Time management and self-organization for sales managers
Make a convincing impression - prioritize - delegate - reduce stress
Contents
Optimized self-management as a manager
- What really matters in everyday life as a manager?
- How do I deal with daily complexity, networking, the flood of digital information, and the expectation of constant availability when interacting with employees, teams, and customers?
- It feels like the boss, employee, or customer always wants something, and they want it right away—is that really the case?
- How much time do I currently have and will I have in the future for managing employees?
- Sales manager Reflection: Are all questions, issues, and tasks really equally important and urgent, and should they be dealt with as quickly as possible?
- Continuously adapt to the current conditions of everyday management without losing sight of yourself in the process.
- What behavior, priorities, and goals are good for a manager in a situational sales environment?
Classic and modern time management as a manager
- Lead the employees and sales team in such a way that they are and remain fit for change.
- How and where should I set the right priorities in the future with regard to leadership and day-to-day operations, and how should I implement them?
- Use ABC analysis, the 60:20:20 formula x 2, the Eisenhower Matrix, the Pareto principle, Kiss the Frog, etc. to achieve your individual goals.
- Form blocks, maintain an overview, especially for long-term tasks.
- New approach to cell phones, phone, emails... and save a lot of time here
Daily and weekly planning and techniques
- Reflect on and reschedule tasks and important to-dos such as leadership and management, meetings, one-on-one conversations, employee support, customer appointments, etc.
- Create more free space in your calendar so you can plan realistically and factor in the unexpected.
- Digital and analog tools: Gain an overview of tasks, activities and deadlines.
Difficult employees, deadline pressure, stress, and disruptions under control
- What type of person (analysis in training) am I really?
- Recognize and eliminate my typical time wasters.
- Reduce future dealing with disruptions and interruptions.
- Use saying no as a challenge and an opportunity.
- Accept certain time-wasters that ensure sales success as a manager.
- How to conduct conflict discussions in an empathetic and appreciative manner.
- Communication tips for dealing with difficult employees/colleagues/customers
AI and modern working methods as a manager in the sales environment
- What to look out for when working with GPT, Claude, and others to save time.
- Leadership vs. management—reprioritizing your daily workload
- Tips and practical exchange for creating schedules and routines for leadership work in the sales environment.
- Possibilities and limitations of AI as a manager.
- Manage the flood of information professionally using traditional methods + AI.
- How to manage the e-mail.
- Optimize your own working methods individually
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
In this highly practical training , you will learn tried-and-tested, modern motivation/self/time management methods and psychological knowledge that you can immediately apply successfully in your day-to-day management work.
- You always have an overview and can skillfully reduce your personal time wasters and disruptions.
- You support your teams/employees to work healthier and more successfully.
- You reduce deadline/time pressure, avoid stress and prevent psychosomatic imbalances.
- You respond to the individual needs of your internal/external customers in an appreciative manner.
- You can set priorities more quickly and confidently and make good decisions in the long term.
- You skillfully use delegation and control as an effective and motivating management tool.
- You promote the intrinsically effective self-motivation of your employees.
- You increase the effectiveness and efficiency of your management work.
- You relinquish control and allow your employees to take on more responsibility.
Methods
Practical trainer input from the management/sales environment, interactive topic development, AI use, individual or group work, collegial case consultation, tried-and-tested exercises, practical cases, discussions, videos.
Recommended for
Managers/junior managers, consulting, purchasing, internal/external sales, and entire management teams who want to reflect on, individualize, and optimize their management priorities, such as appreciative, empathetic, and situational employee management, strategy work, day-to-day operations, personal self/time management in the sales environment, etc.
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Start dates and details
Thursday, 23.04.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 24.04.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Wednesday, 07.10.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 08.10.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
