WCLI Attention Management
A distracted employee is a less effective employee. Employees who do not pay attention to their work can waste valuable time and make careless mistakes. Your participants will be more efficient at their job, make fewer mistakes, and overall be more productive.
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 and how to reach their personal and company goals. Your participants will gain valuable insight and strategies into what it takes to be more attentive and vigilant.
Course Objectives:
Research has consistently demonstrated that when clear goals are associated with learning, it occurs more easily and rapidly. With that in mind, let’s review our goals for today.
You Will:At the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:
- Define and understand attention management.
- Identify different types of attention.
- Create strategies for goals and SMART goals.
- Be familiar with methods that focus attention.
- Put an end to procrastination.
- Learn how to prioritize time.
Target Student:
Course Core Competencies:
Module 1: Introduction to Attention ManagementTopic A: What is Attention Management?Topic B: Stop Thinking and Pay Attention!Topic C: What is Mushin?Topic D: What is Xin Yi (Heart Minded)?
Module 2: Types of AttentionTopic A: Focused AttentionTopic B: Sustained AttentionTopic C: Selective AttentionTopic D: Alternating AttentionTopic E: Attention CEOTopic F: Attentional Blink
Module 3: Strategies for Goal SettingTopic A: Listening to Your EmotionsTopic B: PrioritizingTopic C: Re-Gating
Module 4: MeditationTopic A: BetaTopic B: AlphaTopic C: ThetaTopic D: DeltaTopic E: Gamma
Module 5: Training Your AttentionTopic A: MushinTopic B: MeditationTopic C: Focus ExecuteTopic D: Visualization
Module 6: Attention Zones ModelTopic A: Reactive ZoneTopic B: Proactive ZoneTopic C: Distracted ZoneTopic D: Wasteful Zone
Module 7: SMART GoalsTopic A: The Three P’sTopic B: The SMART WayTopic C: PrioritizingTopic D: Evaluating and Adapting
Module 8: Keeping Yourself FocusedTopic A: The One Minute RuleTopic B: The Five Minute RuleTopic C: What to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed
Module 9: ProcrastinationTopic A: Why We ProcrastinateTopic B: Nine Ways to Overcome ProcrastinationTopic C: Eat That Frog
Module 10: Prioritizing Your TimeTopic A: The 80/20 RuleTopic B: The Urgent/Important MatrixTopic C: Being AssertiveTopic D: Creating a Productivity JournalTopic E: The Glass Jar: Rocks, Pebbles, Sand and Water