Time Management: Understanding and Working with Time

Name: Time Management: Understanding and Working with Time
Rating: 4.7 (15 reviews)

Learn to prioritize projects among the changing and competing demands on your time.

Created byLearnit Anytime

Last updated 6/2022

English

What you'll learn

Increasing our awareness of time
6 concepts to think realistically about time
Improving our regulation of time
Calendar blocking
What gets in our way
Finding our flow
Ways to shut down distractions
How to navigate shifting priorities

Course content

1 section • 10 lectures • 54m total length

Introduction4:22
Time Management Barriers9:49
The Myth of Multi-Tasking10:08
Getting in the Flow State (Being in the Zone)3:32
Enter the flow state by focusing fully on a single task, shutting out distractions, and aligning work with your energy cycles to boost productivity up to 500%.
Mapping Activities to Our Natural Energy Cycles6:53
Discover What Matters5:16
Calendar Management4:42
master calendar management by scheduling breaks, lunch, and email checks, using varied meeting durations to protect focused work, and maintaining regular one-on-one alignment with your manager and direct reports.
Weekly Planning3:32
Develop weekly planning by reviewing calendars every Sunday, scheduling recurring tasks, and communicating changes, while protecting time by advancing tasks two to three weeks and aligning work with peak energy.
Reviewing What We've Learned3:54
Conclusion2:15
Explore the psychology of time management, identify barriers, and leverage flow state and energy cycles to focus on high-value tasks. Plan priorities and optimize calendar management for clarity.

Requirements

This course can be taken and enjoyed by anyone.

Description

Learn to prioritize projects among the changing and competing demands on your time. You will also gain an understanding of how your current workplace requires you to constantly retool to work strategically instead of working harder. This course will help you to focus on key practices for managing your time effectively. You will learn practical tools that can help you to better align your daily activities to accomplish your goals.

Who should attend:

Individual contributors and mid-level and senior leaders who are seeking to increase their abilities to thrive in chaotic, unpredictable environments will benefit from this workshop.
Individual contributors and mid-level senior leaders who are seeking to increase their abilities to shut down distractions and maximize their time management by reaching a state of flow.

Course outcomes:

Increasing our awareness of time
6 concepts to think realistically about time
Improving our regulation of time
Calendar blocking
What gets in our way
Finding our flow
Ways to shut down distractions
How to navigate shifting priorities

Course breakdown:

Time awareness
Efficiency vs effectiveness
Pareto principle
Energy peaks and valleys
Time audit
Sunk cost fallacy
Regulating your time
REP Plan
The Planning Fallacy
Calendar Blocking
Improving your time management
Habit stacking
What get’s in our way?
Multitasking is a myth
Flow State
Controlling your distractions
Pomodoro technique
How to say “no” professionally
How to navigate shifting priorities
Reactive vs Proactive Time
Distinguishing urgent vs important
2-minute rule

Who this course is for:

Individual contributors and mid-level and senior leaders who are seeking to increase their abilities to thrive in chaotic, unpredictable environments will benefit from this workshop
Individual contributors and mid-level senior leaders who are seeking to increase their abilities to shut down distractions and maximize their time management by reaching a state of flow