Time Management

Our time management course is designed to improve your time management skills through practical strategies, techniques and tools that help you increase productivity, minimise time wasters, manage your focus and energy, prioritise tasks, improve workflow, reduce distractions, and create a healthier balance between your work and personal life.

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Learning Outcomes

Time Management Course

Our Time Management Training Course is designed for people who want to manage their time more effectively, moving beyond simply being busy to making meaningful progress towards clear outcomes. The course helps participants reduce stress, prevent last-minute crises, improve reliability, and make better decisions through more strategic thinking.

At an organisational level, this training will help improve productivity, reduce rework and delays, and strengthen overall performance. It equips people with practical skills to handle workloads more efficiently and effectively by analysing demands, prioritising tasks, and overcoming procrastination.
Good time management does more than improve efficiency. It helps people work with greater confidence, handle pressure more calmly, and stay focused on bigger long-term outcomes.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Shift from prioritisation thinking to execution discipline
  • Apply effective time management approaches that’ll reduce digital distraction and cognitive overload
  • Improve focus and attention management
  • Understand and utilise time management tools
  • Align daily productivity behaviours with organisational performance
  • Develop a practical 30-day execution improvement plan

Upcoming Time Management Course Dates

Choose from the dates below to secure your enrolment in one of our upcoming classes

Time Management (Virtual)

May 14, 2026
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM AEST
$395 (EX GST)
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Learn More About Our Time Management Training Course

Overview

Audience

Format

What's Included

Challenging traditional time management myths

- Why prioritisation alone fails
- The execution gap: Knowing vs Doing
- Productivity leakage in modern digital work
- The hidden cost of distraction on organisational performance

Focus on execution, not just prioritisation

The 3 Execution Barriers

- Overload
- Ambiguity
- Friction

Execution Discipline Framework

- Define outcome clearly
- Break into executable units
- Schedule in calendar
- Protect focus window
- Close loop (completion ritual)

Implementation vs Intention

- Why “important” tasks get avoided
- Reducing task size to increase momentum

Energy Management: The Missing Variable

Types of Energy
- Physical (fatigue vs vitality)
- Cognitive (clarity vs fog)
- Emotional (stress vs engagement)

Ultradian Rhythms & Performance Cycles

- 60–90 minute peak focus windows
- Recovery cycles as performance multipliers

Energy Allocation Strategy

- High cognitive tasks in peak zones
- Admin in low-energy zones
- Recovery as strategic, not indulgent

Personal Energy Map

This course is designed specifically for people who want to take their ability to manage their productivity and output to a new level. Utilising not just time management tools but energy management strategies to boost performance in exciting and sustainable ways.
It will benefit:
• Professionals
• Team leaders
• Project Managers
• Knowledge Workers

  • This is a 4-hour program that can be delivered face-to-face or virtually.

• Practical productivity tools and execution frameworks
• Energy mapping exercises
• Implementation templates
• 30-day execution improvement plan
• Post-course support from Priority Management Australia
• Certificate of Completion

What will I learn?
What to expect
How will it help me?

What will I learn?

Participants will gain the skills and insights to:

  • Understand why traditional time management approaches often fail in modern digital work environments
  • Apply a structured Execution Discipline Framework to turn priorities into completed outcomes
  • Identify and remove common execution barriers such as overload, ambiguity and friction
  • Manage physical, cognitive and emotional energy for peak productivity
  • Design a personalised system that improves follow-through and consistency

What to expect

In this Time Management training, you will explore why being busy does not always lead to meaningful progress. You will examine how digital distraction, unclear outcomes and un-managed energy reduce productivity and increase stress.

Through practical exercises and guided reflection, you will map your personal energy patterns, redesign your workday for improved focus, and apply a repeatable framework that strengthens execution habits. By the end of the session, you will leave with a clear and realistic plan to improve productivity and performance over the next 30 days.

How will it help me?

By attending this course, you will:

  • Take control of how you work, not just what you work on
  • Improve productivity by aligning energy and focus with high-value tasks
  • Reduce distraction and mental overload
  • Deliver higher-value work more consistently and confidently
  • Meet deadlines with clarity, reliability and less stress

Dont have your own laptop?

We have modern HP laptops available for hire!

HP EliteBook Touchscreen Tablet laptops (with mouse) (11 available)

  • Rental cost to client $95+GST per laptop + transport
  • Running Windows 11
  • Running Office 365
    • Word
    • Excel
    • PowerPoint
    • Outlook
    • OneNote
    • Added only if required - MS Project, MS Visio

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