Time Management Training for Busy Professionals
Who is the course for?
This course is for leaders at every level who want to be effective and productive but also desire a better work/life balance. Leaders who seek to balance their priorities through efficient time management while learning how to reduce stress within the workplace would benefit from taking this course.
Skill Level
Foundational
Time Commitment
Weekly Time Committment
60 Minutes/Week
Duration
5 Weeks
Leader Behaviors
This course strengthens your skills in the following leader behaviors:
- Demonstrates Self-Management
- Inspires
- Solves Problems
- Takes Initiative
Course Overview
Leaders face conflicting tasks, deadlines, and expectations, making it difficult to identify what’s most important. Technology has become a great tool, but it has also increased the speed and complexity of our work.
This course will enable you to properly prioritize your obligations, allowing you to improve performance and productivity. We will discuss the need to prioritize, set relevant goals, and use effective time management skills. We will also look at the role technology plays in helping to accomplish those goals.
Completing this course will help you:
- Understand the benefits of balancing priorities with consideration of the common obstacles that must be overcome.
- Create relevant and attainable goals and learn how to prioritize tasks and responsibilities.
- Align tools, systems and strategies to elevate personal and professional organization.
- Learn the skills of time management and explore eight common time-wasting activities to avoid.
- Understand how to utilize technology tools for better productivity.
Learning Path
Session 1 - Need for Balancing Priorities
The ability to effectively balance priorities will not only impact your daily work routine but it will lead to better success and productivity in work and personal life. In this session, we will discuss the importance of prioritizing and learn how to handle some of the potential obstacles that may arise in the process.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Session 2 - Setting Relevant Goals
In this session, we will learn the steps to setting relevant goals with an emphasis on prioritizing tasks and responsibilities. Participants will understand how to delegate and how it plays a key role in the process of goal setting and balancing priorities.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Session 3 - Organizing Yourself
The importance of good organizational skills cannot be underestimated. In this session, participants will learn how to become organized and utilize an effective schedule to maximize the finite time they have each day.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Session 4 - Identifying Time-wasting Activities
People in all levels of an organization are often unaware of how much time they are wasting each day. This session will highlight eight common time-wasting activities that often sabotage our efforts to be organized and productive in the workplace.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Session 5 - Using Technology Effectively
Many times, technology is an under-utilized tool when it comes to balancing priorities. In this session, we will understand how technology can be used to help us attain our goals of organization and efficiency while maintaining our priorities.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Leader Behaviors
This course strengthens your skills in the following leader behaviors:
- Demonstrates Self-Management
- Inspires
- Solves Problems
- Takes Initiative
Why people choose LEL for Leadership Development
The insights from this course have changed how I approach leadership. I now feel equipped to handle challenges more effectively and inspire my team every day.
An invaluable experience! The practical strategies and hands-on exercises helped me build strong leadership skills that I apply daily in my role.
Frequently asked questions
What does this time management course actually teach?
How to decide what truly matters, set relevant goals, organize your schedule, spot and cut the eight most common time-wasters, and use technology to stay on top of priorities instead of buried by it.
What are the eight common time-wasters covered?
The course gives a full session to the eight activities that quietly sabotage productivity at every level, then shows you how to catch and remove them from your own week.
Will this help with work-life balance, not just output?
Yes. It is built for leaders who want to be productive and get their time back, so reducing stress and protecting personal time is part of the point, not an afterthought.
Who is the course for?
Leaders at any level who feel stretched across too many competing tasks and want a practical system for prioritizing.
How long is it?
Five weekly live sessions of about an hour each, facilitator-led, with a journal and activity between sessions to apply it to your real workload.
