Time Management: Getting Your Day Back - Adelaide
Managing Your Time – Get Your Day Back, Adelaide
Course Outline
Course Overview
We’ve all been there — it’s 3 PM, you’ve been going all day, and yet, somehow, nothing of consequence has been crossed off your list. I was speaking to Rebecca, a project manager at a tech company in Adelaide’s CBD about it and she said it felt like she was always treading water at work. “I hit the ground running as soon as I’m there to the time I leave,” she said, “but I never feel like I’m getting anything done.
Understanding the true meaning of what makes you busy vs what makes you productive is what this power-packed course is about. A workshop of practical strategies and real-life examples, this workshop will help you build a time management system meant for you and your work, not in spite of it! This isn’t about adding more into your day — it’s about making your day work better for you.
Based on evidence-based strategies and the real experiences of Australian workplaces, this course offers realistic, practical solutions to the day-to-day challenges that trip us up. You’ll walk away with strategies you can use ASAP whether you’re in a grind-heavy position or not.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the trainee will be able to:
Discern real emergencies from those that are simply asking to be considered with systematic priority evaluation mechanisms
Apply principles and processes for prioritizing and managing disparate work and changing deadlines from diverse constituents
Create customized tactics for staying on task amidst relentless workplace distraction
Develop sensible project schedules and buffer systems from unexpected requests.
Set boundaries around time commitments in relationships with colleagues
Crafting weekly structures that minimize Monday morning chaos and maximize daily productivity
Where applicable, employ the principles of delegation whether you are leading a team or working alone
What You Will Learn
Foundation Skills
The Urgency Trap: How our brains trick us into thinking everything is so urgent – and how to break the cycle
Priority Matrix Systems: ‘Systems to sort tasks by real impact rather than perceived urgancy’
Energy Management: Putting the most intense work to time it perfectly with your period of optimal energy over the course of the day
Practical Applications
Interruption Management: How to deal productively with drop-in visitors, spurious emergencies, and "quick questions" while still getting work done
Negotiating deadlines: Scripts and tactics for realistic timeline conversations with managers and clients
Buffer Time: Scheduling in time in advance for when things go wrong
5) Meeting Efficiency: Make every meeting that you attend productive, but also know how to say, “No” to the ones that won’t help you to achieve your goals.
Advanced Strategies
Workload Communication: Diplomatically discussing workloads and showing allegiance to the team.
Project Juggling: Managing multiple projects at once without dropping the ball
Delegation Mastery: Learn how and when to delegate effectively and when NOT to delegate, plus what to do if you don’t have anyone to delegate to
Developing Habits: Establishing time management practices that stick beyond the motivation phase
Real-World Problem Solving
The Last-Minute RequestPreparing For Urgent Requests Without Derailing Yourself The work challenge: Handling the relentless onslaught of last-minute requests without sabotaging your day’s work_REQUIRE Downsizing: Accepting that you can’t please everyone As much as we’d like to flatter ourselves with the illusion of our capacity for ubiquity, you can’t do it all.
Competing Managers: Dealing with priorities at odds with those of various bosses
Perfectionism vs Progress: How to do good work without getting bogged down in details
Technology Integration: (Not) Making a Mess of Your Time Management System with Digital Tools
Course Structure
Module 1: Making Sense of Your Patterns Now (90 min) Assessment of personal time management challenges and identification of the blocks between you and your productivity
Module 2: Constructing Your Quadrant Framework for Prioritizing Work together to evaluate priorities based on importance, including urgency, priority and value (120 minutes)
Nan struck me as a person who will focus on processes of prioritising and managing deadlines.
Module 3: Handling Outside Interruptions (90 minutes) Dealing with interruptions and emergencies Setting boundaries
Module 4: Building Sustainable Systems (120 minutes) Implementation plans, permanent habits and maintaining it all in the long-run
Summary
This is a course that changes how you go about your working day, teaching practical, proven techniques that are effective in the Australian workplace. And instead of complicating your life, they streamline the way you tackle everyday to-dos and big-time goals.
You’ll leave with a bespoke time management system tailored to you, your role, your personality and your context. But most of all, you’ll go from a person that it feels like time never seems to be enough of, to a person who is in control of your schedule and to-do list.
The aim is not some idea of perfection — it is to get better. By the end of this course, you’ll have the tools to go home each day feeling like NOT GETTING STUFF DONE will be the exception, not the rule—like you’re not just busy, but truly making progress on the most important things.
Ideal for professionals at all levels, who are seeking to take back control of their time and productivity without working longer hours.