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Balancing Time and Energy Pre-Work - March2015

This document provides information for an IBM employee learning course on balancing time and energy. It includes pre-work materials to help participants engage with the course, including reflecting on learning goals and completing time management and energy assessments. The time management questionnaire addresses issues around prioritizing tasks, meeting deadlines, dealing with distractions, and work-life balance. The energy assessment evaluates physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy levels. Completing the pre-work materials will help participants apply the learning from the two course modules on managing time and balancing energy.

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Balancing Time and Energy Pre-Work - March2015

This document provides information for an IBM employee learning course on balancing time and energy. It includes pre-work materials to help participants engage with the course, including reflecting on learning goals and completing time management and energy assessments. The time management questionnaire addresses issues around prioritizing tasks, meeting deadlines, dealing with distractions, and work-life balance. The energy assessment evaluates physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy levels. Completing the pre-work materials will help participants apply the learning from the two course modules on managing time and balancing energy.

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IBM Employee Learning

Balancing Time and Energy

Pre-Work
Why should I complete the pre-work?
Pre-work is an important component of this course. It will help you engage with the course better
and enable you to get the most out of it. Allow about 10 minutes to complete this pre-work. Be sure
to bring the printout to the session.
Balancing Time and Energy I Pre-Work 2

Table of Contents

What do you want to learn? .........................................................3


Module 1—Manage Your Time .....................................................4
Module 2—Balance Your Energy................................................. 5
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What do you want to learn?


Reflect on the reasons why you enrolled in the class and the outcomes you want to achieve.

Fill in answers to the following questions. You’ll not be asked to share this with anyone, but you will
refer to this during the session, and your answers will help you apply the learning to your work.
Table 1: Table to record your learning outcomes.

Learning outcomes

As a result of this workshop, what do you want to do differently, when, and with whom?

What impact would achieving this have on you?

What impact would achieving this have on other people?

What impact would achieving this have on your business objectives?

What impact would achieving this have on your long-term career goals?

Identify one specific situation in which achieving this would be particularly useful.
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Module 1—Manage Your Time


What are my Time Management issues?
Before attending this class, complete the following questionnaire.
Move quickly through these questions, trusting the first answer that comes to mind. In class, your
answers will be confidential and you’ll not be asked to share them. Total your YES answers.

Answer “Yes” or “No” to each question.

Getting the right things done


___ Do you sometimes find it difficult to decide which tasks are more important?
___ Do you sometimes lose track of all the different things you need to do?
___ Do you have emails that you’ve not read or answered, but are more than one week old?
___ Do important tasks sometimes slip because you were distracted by less important ones?
___ Total YES answers

Finishing on time
___ Are you working excessive hours?
___ Do you frequently need to extend your deadlines?
___ Does finishing at the last minute make you feel powerful, like Superman?
___ Have you ever made someone else late on a deadline because your part of the work took
longer to complete than you expected?
___ Total YES answers

Dealing with distractions


___ Do you need to attend too many meetings?
___ Do emails or phone calls frequently interrupt your work?
___ Do you sometimes daydream when you should be working?
___ Does helping other people solve problems sometimes interfere with completing your own
work?
___ Total YES answers

Doing quality work


___ Does rushing through your work sometimes impact its quality?
___ Do you ever submit work without having time to review it first?
___ Do you sometimes wish you had time to think of a better way to solve a problem?
___ Do you ever submit work and then realize you left something out?
___ Total YES answers

Maintaining work/life balance


___ Are you sometimes so exhausted by work that you have trouble sleeping?
___ Does the need to keep working cause you to skip meals?
___ Do you have less time to do things that are important in your personal life?
___ Do you tend to work weekends or while on vacation?
___ Total YES answers
___ Grand Total of all YES answers
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Module 2—Balance Your Energy


Energy Assessment
This assessment will help you evaluate your current energy levels. During the session, you’ll not be
asked to reveal anything personal from the assessment, but you will use your answers to help plan
ways to increase your personal energy.

Be honest while attempting this assessment as it is important if you want to manage your
energy effectively.

To complete this exercise, rate yourself by adding a checkmark next to the statement
you think is applicable to your life and work.

Table 2: Table to assess you energy levels .

Assess your current energy levels

Physical Energy

I go to bed at about the same time almost every night. ___

I usually sleep at least seven hours each night. ___

I usually eat a balanced and nutritious breakfast. ___

I almost never eat lunch at my desk. ___

I exercise at least three times every week. ___

Emotional Energy

I spend quality time almost every day with friends or family. ___

I usually overcome my anger in a few minutes. ___

I spend quality time at least twice a week doing activities that I love. ___

I am good at thanking others and appreciating the things that I enjoy. ___

I am usually calm at work, even in times of stress. ___

Mental Energy
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Assess your current energy levels

I rarely check work-related emails when I go on vacation. ___

I set aside time for creative thinking several times each week. ___

I keep my attention focused on long-term activities and results during crisis situations at
___
work.

I rarely lose focus or get distracted when I am concentrating. ___

I usually feel rested and refreshed at the end of an off day. ___

Spiritual Energy

I often get work-related assignments in areas that I do well. ___

I often try to do something that will make a positive difference in the world. ___

I often look for an opportunity to improve my own behavior when someone does something I
___
dislike.

I often feel that my work helps other people. ___

I know the value of my work and so do my friends and family. ___

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