Time Management Training Courses

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Yes. We frequently run courses at our clients’ offices.

Our courses run from 9.30 to approximately 4.30, with coffee breaks at 11am and 3pm and a longer break for lunch at 12.30.

Yes. Our trainers are present through-out our online courses to lead you through the material and answer questions just as they are on an in-person course.

Yes. We provide a certificate of completion for all courses and can supply a CPD certificate on request.

No. We run separate online and face-2-face training courses to maximise our trainers’ attention on course delegates.

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No. We provide everything you need for the training including pens, pads and chocolate biscuits.

To manage time effectively, you need to be clear on what your goals and aims are.

When you are clear on your objectives, deciding which tasks to prioritise  prioritising tasks and delegating tasks becomes much simpler.

Really time management and productivity are synonymous.

If you are making good use of your time (in achieving your objectives) then you are being productive.

The 4 Ds of time management are:

1. Do
2. Defer / Delay
3. Delegate
4. Delete / Drop

These are the four ‘buckets’ that you should allocate tasks to and a great way to quickly and effectively manage numerous daily tasks.

Meetings are a fact of professional life.

When done well, they are very effective ways of updating a group of people, discussing their opinions and reaching a consensus and communicating a decision.

Sadly, most meetings are poorly run. They are inefficient and inconclusive.

Assuming that the meetings you are being invited to are poorly run, a few good tips would be:

• Remember that just because you are invited to a meeting, you don’t need to attend. Do not automatically accept meeting requests. Stop and think about whether it will be a good use of time or if there is some other way of participating (sending in an email update) that would be more efficient.
• Ask for a meeting agenda in advance. This will encourage the person running the course to plan it properly.
• Before the meeting, explain that you have to leave at a certain time. This means that you can leave without appearing rude, and will discourage time-wasting.

The Eisenhower matrix is a visual way to categorise a list of tasks by importance and urgency.

This analysis forms the basis for improving your time management, as it gives you clarity on what your most impactful and important tasks are.

Once you know that, you can create a plan to allow you to spend more time on them.

For full details, see the article we have written explaining the Eisenhower matrix in full.

The Pareto principle is also known as the 80:20 rule.

In short, it says that a few things are very important, and most things are not important.

The key is to focus on the important few.

Applying the Pareto principle is a quick way to manage to-do lists, decide which tasks to delegate, and improve productivity by focusing on your critical tasks.

Of course, the Pareto principle can be applied more broadly than just to time management.

For full details, see the article that we have written on the Pareto principle here.

Jo is our usual trainer for time management training courses.

She has over 20 years of experience teaching time management strategies, project management and delegation.

In the video below, she explains more about her background and courses.