Time Management and Productivity
Efficiency, Prioritize, Work-Life Balance
Course Description
010-009-EE:
Time Management and Productivity
This course provides practical strategies to help individuals manage their time effectively and boost productivity in both personal and professional settings. Participants will learn how to set clear goals, prioritize tasks, minimize distractions, and create efficient workflows. Key topics include planning techniques, overcoming procrastination, leveraging productivity tools, and setting SMART goals, managing workloads, and using time-blocking techniques. Through interactive exercises and actionable insights, learners will develop the skills needed to stay organized, focused, and in control of their daily responsibilities.
Course Details
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Duration
2 days -
Delivery Method
In-person -
Fees
$1,740.00
This includes all course materials, lunch, and refreshments each day. . Early bird registration and group discounts are available
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Upcoming Sessions
Fall 2026
September 17 – 18
Topics Covered
- Time management challenges
- Root causes of poor time management
- Impact of poor time management on personal and professional life
- Prioritization methods
- Time management tools
- Boundary-setting
- Delegation
- SMART goals
- Stress management
- Prove time management techniques
Course Benefits
- Recognize the impact of poor time management on productivity, stress levels, and overall well-being.
- Identify your time management strategies and coping mechanisms.
- Know and learn to minimize the impact of your root causes of procrastination.
- List and understand time-wasting activities.
- Prioritize tasks using proven and effective tools.
- Develop the ability to create SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound) goals.
- Create efficient schedules and action plans for tasks and projects of various lengths.
- Adopt strategies to minimize the impact of distractions.
- Integrate time management tools to your workflow to optimize planning, task tracking, and collaboration.
- Master effective delegation strategies to free up time for high-priority tasks.
- Implement stress reduction techniques
- Adopt time management techniques for effective teamwork and collaboration.
- Create time-management focused actions plans and adapt them as required.
Intended Audience
- Early and mid-career professionals in all disciplines and industry
- Communications professionals
- Job seekers
- Professionals seeking a career transition
- Employees looking to enhance their skills
- Community learners
Topics
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- Introductions
- Participant time challenges
- Participants self-assessment about how they currently use time
- Mapping our increasingly complex world
- Identification of time wasters
- Time management challenges: procrastination, distractions, poor planning, ineffective time management tools, etc.
- Exploration of some root causes of poor time management (imposter syndrome, ADHD, Circadian Rhythm, learned behaviour, etc.)
- Impact of poor time management on personal and professional life
- Determine realistic and ideal personal work/life balance
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- Understanding and overcoming procrastination
- Understanding and overcoming perfectionism
- Prioritization methods (Eat the Frog, Pomodoro Technique, Eisenhower Matrix, Pareto Principle, Timeboxing, Moscow Method, Warren Buffet’s 25/5 Rule, etc.)
- Overview of popular time management tools (Trello, Asana, Slack, Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar)
- Integration of digital tools into workflow
- Focus strategies
- When/how to say *NO*
- When/how/why to delegate
- Establishing SMART goals
- Short, medium and long-term planning
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- Participant Time Management Action Plan presentations
- Recognition of the signs of burnout
- Stress management techniques
- Creation of work-life balance strategies
- Managing team projects
- Setting team goals and deadlines
- Sharing personal time management tips and strategies for teams
- Final content summary
- Question and answer period
- Celebrating progress and learning from setbacks
- Tips for continuous time management improvement and related resources
Meet our Instructor
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Rosalia Felice
Bilingual, relationship-driven communications specialist, creative learning & development professional, agile facilitator, dynamic moderator, and engaged course instructor with a diverse background spanning higher education as well as the non-profit and private sectors. Passionate about designing, developing, and delivering impactful training that supports individuals throughout their learning journeys, enabling them to exceed their objectives and expectations.
Committed to fostering an authentic, inclusive teaching approach that cultivates open, energetic, and inspiring environments, where learners challenge themselves and each other to succeed. Devoted to empowering students at all levels, as well as professionals in various stages of their careers to find their voice and use it with poise, purpose, confidence, and conviction. Teaching expertise includes communications, teamwork/collaboration, leadership, soft skills, life skills, and career management.
More than 25 years of progressive experience in strategic and applied communications, career services management, and corporate training at McGill University, backed by a BA in Communications and a Certificate in Public Affairs from Concordia University, and a Graduate Certificate in Leadership from McGill University, complemented by lifelong learning in a broad range of disciplines.
Recipient of the McGill Principal’s Award for team communication achievements at the Montreal Neuro, multiple Toastmasters International championships at the Club, Area, and Division levels, and numerous award nominations and recognitions.
