Personal Effectiveness: Time Management, Goals, Efficiency

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Personal Effectiveness: Time Management, Goals, Efficiency

This course is part of Essential Professional Skills: Complete Guide Specialization

Instructor: Chris Croft

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5 modules

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8 hours to complete

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

8 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Apply practical techniques to manage time more effectively, overcome procrastination, prioritise tasks, and improve personal productivity.
Set meaningful goals, manage projects and workloads more efficiently, and build habits that increase effectiveness and reduce stress.

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There are 5 modules in this course

Taught by business skills expert Chris Croft, the course covers the essential elements of personal effectiveness, including time management, productivity, prioritisation, overcoming procrastination, goal setting, personal organisation, and managing projects effectively. This practical and fast-paced course is designed around short, highly actionable lessons that each focus on a single idea, technique, or habit.

Personal effectiveness is about getting the right things done, making the best use of your time, and achieving your goals without feeling overwhelmed. In today’s fast-paced work environment, the ability to manage yourself effectively is one of the most valuable skills you can develop. Rather than focusing on theory, the course provides practical tools and strategies that can be applied immediately. Learners will discover how to take control of their workload, make better decisions about where to spend their time, stay focused on important goals, and improve their overall productivity. Each lesson delivers a simple, proven technique that can be implemented straight away to create lasting improvements in performance and effectiveness. Ideal for professionals at all levels, this course builds a practical toolkit for working smarter, managing time more effectively, and achieving more with less stress.

What's included

9 videos6 readings1 assignment

9 videosTotal 11 minutes

The Productivity Habit That Changes Everything: Write It All Down2 minutes
Daily Planning Made Simple1 minute
Calendar Management1 minute
The Weekly Review Process1 minute
Inbox Zero Explained1 minute
Tracking Outstanding Requests1 minute
Why Multitasking Doesn't Work (And What to Do Instead)1 minute
Stay Focused All Day2 minutes
Build Systems That Eliminate Repetitive Problems1 minute

6 readingsTotal 60 minutes

The Psychology of the To Do List10 minutes
The Secret of a Successful List10 minutes
Weekly Review Checklist10 minutes
What is Inbox Zero?10 minutes
Handling Interruptions10 minutes
Handling interruptions10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Personal efficiency30 minutes

What's included

9 videos6 readings1 assignment

9 videosTotal 10 minutes

How to Create More Time1 minute
The Power of Saying No1 minute
How to Negotiate Workloads and Manage Expectations Effectively1 minute
Delegation Skills: Get More Done Without Doing Everything Yourself1 minute
The Secret to Long-Term Productivity2 minutes
When Good Enough Is Good Enough1 minute
Why You Should Never Say Yes to Something You Won't Deliver1 minute
When Your Day Doesn't Go According to Plan1 minute
How to Balance Urgent Tasks, Important Work and Long-Term Goals1 minute

6 readingsTotal 60 minutes

The difference between important and urgent?10 minutes
Delegation in under 8 minutes {video}10 minutes
How to overcome being a perfectionist10 minutes
Ten additional ways to get more time10 minutes
Your only two decisions10 minutes
Instant guide to Time Management10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Untitled30 minutes

What's included

10 videos3 readings2 assignments

10 videosTotal 10 minutes

Why Procrastination Creates Stress and Holds You Back1 minute
Beat Procrastination by Scheduling Important Tasks1 minute
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Use Visibility to Get Things Done1 minute
Break Big Tasks into Small Steps and Start Today1 minute
The Accountability Trick: Find an Official Nagger1 minute
Delegate What You Hate to People Who Love It1 minute
Visualisation Techniques 1 minute
The Energy Advantage1 minute
Build Powerful Habits by Using Consistent Timing1 minute
Reward Yourself and Tackle the Hardest Task First1 minute

3 readingsTotal 30 minutes

What is Procrastination?10 minutes
Why we procrastinate10 minutes
A Scientific Guide on How to Stop Procrastinating10 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Overcoming Procrastination30 minutes
Overcoming your pet procrastination30 minutes

What's included

11 videos4 readings1 assignment

11 videosTotal 12 minutes

What Is Success? Defining the Life You Actually Want1 minute
Why Clear Goals Are Essential for Achievement and Happiness1 minute
The Link Between Goals, Self-Discipline and Time Management1 minute
Creating Goals for Success at Work and at Home2 minutes
Why Written Goals Dramatically Increase Commitment1 minute
Set Ambitious Goals That Stretch Your Thinking1 minute
Turn Abstract Dreams into Clear, Detailed Targets1 minute
Goal Planning: Create Action Steps and Deadlines That Work1 minute
How Goals Give You Direction, Focus and Momentum2 minutes
Making goals visible1 minute
Keep Your Goals Alive: The Power of Review and Refresh1 minute

4 readingsTotal 40 minutes

Picking a Career10 minutes
The Importance, Benefits, and Value of Goal Setting10 minutes
The Goals Grapefruit10 minutes
Why does setting a goal make it more likely to happen?10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Writing your own goals down30 minutes

What's included

10 videos5 readings1 assignment

10 videosTotal 12 minutes

Should I use Agile or Waterfall?1 minute
Start by Defining Your Project in 3 Ways1 minute
List the Tasks using three techniques1 minute
Estimate the Time and Cost1 minute
Understanding Critical Paths and "crashing"2 minutes
Gantt Charts - the secret to a successful project2 minutes
Planning for Risk1 minute
Monitoring Progress and Spend - separate the two1 minute
Adjust your plan (if needed)1 minute
The only way to truly learn and improve1 minute

5 readingsTotal 50 minutes

When does it count as a project?10 minutes
The difference between PERT and CPM10 minutes
Two things which fix every project management problem (almost)10 minutes
The meaning of an overspend/underspend10 minutes
Instant guide to project management10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Untitled30 minutes

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