Learn how to get more of your important work done with more focus, less stress, and not by working more hours each week.
Time blocking is a strategy for advanced calendar management that will allow you to work on your key projects with greater results more quickly, while still allowing you to meet your day-to-day responsibilities. It is a discipline that requires you to be a bit more assertive with your most important asset: your time and your calendar, but one that will pay off greatly in terms of longer-frame productivity and effectiveness. This course will discuss what time blocking is, how to start using it, how to make it work well for you, and how to get others on your team to adopt this powerful advanced time management strategy.
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Agenda
What Is Time Blocking?
The Benefits of Time Blocking
- More Focused Productivity
- Spend More of Your Time on More Important Stuff
- Reduce Your Procrastination and Distraction
- Complete Key Projects More Quickly With More Accuracy
Project-Based Time Blocking
- A Quick Discussion of a Couple Project Management Strategies - Including Critical Path
- Breaking Your Projects Down to Tasks and Then Into Time
- The Big Rocks and Sand Analogy
- Parkinson's Law and How to Beat It
How to Do Time Blocking - the Nuts and Bolts
- First, Get Clear on Your Big Stuff - Work and Personal Projects, Activities, Clients, Events
- Identify Most Critical - Make Commitment to Start Time Blocking
- Less Is More - 1 or 2 Professional and/or Personal Projects Max
- Weekly and Daily Calendar Reviews and Forward Blocking of Time
- An Argument for Time Blocking Everything and an End to Your Task List
Recommendations to Make Your Blocked Time More Effective
- Reduce Possible Distractions - Stop Checking Email First
- Possibly Use Mobile Tech to Change Your Physical Location
- Let Your People Know - Tips for Reducing Interruptions
- Less Is More Part 2 - Always Have a Plan for Each Time Block
- Use Your Natural Motivation and Biorhythms - Know Your Physical and Mental Peak Times
- Pomodoro Timers, Music, and More
- Contrasting Multi-Tasking With Flow State
- Big Blocks of Time for Big Projects/Activities
Time Blocking for a Team
- Can Help Teams Coordinate Work and Move Projects More Quickly
- Regular Time Blocks Create Inherent Motivation and Coordination
- Creates Natural Motivation Due to Multi-Person Accountability
- May Want to Consider Project Mgt. Software Like Trello/Monday/MS Project
Time Blocking Can Also Work Nicely for Sales/Client Development
- Many Sales Professionals Block Time for Calls, In-Person Visits
- Force That in First for Best Success, Do Busy Work in Non-Peak Times
- Similarly, Could Time Block for Paperwork/Busy Work (in Non-Peak Times)
Time Blocking Can Help With Work/Life Balance
- Workouts, Family Time, Personal, and Home Projects
- Vacation Time and Long-Term Productivity
- Being Strategic With Personal Time for Better Life Success
- Can Even Block Time for Relationship Success
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This course was last revised on May 17, 2022.
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- ASAP PACE 0.1
- This course is pre-approved through the American Society of Administrative Professionals (ASAP) for 0.1 CEU(s) towards your PACE Recertification.
- IAAP 1.0
- All education that aligns with the CAP Body of Knowledge can be used toward recertification. Lorman Education Services believes this course does align and should be counted toward recertification. Please visit IAAP's certification webpage to review recertification details and requirements. https://www.iaap-hq.org/page/CAP_Recertification. Course Length: 1.0.
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Randall F. Dean, MBA
Randall Dean Consulting & Training, LLC
Randy Dean, M.B.A.
- The E-mail Sanity Expert®
- Professional speaker and expert on time and email management and the related use of technology
- For 30 years, has led programs for major corporate, university, association, non-profit, Fortune 500, and governmental audiences
- Best known for programs on time, project, people, distraction, email management, working from home more productively, getting more from meetings, and Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace tools and systems
- Author of Amazon bestseller, Taming the E-mail Beast
- Producer and creator of several video-based self-study courses as well as a new series of mini-guide e-books
- Provides numerous short video tips on key software tools like Outlook and Gmail, as well as content on key productivity and time management strategies, techniques, and issues on his YouTube channel
- Member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and the Florida and Michigan Society of Association Executives
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