The Unorganized Manager: Time Management & Delegation (video or CD-ROM)

Produced

• 1996

Key Features

3 part video series in VHS or DVD format.
Purchase of video includes a Leader's Guide.
Parts 1 and 3 are available in CD-ROM format; great for e-learning.

In the 1996 remake of The Unorganized Manager, John Cleese demonstrates how improved organizational skills can have a direct impact on efficiency, morale, teamwork and productivity. The key lesson is that managers and team leaders who can't organize themselves can never organize others.

The Unorganized Manager: Part 1 - Damnation
In the 1996 remake of The Unorganized Manager, John Cleese demonstrates how improved organizational skills can have a direct impact on efficiency, morale, teamwork and productivity. The key lesson is that managers and team leaders who can’t organize themselves can never organize others.

Click here to view an online preview of Part 1, click here: 
The Unorganized Manager: Part 1 online preview

Cleese stars as St. Peter, the most heavenly of management consultants. He stands at the Pearly Gates awaiting Richard Lewis, the victim of a premature heart attack. The reason? Unnecessary chaos and self-inflicted pressure due to poor organizational skills and an inability to delegate. Through a series of flashbacks, St. Peter points out that Lewis’s mortal sins were leaving jobs unfinished, missing deadlines and generally making life miserable for coworkers. After reviewing a checklist of “II Deadly Organizational Sins,” St. Peter grants the executive sinner a second chance at management life.

Part 2: Salvation
In the 1996 remake of Part 2, St. Peter realizes his task is not over. Lewis still needs to learn how to set priorities, schedule time for active tasks, and allocate time for reactive tasks. The fine art of delegation, and using tiny management aids such as automated and personal calendars, are just a few of the lessons Lewis must learn before he can truly call himself a manager.

Click here to view an online preview of Part 2 of The Unorganized Manager:
The Unorganized Manager: Part 2 online preview

Unorganized Manager: Parts 1 & 2 Learning Objectives:

• Organize tasks into active and reactive tasks
• Establish priorities in terms of importance and urgency
• Schedule active tasks and allow time for reactive tasks
• When delegating, brief and train others properly
• Be available for advice and check on key points

The Unorganized Manager: Part 3 - Divine Intervention
In Parts 1 and 2 , Richard Lewis learned with the help of St. Peter (John Cleese) how to manage himself. Now, he has to manage others.

Part 3 looks at his people management skills, which are severely lacking. Even worse, he blames his subordinates for failures of his own making. Exasperated, St. Peter illustrates Lewis’s inadequacies and shows him that subordinates can do a good job only when they know exactly what they’re supposed to be doing.

Click here to view an online preview of Part 3 of The Unorganized Manager:
The Unorganized Manager: Part 3 online preview.

Part 3 Learning Objectives:

• Define responsibilities; establish key result areas and review regularly
• Set standards; ensure they are measurable and resolve shortfalls
• Agree on targets; make them challenging and praise achievements

Suggested Uses for Managers & Leaders:

• Communication skills for managers on job standards and descriptions
• Time management
• Delegation
• Coaching
• Organization Leadership
• Communications with administrative support

Organization-Wide Suggested Uses:

• Time Management

These programs feature John Cleese, Nigel Lindsay and Beatie Edney.

The online video previews offered on this page require that Windows Media Player is installed on your computer. To add this media player product, download from Microsoft Windows Media Player.

This series is available for sale only within the United States of America.