Effective Time, Task & Work Planning

Training course overview

Being more effective and efficient at work increases your confidence and motivation to greater levels of success.  This Coventry Academy Training Course will give you the opportunity to step back and get clear about what you want to achieve in the long and short term.  It will then help you assess your present effectiveness and map out a plan to reach your professional and personal goals.  This training course will focus on concepts essential to effective time, task management and work planning, enabling you to manage yourself effectively within your own time constraints, be better organised and prioritise your work/life tasks, as well as the people you manage.

What are the goals?

By attending this Coventry Academy Training Course, delegates will be able to:

• Organise your work day, work flow and work systems, to have an effective, and efficient office
• Achieve job success and satisfaction by setting and reaching short and long-term goals linked to personal and company aims.
• Big picture thinking, short- and long-term planning, prioritising and scheduling your work
• Mastering yourself and your life through work/life balance, self-awareness and self-discipline
• Working with others to achieve results through teamwork, effective delegation and running productive meetings
• Overcome common time management mistakes and obstacles

Who is this training course for?

This Coventry Academy Training Course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Line and functional Managers, Team Leaders and Supervisors in organisations of all sizes
• Intermediate and advanced level Managers, Team Leaders and Supervisors within all sectors, private and public, profit and not-for-profit
• Professionals who needs to become more effective and efficient in time management and planning

Course Outline

Among a range of valuable topics, the following will be given high priority:

• Assessing your present productiveness and areas for improvement
• Using time management tools such as activity logs, to-do lists and schedules to organise your time effectively
• Using urgent/important matrix and leveraging your time – achieving much more with the same effort
• Mind-mapping and Gantt charts for project planning, problem solving and decision making at work
• Overcoming time management issues such as interruptions, distractions, procrastination and conflicting priorities
• Dealing with late, disorganised or difficult people
• Team Leadership and improving team effectiveness, team meetings and group decisions
• Emotional Intelligence and Effective Communication skills
• Managing your stress, achieving work-life balance and keeping yourself motivated
• Increasing self-discipline, breaking bad habits and negative behaviours

The certificate

• Coventry Academy Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course