You will be able to gain and apply your knowledge and understanding of personal and professional awareness, organization and commitment, and use the tools, methods and techniques that you have learned in goal setting, prioritization, scheduling, and delegation to overcome time management challenges and enhance productivity.
Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity
Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity
This course is part of Career Success Specialization
Instructor: Margaret Meloni, MBA, PMP
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What you'll learn
Plan effectively to achieve your personal and professional goals
Recognize and overcome barriers to successful time management
Keep your sense of perspective to prevent and manage crises
Manage resources effectively and efficiently
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There are 4 modules in this course
Welcome to Module 1 of Work Smarter, Not Harder. This module we will explore the difference between productive and unproductive work, the importance of prioritizing, and basics of time planning. We will also reflect together on some of our past work situations and create our own individual work plans.
What's included
2 videos8 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts
Welcome to Module 2 of Work Smarter, Not Harder. This module we will discuss whether work/life balance is a myth and complete a work/life balance toolkit. We’ll also reflect on the time/money tradeoff and consider what tasks we may be able to hand off to others.
What's included
2 videos5 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts
Welcome to Module 3 of Work Smarter, Not Harder. This module we’ll discuss the importance of timing and how to handle communications. We’ll share our personal experiences of time management as well as journal our energy levels to find when we’re most productive.
What's included
2 videos5 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts
Welcome to the final module of Work Smarter, Not Harder. This module we’ll wrap up by exploring focus as a competitive advantage and the idea of multitasking. We’ll share our takeaways from the course and conclude with identifying our most common distractions.
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2 videos8 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts
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RM
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Reviewed on Jan 26, 2017
This course helped me to see some self sabotaging habits that I had developed that were decreasing my overall productivity. Now I am able to take steps to change and start getting things done.
R
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Reviewed on Apr 17, 2020
Its nice experience for me. I learned lot of things because i am also MBA graduate so it will help me in future. Thank you
YJ
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Reviewed on Dec 4, 2024
This course helped me to see some self sabotaging habits that I had developed that were decreasing my overall productivity. Now I am able to take steps to change and start getting things done.
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