Time management

Course objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• control their time instead of letting time control them 
• work more comfortably and efficiently 
• manage their career without sacrificing their private life 
• co-operate with other people who have different perceptions of time (different jobs, countries, age brackets, academic backgrounds etc.) 
• deal with time-consuming tasks 
• manage time strategically
• focusing on their key priorities 
• improve performance through time perception 
• increase their productivity in a fast-paced world

Programme

The training programme:

Managing your time strategically

• Choosing the right moment to boost effort efficiently 
• Accommodating time variables to find the right moments 
• The hidden advantages of mismanaging time and how to break free from them

Being proactive

• Focusing on the essential, dealing with priorities and ranking urgent situations 
• Optimising the effect/effort ratio to enhance efficiency 
• Switching from feverishly reactive mode to poised proactive mode 
• Staying ‘on the ball’ in intense working conditions 
• Striking a healthy work–life balance

Working efficiently in a multicultural and nomadic workplace

• The four tools to understand your own way of dealing with time 
• Co-operating with people who have different perceptions of time 
• Co-operating with different people’s ways of dealing with time without neglecting yours 
• Integrating generation gaps 
• Working efficiently in asynchronous mode

Using modern communication and information tools to improve organisation

• Spotting the pitfalls of instant reaction in order to avoid them 
• Methods for getting organised in a fast-moving universe

e-Learning modules

e-Learning modules you will receive with this course:

• Dealing with time-consuming tasks
• Strategic time management
• Focusing on your key priorities
• Improving performance through time perception
• Increasing your productivity in a fast-paced world

Course duration

2 days + 5 e-learning modules

Who should attend?

This course is aimed at:

Line or cross-functional managers, or anybody with the latitude to organise their own schedules and workers on the road