Time Management Training Courses
Award-winning, small, friendly Time Management courses in London, online & across the UK.
Hands-on training using real-world example for all levels from beginner to advanced.
All courses CPD certified and include 6 months post-course support.
Learn the skills and techniques to effectively plan, prioritize and execute tasks.
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Our Time Management Courses
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Duration: 1 Day
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Location:Online & Guildford
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Client Site Courses Available
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Next course date:16th Jun
Get a clear understanding of how to manage of your time more effectively.
- How you currently spend your time
- Managing Urgent vs Important
- Managing distractions
- Practical realistic planning
- Diary management & delegation
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Duration: 2 Days
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Location:It's your private course, you choose.
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Client Site Courses Available
Master all aspects of time management in detail on this course.
- Why do people struggle?
- 4D's - Do, Defer, Delegate, Delete
- Learning to say 'No'
- Motivation & chunking tasks
- Creating a Personal Action Plan
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Duration: Varies
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Location:It's your private course, you choose.
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Client Site Courses Available
We also offer private time management workshops for individuals and groups.
This allows us to create a customised course, designed for you and / or your organisation.
These can be run at your offices, one of our training centres or online.
Please contact us for more details.
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Time Management Training FAQ
If you have any questions about our courses, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
For General FAQs and Booking questions, see our FAQ Page.
Jo - Time Management Trainer
Jo is one of our regular time management trainers and has been a professional development coach for over 20 years. A CIPD member, she covers topics including the Urgent vs Important framework, managing distractions, practical diary management, delegation, and building a realistic personal action plan.
She started her career as an engineer before moving into a pharmaceutical company, where she spent 18 years in HR, customer service, and training: so she understands time pressure in high-demand professional environments first-hand.
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:
- Do
- Defer / Delay
- Delegate
- 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.
Where Do Your Courses Run?
London Training Venue & Course Details
44 Southampton Buildings
London, WC2A 1AP
Tel: 0203 603 0150
London, WC2A 1AP
Tel: 0203 603 0150
Our City of London training centre sits in Holborn, one of central London’s most accessible locations. From the West End, Paddington or Canary Wharf – you’re rarely more than 20 minutes away.
See the full London location details here.
Guildford Training Venue & Course Details
Surrey Technology Centre, 40 Occam Road
Guildford, GU2 7YG
Tel: 01483 688 488
Guildford, GU2 7YG
Tel: 01483 688 488
See the full Guildford location details here.
Online Courses
We run a full schedule of remote courses over Zoom.
We also deliver private courses over Teams, if requested.
What Do Previous Delegates Say
Georgia Day, EA to COO and Head of GBD
Trainer was very informative,and let discussion flow, bringing the training course content together. The minute taking booklet with information and further books to help was very good. Would highly recommend.
Emily Hodge, League Against Cruel Sports Senior HR Office & PA to the Chief Officers
Jo was really approachable and loved the fact that I was the only one booked in today, so I got the most out of it!
Niki Rivers, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey PA to the Police & Crime Commissioner
Very relevant course and I really enjoyed it. I found it very useful with good tips and advice. Jo was lovely, very approachable and knowledgable.
Sonia Ellis, Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Team Leader
The course gave me ideas/tips on how to run a meeting and how to approach lead person to help. Found course very useful.
Lisa Whaley, Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Clinical Office Coordinator
Speaking with others on the same boat helped. Not too intimadating - able to ask questions without looking stupid and if I didn't understand - it was explained to me, so I could share experience ideas.
Vicki Cleaver
I found the course excellent. Being 1:1 I was able to explain my role and situation and spent time going over objectives for the day.
Janet Hill
Discussing issues with other members of staff. Finding solutions on how to take useful points of meetings.
Vicky – Lee Williamson
Very well structured & delivered course; content was well organised & all encompassing.
Jose Diressen
The explanation and discussion with the trainer was good. it was very clear ad interesting the way the trainer trained us, The psychological items for example - how to identify different kind of people.
Cynthia Van Rheenen
The whole course was good.
Donna Trout
Having a small group gave time to discuss subjects and compare.
Peter Esterhuizen, The Meath Epilepsy Charity Assistant Director and Registered Manager Residential Services
Learnt a few new tactics that I can implement to ensure I have more time to complete my work.
Paul Cronin, Synthomer (UK) Limited
Explained a number of useful help tips with time management but more importantly explained the downside of getting it wrong.
Dolapo Sangowusi
Exposure into how to start a difficult conversation (thanks). Time management techniques and ways of communicating with colleagues. How to judge my performance & time spent on tasks, motivation & time helped me.
Gill Salmon
Learning how to deal with time bandits; practical exercises was helpful.
Nikki Raine
Identifying time bandits & ways to eliminate/minimise their effects; how to deal with stress/stressful situations more effectively.
Sara Orpen
I enjoyed all of the course, I have been very fortunate to have participated on a 1:1 basis and have gained very good knowledge on time management which was tailored expertly to my needs. The visual aids helped me enormously, especially the unexpected "stress ball".
Karen Winter
Learning different techniques in managing time and thinking through ways to apply to both home and work life.
Tom Russell
The paper towel challenge, which proved how time pressure affects your ability to think carefully about a task was a good tip.
Sophie Evers
Lots of different aspects explained which I was not expecting from a time management course e.g. stress.
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