Time Management

  • 8 Courses | 2h 43m 28s
  • 10 Books | 20h 48m
  • 10 Audiobooks | 62h 14m 3s
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Take back control over your time. Learn to apply basic concepts for setting goals, staying focused and organized. To accomplish your goals, you must first learn how to set them. Learn the steps that will allow you to formulate goals that you can accomplish.

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Saving Time by Setting Goals

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COURSES INCLUDED

Saving Time by Setting Goals
When goals and targets seem to shift daily and there's never enough time to get everything done, it's hard to achieve goals consistently. Good time management will help you work smarter - not harder - so that you get more of the important things done in less time. The first step in working smarter is making sure you're going in the right direction. In this course, you'll learn how to accomplish more through effective time management. You'll learn why it's important to align your goals with your company's goals, and how to do it. You'll also learn how to differentiate between urgent and important tasks, how to pivot between conflicting priorities, and how taking the time to make improvements can save you time in the long run.
6 videos | 23m has Assessment available Badge
Managing Your Time So It Doesn't Manage You
No one can add an extra hour to the day to get more done. But anyone can make better use of the 24 hours you do have by becoming more effective at time management. All it takes is deciding to seize control of your own time, and then taking small steps in the right direction. In this course, you'll consider how you're spending your time now and what techniques you can use to spend it more wisely and productively. You'll learn to block the time stealers that interfere with your productivity, use to-do lists and schedules to organize your time and tasks, and develop a regular habit of checking in with your plans to make sure you're getting them done.
5 videos | 19m has Assessment available Badge
Sharpening Your Focus to Stay on Track
Even when you know your priorities and have an organized time management routine, you'll still be challenged every day by distractions, temptations, interruptions, and procrastination. To avoid causing internal time management detours, you have to develop ways to stay focused, and this often means using personal and interpersonal skills in very specific ways. In this course, you'll learn strategies to manage challenges to your personal focus, techniques to help you shut out distractions and manage time conflicts, and ways to regain focus and develop mental resilience when faced with change.
6 videos | 21m has Assessment available Badge
Aligning Goals and Priorities To Manage Time
Too much to do and too little time? Everything is urgent? Modern technology means our employers can reach us 24/7, so schedule management and goal setting are more important than ever. When you're under pressure to deliver, you need to know your priorities. Meeting targets and achieving goals consistently regardless of the business situation isn't easy. And this means managing your time effectively. In this course, you'll learn about aligning each goal with your employer's expectations, clarifying your goals, and prioritizing your most important work. You'll also learn how to ask questions to clarify goals, and how to establish and schedule priorities based on these goals.
6 videos | 17m has Assessment available Badge Certification PMI PDU
Make The Time You Need: Get Organized
If you want to manage your schedule and make your time count, you have to be organized. But to stay organized, you need to check your progress. This mean developing schedule management skills. The stress and potential for mistakes grows when you don't spend time organizing your time. In this course, you'll discover how schedule management can help you regain control of your time. You'll learn how to leverage your personality to boost your productivity and explore techniques for dealing with time stealers. And you'll learn how to create practical to-do lists and keep them relevant and realistic.
7 videos | 18m has Assessment available Badge Certification PMI PDU
The Art of Staying Focused
Even if you know what's important to do, losing focus can stop your progress. No matter who you are or what job you do, focusing at work can be hard. Even with great schedule management and organizing skills, it's easy to get off track if you're not careful. In this course, you'll learn how to stay focused and stay on top of your schedule. You'll learn strategies for dealing with focus challenges and distractions at work. You'll also find out how to beat fatigue, manage your time, and decline work-related requests. And you'll explore how to adjust your focus to deal with change, and how to regain focus when you've lost it.
7 videos | 19m has Assessment available Badge Certification PMI PDU
Be Productive by Working Efficiently
Regardless of our own unique jobs and lives, we are all bound by time. It never stops and you can never get it back. Most professionals suffer from the constant and gripping fear of not having enough time. Managing time and tasks poorly can create more stress. In this course, you will learn strategies that help you manage your time efficiently and ensure that it is aligned with your goals. You will learn to assess the value of your tasks and how you can block time according to the priority of each task. You will also learn to create effective to-do lists and schedules that will help improve productivity.
6 videos | 23m has Assessment available Badge
Maximize Your Productivity by Managing Time and Tasks
The amount of time available to you is constant - you can't buy more and you can't save it for later. However, by managing your time, you can increase your productivity. And the better you understand your own personal productivity, the easier it will be to manage your time effectively. In this course, you'll learn about how you can use task management to maximize your productivity. You'll discover the benefits of using time management and assessing the value of your tasks. You'll learn about benefits of setting goals and how productivity is tied to your ability to assess time and set priorities. And you'll also learn about the process of "chunking" your time and how to use different types of to-do lists effectively.
7 videos | 19m has Assessment available Badge Certification PMI PDU
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BOOKS INCLUDED

BOOK SUMMARY

The Inefficiency Assassin: Time Management Tactics for Working Smarter, Not Longer
The Inefficiency Assassin examines effective time management techniques that aim to give you more control over your life. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
book Duration 9m book Authors By Helene Segura

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Time Management (The Brian Tracy Success Library)
Time Management provides tips for making the most of our workday with two main goals: reaching the top of our potential and ensuring this success balances with life outside of the office. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
book Duration 10m book Authors By Brian Tracy

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The Time Trap: The Classic Book on Time Management, 4th Edition
The Time Trap teaches you how to organize your time to make the most of your busy day. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
book Duration 10m book Authors By Alec Mackenzie, Pat Nickerson

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5 Gears: How to Be Present and Productive When There is Never Enough Time
Introducing you to the five different gears, or mindsets, that carry you through various facets of your day, this revolutionary text teaches you to shift into the right gear at the right time so that you can grow in your relational intelligence and increase your influence.
book Duration 3h 1m book Authors By Jeremie Kubicek, Steve Cockram

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More Time for You: A Powerful System to Organize Your Work and Get Things Done
Filled with tips, examples, screen-shots, and real-life scenarios, this potentially life-changing book spells out a proven, powerful system to help you get and stay organized, prioritize responsibilities, get things done faster, and have more time.
book Duration 3h 24m book Authors By Alesia Latson, Rosemary Tator

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Time Management (The Brian Tracy Success Library)
Filled with business expert Brian Tracy's trademark wisdom, this book reveals 21 proven time management techniques you can use immediately to gain two or more productive hours every day so you get more done, in less time - with much less stress.
book Duration 1h 7m book Authors By Brian Tracy

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Successful Time Management for Dummies
With tips, tricks and strategies for communicating directly, effectively and tactfully, this authoritative guide delivers practical solutions for getting organized, working better and faster, reducing stress, and getting rid of time-wasting distractions.
book Duration 7h 24m book Authors By Dirk Zeller

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The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months
Explaining how to leverage the power of a 12 week year to drive improved results in any area of your life, this book will show you how to perform at your best and achieve the things in life that matter most to you through effective execution.
book Duration 2h 33m book Authors By Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington

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Time Management: How to Control Your Day in an Uncontrollable Workplace
Do you find yourself continually racing against time? Do you feel that you have so much to do that it's difficult to get anything done? This book will teach you how to set priorities; focus on what's truly important; and schedule your day.
book Duration 10m book Authors By Laura Stack

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Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time
Inspired by Peter Drucker's groundbreaking book The Effective Executive, Laura Stack details precisely how 21st-century leaders and managers can obtain profitable, productive results by managing the intersection of two critical values: effectiveness and efficiency.
book Duration 2h 40m book Authors By Laura Stack
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AUDIOBOOKS INCLUDED

AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY

151 Quick Ideas to Manage Your Time
In 151 Quick Ideas to Manage Your Time, author Robert Dittmer delivers all the tips and techniques you need to develop a game plan that has your personal goals at its core. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
audiobook Duration 20m 14s audiobook Authors By Robert E. Dittmer

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What to Do When There's Too Much To Do: Reduce Tasks, Increase Results, and Save 90 Minutes a Day
What to Do When There's Too Much to Do outlines an organized process for determining priorities, finding the time to do important tasks, and reclaiming the time lost on unimportant tasks that clog up almost every workplace. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
audiobook Duration 17m 57s audiobook Authors By Laura Stack

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Time Management Made Simple
This audio edition explains how to master your time so you can double your productivity, prioritize your key tasks, and spend more time doing what you enjoy. Read by the author.
audiobook Duration 10h 54m 1s audiobook Authors By Brian Tracy

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Time Power: A Proven System for Getting More Done in Less Time Than You Ever Thought Possible
This audio edition reveals personal success expert Brian Tracy's comprehensive system designed to help you increase your productivity and income exponentially -- in just weeks! Read by the author.
audiobook Duration 8h 29m 45s audiobook Authors By Brian Tracy

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
This audio edition presents a principle-focused approach to problem-solving, and offers a revolutionary program to breaking the patterns of self-defeating behavior that keep us from achieving our goals and reaching our fullest potential. Read by the author.
audiobook Duration 13h 53s audiobook Authors By Stephen R. Covey

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Time Management (The Brian Tracy Success Library)
Featuring the strategies that business expert Brian Tracy has identified as the most effective and that he himself employs, this audio edition reveals 21 proven time management techniques you can use immediately to gain two or more productive hours every day. Read by the author.
audiobook Duration 2h 4m 12s audiobook Authors By Brian Tracy

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Kiss That Frog! 12 Great Ways to Turn Negatives into Positives in Your Life and Work
This audio edition presents a step-by-step plan that addresses the root causes of negativity, helps you uncover blocks that have become mental obstacles, and shows how you can transform them into stepping-stones to achieve your fullest potential. Read by the author.
audiobook Duration 3h 51m 14s audiobook Authors By Brian Tracy, Christina Stein

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Managing Time and Thriving Under Stress: Time Management Tools to Manage Stress on the Job
Featuring perspectives from nine best-selling authors, this audio edition will teach you how to tackle more projects with essential time management skills. Read by the authors.
audiobook Duration 9h 30s audiobook Authors By Chris Widener, Dianna Booher, John C. Maxwell, Larry Iverson

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The 3 Secrets to Effective Time Investment: Achieve More Success with Less Stress
This audio edition does more than help you make the best of the time you have; it gives you the tools, insight, and guidance you need to overhaul your entire life.
audiobook Duration 9h 5m 2s audiobook Authors By Elizabeth Grace Saunders

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Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow
This audio edition helps people round up the five thieves of time and take back their lives with time-saving solutions.
audiobook Duration 5h 10m 15s audiobook Authors By Dominica DeGrandis
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SKILL BENCHMARKS INCLUDED

Time Management & Managing Priorities
Effectively setting and managing priorities is key to the success of any leader. Take back control over your time, and learn to apply basic concepts for setting goals, staying focused and organized. Learn more about time management and managing priorities. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.
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