Practical Time and Workload Management
Tired of feeling overwhelmed, behind, or like your calendar is running you?
This isn’t just another time management workshop—it’s a bold, practical reset.
This energizing, hands-on workshop will show you how to take back control of your schedule—with a system that actually works for you.
You’ll learn simple, powerful strategies to plan smarter, protect your focus, and communicate your priorities with confidence. Whether you’re managing a team, a full inbox, or just too many tabs open in your brain, this course offers real-world tools you can start using immediately.
You’ll walk away with:
- A personalized time management system that fits your workflow
- A strategy to get your inbox down to zero by the end of each day
- Practical tools to reduce overwhelm and increase clarity
- A complete 21-point self-assessment to help you understand your personal style of time management and how to make that style work for you and in working with others
- Apply the basic principles and concepts of time management
- Identify and overcome obstacles to successful time management
- Know the difference between reactive and proactive planning
- Create personal scheduling strategies to improve effectiveness
- Juggle multiple priorities, projects and deadlines
- Conquer procrastination
Those under pressure who want to gain better control of their workday, feel more balanced and learn to use the time available more efficiently and productively.
Welcome & Opening
- Grounding question: “How would you define time in your own words?”
- Workshop goals & what to expect
Redefining Time
- What is time, really? (Newton, Kant, Einstein—briefly)
- “Lived time” & how perception shapes our experience
- Reframing time management: not about doing more, but making space
Why We Struggle
- Learned Helplessness (Seligman’s insight)
- What do I actually control?
- The power of agency in productivity
Mindset Shift: The Happiness Advantage
- Gratitude & productivity connection
- 21-Day Happiness Challenge (Harvard-based research)
- Practical tools to shift your mental state
Breaking Through Limiting Beliefs
- Belief > Emotion > Action loop
- 6 Steps to transform a limiting belief
- Guided rewrite activity
Planning that Works
- Why most plans fail
- Weekly & daily structure for mental clarity
- Time blocking, batching, micro-check-ins
Procrastination: It’s Not What You Think
- Stress, ambiguity, fear (the real causes)
- The 10-Minute Rule & Temptation Bundling
- Tools: Focusmate, AI support, rewards system
Prioritizing What Actually Matters
- Urgent vs. Important Matrix
- Quadrant 2 living = sustainable productivity
- Reflective activity: sorting current tasks
Your Daily MAP
- Brain-dump → Prioritize 3 → Block it in
- Pomodoro & Time Estimating
- Daily rhythm reset
Email Mastery
- 2-minute rule, 4 D’s (Delete, Do, Delegate, Defer)
- Reference vs. Action folders
- Aim: Inbox Zero daily (or close!)
MS Teams & Digital Boundaries
- Modern time traps & notification fatigue
- Tips: @mentions, batching, status hacks
- Protecting digital focus time
Delegation & Communication
- 5 Levels of Delegation (Hyatt model)
- Clear internal communication = time savings
- Boundaries + feedback = efficiency
Meetings with Purpose
- Should you even be in it?
- Agenda expectations & follow-up rituals
- Build in post-meeting recovery time
Multitasking: The Hidden Cost
- Modern brain science (brief mention, no lecture!)
- Shift from juggling to intentional transitions
- Mono-tasking hacks
Your Health = Your Productivity
- Sleep, hydration, movement
- Energy mapping: AM vs. PM work
- Healthy boundaries as a time tool
Final Integration
- Reflect: What belief or habit are you ready to change?
- Action: One boundary you’ll set this week
- Reminder: You don’t need more time—you need more clarity.
There are no prerequisites for this course.
This workshop addresses:
- Achievement and Results Orientation
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Analytical Thinking
- Change Management and Leadership
- Decision Making and Decisiveness
- Document Use
- Impact and Influence
- Innovation and Initiative
- Management Excellence
- Planning and Organizing
- Problem Solving
- Project Management
- Reading Skills
- Self Confidence and Self Esteem
- Teamwork and Cooperation
- Values and Ethics
- Workload and Time Management
To learn more about core competencies, click here.
Open to all members of the public.
$ 1100 plus tax
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