Administration and Office Skills
Mastering Time and Priorities
Practical methods to see where your time goes, choose what matters and finish the work that counts.
Practical methods to see where your time goes, choose what matters and finish the work that counts.
About this course
Most people do not have a time problem so much as a choice problem. There are more requests than hours, and every day forces decisions about what gets done, what waits and what never happens. This course gives you practical tools to make those choices deliberately, plan around real working conditions and finish the work that matters most to you and your organisation.
COURSE STRUCTURE • Module 01: Introduction to Mastering Time and Priorities • Module 02: Where Your Time Really Goes • Module 03: Goals and What Matters • Module 04: Prioritising With Purpose • Module 05: Planning Your Week and Your Day • Module 06: Task Lists and Simple Systems • Module 07: Email, Messages and Meetings • Module 08: Interruptions, Saying No and Delegating • Module 09: Focus, Energy and Sustainable Work • Module 10: Putting It into Practice
HOW IT WORKS Work through each module online. Most modules end with a short knowledge check (60% to continue). The course ends with a final assessment: pass mark 80%, 60 minutes, 3 attempts. Learners who pass receive a MetaCo certificate.
COURSE MATERIALS Learner Manual, Activity Workbook, Quick Reference Guide, practical toolkit, Action Plan and Evaluation Form, attached to Module 01.
Course content
Module 1: Module 01: Introduction to Mastering Time and Priorities
- 1.1 Introduction to Mastering Time and Priorities
Module 2: Module 02: Where Your Time Really Goes
- 2.1 Where Your Time Really Goes
- 2.2 Case study
Module 3: Module 03: Goals and What Matters
- 3.1 Goals and What Matters
- 3.2 Case study
Module 4: Module 04: Prioritising With Purpose
- 4.1 Prioritising With Purpose
- 4.2 Case study
Module 5: Module 05: Planning Your Week and Your Day
- 5.1 Planning Your Week and Your Day
- 5.2 Case study
Module 6: Module 06: Task Lists and Simple Systems
- 6.1 Task Lists and Simple Systems
- 6.2 Case study
Module 7: Module 07: Email, Messages and Meetings
- 7.1 Email, Messages and Meetings
- 7.2 Case study
Module 8: Module 08: Interruptions, Saying No and Delegating
- 8.1 Interruptions, Saying No and Delegating
- 8.2 Case study
Module 9: Module 09: Focus, Energy and Sustainable Work
- 9.1 Focus, Energy and Sustainable Work
- 9.2 Case study
Module 10: Module 10: Putting It into Practice
- 10.1 Putting It into Practice