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Chris Croft is an international speaker, author, and management trainer with more than 20 years of experience helping individuals and organizations improve performance. Known for his practical, engaging teaching style, Chris combines real-world examples with actionable techniques that learners can apply immediately in their everyday lives. Strong time management is one of the most valuable skills for success at work and in life. It helps you prioritize what matters, manage competing demands, reduce stress, and create more time for the people and activities that are most important to you. In this course, you'll learn practical strategies and everyday habits that can help you work more effectively to maintain a healthier work-life balance. You'll begin by exploring the foundations of effective time management, including identifying your priorities, setting meaningful goals, and aligning your daily activities with your long-term objectives. From there, you'll develop techniques for overcoming procrastination, making better decisions about how you spend your time, and creating systems that support consistent productivity. The course also covers practical workplace skills such as delegation, negotiation, managing interruptions, and communicating boundaries effectively. You'll discover how small changes to your daily routines, workspace, and email habits can reduce wasted time and improve focus. Throughout the course, you'll apply actionable techniques that can be implemented immediately in both professional and personal settings. By the end of the course, you'll have a personalized approach to managing your time more effectively, enabling you to accomplish more while reducing unnecessary stress. What you'll learn: * Prioritize tasks based on your goals and values. * Set achievable goals and create effective action plans. * Build productive daily habits and sustainable routines. * Reduce procrastination and improve focus. * Delegate, negotiate, and communicate more effectively to protect your time. * Implement practical systems that increase efficiency. * Organize your workspace and digital environment for greater productivity. * Create a healthier balance between work and personal life. Skills you'll gain: * Time Management * Productivity * Goal Setting * Prioritization * Work-Life Balance * Delegation * Negotiation * Personal Effectiveness * Planning & Organization * Focus & Attention Management

Syllabus

Objectives of Time Management

This module introduces the fundamental principles of time management and explores why effective use of time is essential for achieving personal and professional goals. Learners will examine the importance of goal setting, prioritization, and productivity while gaining an understanding of how better time management can improve performance, reduce stress, and create more opportunities for success.

Important vs. Urgent

This module focuses on one of the most important concepts in time management: distinguishing between important and urgent tasks. Learners will explore prioritization techniques, including the Eisenhower Matrix, while examining common productivity traps such as excessive working hours, busyness without results, and poor decision-making about priorities.

How to Get More Time

This module explores practical strategies for creating more productive time by improving focus, reducing waste, and managing commitments effectively. Learners will discover techniques for delegation, problem prevention, task management, and eliminating low-value activities that consume valuable time.

The Main Time Wasters

Time thieves are activities, habits, and distractions that reduce productivity and prevent effective use of time. In this module, learners will identify common workplace and personal time thieves, including interruptions, meetings, poor planning, and procrastination. Practical techniques are provided to help learners regain control of their schedules.

Systems for Time Management productivity

This module introduces productivity systems and habits that help individuals stay organized, focused, and effective. Learners will explore task management methods, prioritization systems, workload control strategies, and productivity tools that support long-term time management success.