· How not to get sidetracked.
· Striking a balance.
· How to say no.
· Create a time control system.
· Never lose things again.
· Small talk costs time.
· Travel downtime.
· Are you a time thief?
· Making time for relationships.
· Killing time.
· The routine trap.
· Know your body clock.
A former Managing Director of a PR company, Ian Cooper has been a business and personal development consultant and skills presenter in the professional services sector for over 30 years. During this time he has given approximately 5,000 professional speaking engagements and advised over 800 organisations on communications and personal and business development topics.
Ian is the author of 12 books, the latest being Just Ask for Pearson published in 2007. He is a regular presenter at business seminars, conferences, corporate training events and other general seminars. Ian plans to create a course based around the 2018How to Be a Time Lord' concept. At the moment, he runs an Internet web seminar business, which provides live web seminar broadcasts with a database of over 12,000 professionals and it often attracts audiences of over 500. He has just begun a joint venture to market a programme of seminars to over 4,000 HR/Personnel departments. www.iancooper.co.uk
