Effective Time Management Skills - One Day Course

Good Time Management can transform your personal and professional life. Once you get on top of your schedule you’ll not only achieve more, you’ll improve the quality of what you do, too.

Using time effectively will also improve your reputation. People will see you as a ‘doer’, something that promotes a positive self-image.

Finally, develop a positive approach to time management and you’ll most likely spend far fewer hours doing overtime. In fact, for many people, good time management skills are essential to a healthy work/life balance.

By attending this 1 day time management course you will learn the following skills:

Owning your time

• Core principles for owning your time
• Owning your time in action
• How not to waste time

Making priorities

• Important or urgent – what’s the difference?
• When is something a priority?
• Organising your current workload
• Handling multiple high-priority tasks
• The secret of good to-do lists

Dealing with procrastination

• What causes procrastination?
• Overcoming procrastination

Mapping your time

• How to schedule demanding tasks
• Analysing productivity

Managing email inboxes

• Email management: the four Ds
• Email or telephone? Making the right choice

Making requests, refusing assertively

• How to say ‘no’
• Managing other people’s reactions
• How to move a conversation forward quickly and politely

Key points about Hamilton Mercer’s scheduled courses:

• Attendance on this course is limited to a maximum of eight learners, so you can be sure you’ll receive personal attention and opportunities to work one-to-one with the trainer
• Attendees complete a Pre-Course Questionnaire prior to attending the course, so we can identify your unique learning needs and provide you with a highly personalised experience
• You will complete a Personal Development Plan during the course to map your progress and help embed your new skills
• You will also be awarded a certificate of training on completion of the day

• People with busy personal and/or work schedules
• People required to meet tight deadlines
• Multi-taskers juggling many different responsibilities
• Anyone looking for a more healthy work/life balance

To gain maximum benefit from this time management course you will be asked to complete and return to us a Pre-Course Questionnaire. This will help us to find out more about you – for instance, your learning needs and preferences – so we can deliver a more personalised learning experience.

• ‘Own’ your time, so you feel in control of your schedule
• Prioritise your workload, and understand the difference between ‘important’ and ‘urgent’ tasks
• Cut out procrastination and move forward with the task at hand
• Analyse current use of time, and make improvements based on your findings
• Develop an organised approach to dealing with emails
• Make effective requests of others and refuse assertively

CPD Certification

Digital certificate - Included