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Productivity through Education®

Time Management Essentials

Getting the Most from Every Minute

Course: 344 Duration: 2 Days PMI: 11

You Will Learn How To

Manage your time by integrating proven time management techniques into your daily life
Make informed decisions about what you do and when
Apply a structured whole-brain process to shape your current and future commitments
Proactively schedule tasks, construct weekly plans and daily to-do lists
Adopt strategies and techniques to handle procrastination and interruptions
Develop a personal action plan to reap the most benefit from your efforts

Course Benefits

The productivity of individuals and organisations hinges greatly on their ability to plan and manage time efficiently. Harnessing this critical resource increases both employee output and organisational competitiveness. In this course, you gain the personal insight and practical skills to develop and implement a framework for successful time management. You adopt proven tools and techniques to make better day-to-day choices about investing your time and achieving your goals.

Who Should Attend

Those who want to increase their productivity by proactively choosing how and when to invest their time, and those wishing to develop more balance and control over their time commitments.

RealityPlus™

Extensive individual and group activities immerse you in a real-world environment based on your own unique time management challenges. Activities include:

Identifying your personal time style
Constructing and applying an Issues/Impact matrix
Mapping and analysing current commitments and preferred future situations
Formulating WISE goals
Modelling interpersonal techniques to handle interruptions based on a video scenario
Collaborating with others to create best practice guidelines
Developing a customised post-course time management toolkit

Related Courses

292 Communication Skills
294 Influence Skills
297 Personal Skills for Professional Excellence
345 Delivering Dynamic Presentations
290 Management Skills
296 Project Management: Skills for Success
284 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
244 Assertiveness Skills
246 Managing Information Overload

PMI R.E.P. logo is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. RealityPlus^TM is a trademark of Learning Tree International, Inc.

Upcoming Dates

UK Dates
28-29 Mar	London
27-28 Jun	Edinburgh
4-5 Jul	London
10-11 Oct	London
17-18 Oct	Edinburgh
23-24 Jan	Edinburgh

For complete schedule, please visit www.learningtree.co.uk

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Productivity through Education®

Time Management Essentials

Getting the Most from Every Minute

Course: 344 Duration: 2 Days PMI: 11

Course Content

Introduction to Time Management

Perceiving time as life
Adopting a whole-brain approach

Evaluating How You Manage Your Time

Essentials of time management

Contrasting time planning and time management
Avoiding the psychological time trap
Taking control of your life through the choices you make

Determining your time style

Evaluating your current strengths
Characterising your personal style of time management
Recognising opportunities for improvement
Assessing the effect of your time style on others

Gaining control over your time

Identifying your unique pivotal time-related issues
Appraising your situation with an Issues/Impact matrix
Targeting factors that adversely impact your time

Structuring Your Responsibilities

Incorporating a time-planning process model

Harnessing the power of a structured approach
Reusing the model throughout your life
Customising the model to fit your style and needs

Determining your primary purposes

Assessing clarity of purpose
Mind mapping your current situation
Defining the purpose for each of your commitments

Assessing your realities

Weighing the value of current efforts
Making choices in a planned way
Deriving tasks—the raw material of time planning

Creating Your Powerful Future

Envisioning where you want to be

Leveraging the power of imagination
Articulating your personal mission
Choosing a future that works for you

Formulating challenging goals

Creating a sense of direction
Generating personal momentum for action
Setting WISE goals

Moving towards your goals

Initiating changes to your situation
Selecting steps and actions

Prioritising and Scheduling

Focusing your attention

Taking steps to boost your concentration
Profiling your energy levels
Aligning tasks with your high and low periods

Proactively identifying your priorities

Maximising the Important/Urgent matrix
Applying The Pareto Principle for the greatest results
Prioritising with ABC123

Building your schedule

Assigning tasks into a weekly and daily schedule
Scheduling to create greater work/life balance
Creating a dynamic to-do list
Reducing mental clutter

Techniques for Controlling Your Time

Overcoming procrastination

Identifying the root causes of inaction
Beating the deadline-driven trap
Approaching your tasks positively

Diffusing the impact of others

Handling interruptions constructively
Asserting yourself politely and calmly
Conquering overcommitment

Dealing proactively with information overload

Customising your workspace
Stepping off the "e-mail-go-round"
Evaluating your information flow and retrieval process

Getting the Best Return on Your Time Investment

Analysing your progress

Conducting regular reviews
Comparing planned vs. actual usage with a time log

Changing your time habits for the better

Calculating potential time savings
Exercising the freedom to do it your way
Writing a Personal Statement of Commitment

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Productivity through Education®

Time Management Essentials

Getting the Most from Every Minute

Course: 344 Duration: 2 Days PMI: 11

Course Fees

£ 1,225	Standard Fee
Fee with a Savings Plan
£ 1,225	2-Course Passport
£ 1,085	3-Course Passport
£ 1,000	4-Course Passport
£ 1,600	Voucher 10-Pack

Your Course Fee Entitles You To...

Class participation
Team workshops
Use of in-class hands-on equipment
Comprehensive course materials
Morning and afternoon refreshments
Course Completion Certificate
FREE participation in the Learning Tree Professional Certification Programmes (including related exams)

Savings Plans

2-Course Passport	2 Courses in 12 months for �2,450 As little as �1,225 per course Savings up to 45% per course
3-Course Passport	3 Courses in 24 months for �3,250 As little as �1,085 per course Savings up to 50% per course
4-Course Passport	4 Courses in 24 months for �4,000 As little as �1,000 per course Savings up to 55% per course
Training Vouchers	Save as much as �675 per course Fully transferable As low as �1,600 per course

* Exact savings may vary depending on courses selected.

Your Guarantee of Satisfaction

Unless you feel 100% satisfied that Learning Tree delivered even more than you expected, there is no fee for your course attendance. Our Guarantee of Quality lets you experience the value of the course - and then pay only if you feel the course was well worth the fee.

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