Time Management for Maximum Productivity - Online Course

It always seems like we could use an extra two hours (or more!) in the day. How can we manage our time and be truly productive in the office, and in life? This series will introduce you to the most important rules of time management, including not just how to get more done, but how to choose the things you do to give your day the biggest impact possible.

This series is for anyone interested in learning about time management skills and how these skills can increase both professional and personal productivity. This online course contains 5 lessons and should take approximately 6 hours to complete.

Lesson 1: Taming Time (2.0) hours

Taming Time teaches you how to identify your time management style, assess the factors that can undermine the efficiency of your lifestyle, identify the ways in which your ability to manage time is affected by others, measure how you allocate your time, and identify some time management myths. This course provides information on how to tame time and improve your time management skills. Topics include What is your time management style, Relating to time, and Time management myths.

Lesson 2: Prioritizing and Procrastinating (1.0) hour

Prioritizing and Procrastinating teaches you how to discuss the various ways to prioritize tasks, and identify the typical causes of procrastination. This course provides information on how to prioritize your time and avoid procrastination. Topics include Five ways to prioritize, and Why do you procrastinate.

Lesson 3: Establishing Goals (1.0) hour

Establishing Goals teaches you how to set goals for the basis of time management, organize activities into clusters, and describe effective multitasking strategies. This course provides guidelines for setting goals to better manage time. Working toward goals using a measured, prioritized strategy can unlock the doors to professional and personal achievement. Topics include Setting goals, and Clustering and multitasking.

Lesson 4: Managing Time Together (1.0) hour

Managing Time Together teaches you how to delegate tasks downward, laterally, and upward, discuss the effective way to "say no" to unwanted tasks, and list the guidelines for increasing meeting productivity. This course provides information on how to effectively delegate tasks, the proper way to turn down overwhelming tasks, and how to conduct productive meetings. Topics include The art of delegation, Saying no, and Keys to productive meetings.

Lesson 5: Controlling Time Leaks (1.0) hour

Controlling Time Leaks teaches you how to assess how time wasters may be affecting your performance, examine the greatest time wasters in business, identify strategies that help you conquer time wasters, evaluate the usefulness of electronic tools in managing time, and describe how to effectively use filing systems and work space to save time. This course provides information on how to identify time wasters and the time saving techniques, tips, and tools to help you improve your time management skills. Topics include Where does all the time go?, and More time management tools.