Time ManagementWorking Smart with Microsoft Outlook

Unit 1 – Being productive

• The key elements needed to help you refine your organisational toolkit
• Identifying the areas of work that add greatest value
• Understanding prioritisation

With this ‘productivity platform’ in place, you’ll be in a better position to recognise and manage distractions and interruptions, thereby improving your time management.

Unit 2 – Setting yourself up to work smart

• Exploring the full power of the Microsoft Outlook ‘toolbox’
• Setting up the components that will see you working smarter, with more focus
• Increasing productivity and eliminating unhelpful habits

Unit 3 – Manage your email effectively

• Taking control of your emails through Microsoft Outlook
• Managing and prioritising emails for improved productivity
• Filing and finding your mail
• Sticking to your priorities regardless of the volume of email traffic

Unit 4 – Managing commitments to enable a sense of achievement

• The importance of the Microsoft Outlook Calendar
• How to avoid becoming a victim of “planning fallacy”
• A sense of achievement is possible

Unit 5 – Better results via effective communication and delegation

• Learning how to plan, capture and follow up effectively on important communications and delegations.

Unit 6 – Priority Planning for Results

• Discovering how the planning process works for you
• Becoming more strategic in your daily choices
• Developing consistency – and a sense of accomplishment