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Time Management Training 1 day

Do you often experience busy yet unproductive days, feeling overwhelmed by your workload? Our CPD accredited course offers practical time management tools and techniques to help you become more productive and less stressed. Learn how to effectively plan, prepare, and delegate tasks, while avoiding procrastination and time-wasters.

Available as an open course at venues across the UK, as live online training via Microsoft Teams, or as bespoke in-house training tailored to your organisation.

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"The course content was great - new skills on how to plan to succeed. The trainer explained everything clearly and concisely. I learned a lot I won't forget." - Charlotte Oates, British Friendly Society
CPD Accredited
Established 1997
6 CPD Hours
Delivery Options Upcoming Dates

Course Overview

What is Time Management Training?

Our practical time management workshop starts by drawing a clear distinction between being busy and being productive. This one-day time management course gives managers, team leaders and professionals a structured system for prioritising work, planning ahead, delegating effectively and protecting focused time. Many delegates arrive doing more work than they should need to, yet feeling as though their most important tasks never quite get done.

The afternoon shifts focus to the emotional side of productivity. Knowing what to do is only half the challenge; the other half is developing the self-motivation and mental resilience to follow through consistently. We cover how to maintain a positive mental attitude, manage your physical energy, control unproductive conversations and build the continuous improvement habit that makes each week slightly more effective than the last.

It is especially useful as time management training for managers who need to protect their own priorities while still supporting colleagues, clients and direct reports.

By the end of the course you will have a complete time management framework, rational and emotional, and a written action plan specifying exactly what you will change, starting the moment you return to work.

Core Skills

The Key Skills Covered

Unlike generic time management courses, this course develops six practical skills that separate genuine high performers from the merely busy. Each skill is immediately applicable and reinforces the others; together they form a complete system for sustainable productivity.

  1. 1

    Prioritisation and Planning

    Determine which tasks are most valuable, most time-sensitive and in the right logical sequence to do first. Move from reactive firefighting to proactive, planned productivity that puts your best energy where it creates the most value.

  2. 2

    Effective Delegation

    Assign the right tasks to the right people, at the right time, with clear outcomes agreed in writing. Delegation is the highest-leverage time management tool available to a manager; this course shows you exactly how to do it without losing control of results.

  3. 3

    Goal Setting with SMART

    Define objectives with the eight-part SMART formula so they are specific, measurable and genuinely motivating. A well-written goal eliminates ambiguity, accelerates decision-making and gives you a clear measure of success.

  4. 4

    Managing Interruptions

    Protect your focused work time from the constant stream of interruptions, distractions and low-priority requests that consume the majority of most managers' days. Learn to manage an open-door culture without sacrificing your own output.

  5. 5

    Emotional Self-Management

    Develop the psychological discipline to do what you should do, even when you do not feel like it. Manage your energy and mental state to sustain high performance across the full working day, not just when conditions are ideal.

  6. 6

    Continuous Improvement

    Build the habit of reviewing what worked, adjusting your approach and systematically performing better each week. Applied consistently, continuous improvement compounds over time into transformational gains in personal output and team results.

Who Is This Course For?

Time Management Training for Managers, Team Leaders and Professionals

This time management training course is designed for managers, team leaders, project managers, specialists and employees who need to regain control of demanding workloads and make consistent progress on their highest-value priorities.

Managers and Team Leaders

Reclaim control of your diary and set a high-productivity example for your team.

Project Managers

Deliver more projects on time by mastering prioritisation and structured planning.

Professional Specialists

Protect your deep-work time and get your most important technical output finished first.

Anyone Feeling Overstretched

Regain a sense of control, reduce daily stress and end the cycle of busy-but-unproductive days.

Also highly valuable for technical specialists managing complex solo workloads, newly promoted managers balancing team leadership with personal output, and business owners who find that operational demands consistently crowd out strategic priorities.

Course Agenda

Time Management Training Course Details

AM

Morning Session • Prioritisation, delegation and planning

Master the logical foundations of effective time management: a proven prioritisation system, structured delegation, SMART goal-setting and practical techniques for protecting your focused work time from distractions.

Time management training teaches you to direct your attention, energy and effort towards the tasks that deliver the greatest value, and away from the habitual patterns that consume time without producing results. We open with a working definition, explain why prioritisation is the foundation of every other skill on this course, and introduce the two distinct components of effective time management: the rational (planning, systems, structure) and the emotional (motivation, self-discipline, resilience). Understanding both is essential, because you cannot build a good plan that you lack the willpower to follow, and self-motivation without a clear plan produces frantic bustle rather than real progress.
The prioritisation grid classifies your tasks on two dimensions: deadline pressure (how soon does it need to be done?) and value (how much does completing it contribute to your goals?). We walk through the four resulting quadrants in detail: high-value urgent tasks that must be done now; high-value non-urgent tasks that must be scheduled before they become crises; low-value tasks that can be batched, delegated or simplified; and low-value non-urgent tasks that can often be eliminated entirely. You will plot your own current workload onto the grid and identify the immediate changes that will have the greatest impact.
There are seven core skills that distinguish excellent time managers from those who are merely very busy: prioritisation, planning, goal setting, delegation, concentration, handling interruptions, and prevention of avoidable errors. We introduce each skill and its relationship to the others, giving you a coherent framework for the rest of the course. You will also conduct a brief self-assessment of your current competence in each area, so that the session is personally targeted rather than generic.
Most wasted time results from habitual patterns rather than genuine emergencies. Common habits include tackling enjoyable tasks before important ones, processing email reactively throughout the day, attending meetings without clear agendas or outcomes, saying yes to requests that should be redirected, and beginning tasks without a written plan. We examine the most prevalent habits in demanding work environments and provide a structured exercise to help you identify which patterns are costing you the most time, and are therefore the highest-priority targets for change.
A scored self-assessment covering your current approach to eight dimensions of time management: planning, prioritisation, delegation, interruption management, goal clarity, decision-making speed, procrastination tendency and self-motivation. Your results give you a personalised baseline from the start of the day and direct your attention towards the specific skills that will deliver the greatest improvement in your situation. The questionnaire also provides a useful benchmark to revisit in three to six months to measure your progress.
Prioritisation is fundamentally a decision-making process: you cannot rank tasks without evaluation criteria. We introduce a three-factor framework for ordering your workload (value, deadline pressure and logical sequence) and show how applying all three simultaneously produces a clear priority list even when every task feels urgent. We also cover common decision-making traps (analysis paralysis, recency bias, the sunk-cost fallacy) that cause time managers to allocate effort to the wrong things despite knowing better.
Delegation is one of the highest-leverage time management activities available, yet it is consistently under-used. We examine the legitimate reasons to delegate (the other person has superior specialist skill; the task provides a valuable development opportunity; completing it yourself would prevent you from doing higher-value work) and contrast these with the common rationalisations that lead to poor or absent delegation. You will leave with a clear, repeatable model for deciding what should stay with you and what should be handed on, including how to choose the right person for each task.
Delegation only succeeds when the task, the expected outcome and the quality standard are communicated with precision. Vague instructions produce vague results, forcing the manager to intervene repeatedly and ultimately discouraging further delegation. We show how the eight-part SMART goal-setting formula (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound, written, positively framed and personally owned) transforms a verbal request into a clear, trackable commitment. You will practise writing delegation briefs that eliminate ambiguity before it causes rework.
Interruptions are one of the costliest drains on productive time. Research suggests that a single interruption can require up to 23 minutes of recovery time before a manager regains full concentration on the task they were doing. We distinguish between genuine urgent interruptions that warrant your attention and habitual interruptions that could be batched, redirected or prevented entirely. You will learn how to protect your highest-value focused work time, manage an open-door culture without sacrificing output, and gradually train your team to attempt their own solutions before escalating to you.
The Pareto principle holds that roughly 80% of your results come from 20% of your activities. This is not a coincidence; it is a reliable feature of complex systems. We help you identify the high-value 20% of tasks that drive the majority of your output, reduce the time spent on activities that consume effort without producing proportionate results, and apply the same lens to your team's collective workload. Even shifting 10% of your available time from low-value to high-value activities typically produces a measurable step-change in results.
Email is simultaneously essential and one of the most pervasive sources of time waste in modern workplaces. We introduce a proven system for processing your inbox to zero at scheduled intervals rather than monitoring it continuously, writing messages that generate fewer unnecessary replies, using subject lines that communicate urgency and required action clearly, and setting expectations with colleagues about response times that protect your focus without making you unreachable.
The morning closes with a session on implementation: the gap between knowing and doing. The most common reason time management training fails to produce lasting change is not lack of knowledge; it is failure to build new habits until they become automatic. We cover proven behaviour-change strategies: starting with one change at a time rather than overhauling everything simultaneously, anchoring new habits to existing routines, designing your environment to make the right behaviour easier, and measuring progress in a way that builds momentum.
PM

Afternoon Session • Emotional management, resilience and continuous improvement

Develop the self-motivation, mental resilience and positive mindset that transforms a good time management plan into consistent real-world performance, and embed a continuous improvement habit that makes every week better than the last.

Personal effectiveness is a broader concept than time management: it is the measure of how much real value you create relative to the time and energy you invest. A person can be extremely busy (working long hours, attending many meetings, clearing many emails) while producing very little of genuine consequence. We explore the factors that distinguish high-output professionals from high-activity ones: clarity of purpose, disciplined focus, proactive planning and the ability to direct effort where it matters most.
Your mental state has a direct and measurable effect on the quality and quantity of your output. A distracted, anxious or low-energy mind makes poor decisions, avoids difficult tasks, takes longer to complete straightforward work and creates more errors that need correcting later. We examine what a genuinely productive state of mind looks like, why it is a trainable condition rather than a fixed personality trait, and the specific techniques (cognitive, environmental and physical) for entering and maintaining it throughout the working day.
Sleep deprivation, poor nutrition and prolonged sedentary working create measurable cognitive impairment: slower processing, weaker working memory, reduced ability to concentrate and more impulsive decision-making. We examine the evidence on the relationship between physical health and cognitive performance, and give you a set of practical, immediately implementable habits (none of which require a gym membership or a radical lifestyle change) that will noticeably improve your energy, concentration and mood within days.
Positivity is a catalyst for productivity: it reduces the cognitive load of decision-making, improves the quality of ideas generated, makes collaboration easier and increases persistence in the face of setbacks. We cover the neurological basis of optimism, why it is a learnable skill rather than an inherited trait, and a set of daily practices (including environmental design, selective attention and cognitive reframing) that sustain a constructive mental outlook even under prolonged pressure or during periods of significant uncertainty.
Much of a busy professional's time is lost to conversations that drift, repeat themselves, escalate unnecessarily or produce no clear outcome or action. We introduce techniques for opening every significant conversation with a stated purpose, steering discussions productively when they veer off course, closing them with explicit next steps, and avoiding the common trap of agreeing in the moment to things you cannot realistically deliver. Mastering conversation control reduces meeting time, cuts misunderstandings and projects quiet, effective leadership.
Continuous improvement is the discipline of systematically reviewing what worked, identifying what could work better and modifying your approach before the next attempt. Applied to your personal time management practice, it means that every week you work slightly smarter than the last. The cumulative effect over a year is significant. We introduce a simple four-step habit (observe, analyse, plan, act) and show you how to embed it as a five-to-ten-minute weekly review rather than a lengthy and onerous improvement project.
Feedback is the mechanism through which you learn and improve. Without accurate, timely feedback on the results of your actions, you cannot distinguish what is working from what is not, and improvement becomes impossible. We explore how to actively seek meaningful feedback from colleagues, clients and direct reports; how to interpret critical feedback without defensiveness; and how to convert even difficult feedback into specific actions that raise performance. We also cover how to deliver structured, objective feedback to others in a way that motivates rather than demoralises.
The course closes with an extended action planning session. Each delegate identifies the three to five specific changes they will implement immediately, commits to a date by which each change will be in place, and defines how they will measure success. We finish with a reflection on the growth mindset: the understanding that your results are not fixed by talent or circumstance, but are continually shaped by the decisions, habits and sustained effort you invest each day. Three months of free telephone coaching support continues the process after you return to work.

Course Trainers

Meet Our Time Management Course Trainers

Your course will be delivered by one of our experienced workplace trainers. Each trainer combines structured teaching with practical exercises, discussion and individual action planning, so delegates leave with methods they can apply immediately.

Chris Farmer, founder and lead trainer at Corporate Coach Group

Meet Chris Farmer

Founder & Lead Trainer

Chris Farmer founded Corporate Coach Group in 1997 and has designed and delivered practical leadership, management and personal development training for organisations across the public and private sectors ever since.

On this course, Chris helps managers, team leaders and professionals apply clear principles, usable planning tools and disciplined follow-through, so they leave with practical methods for handling deadlines, interruptions and competing priorities.

Established trainer

Designing and delivering management training since 1997.

Practical delivery

Exercises, discussion and written action planning throughout the day.

Ongoing support

Corporate Coach Group provides three months of telephone coaching to help delegates apply what they have learned.

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Availability and Pricing

Course Formats and Delivery Options

Choose from scheduled open time management courses, live online training or bespoke in-house time management training for your organisation. Each format covers the same practical methods and learning outcomes.

Online Live Training

£350 +VAT

per delegate

Interactive live sessions delivered via Teams using our superior green-screen technology.

  • Same content as face-to-face
  • Learn from home or office
  • Delivered via MS Teams
  • Laptop or tablet with webcam
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Open Course

£475 +VAT

per delegate

Early bird offers available

Join one of our scheduled courses in London and other major UK locations, alongside delegates from a range of organisations and industries

  • Regular London and UK course dates
  • 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
  • Tea and coffee from 8:45 am
  • Network with peers
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Bespoke In-House

£2250+VAT

per training day

We come to you. Training delivered at your premises, tailored to your team's specific needs.

  • Your premises or online
  • Tailored to your organisation
  • Dates to suit your schedule
  • We can train in your timezone
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All Our Training Includes

Full 1 day of expert training delivered by an experienced trainer
CPD-endorsed course: 6 CPD training hours (plus 2-3 additional hours via post-course online learning)
Full digital interactive course notes
Official training certificate
Access to free additional training material via our post-course portal
3 months of free telephone coaching while you implement your learning

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Upcoming Dates

Next Available Course Dates

18 June 2026 Open

Manchester City

£475 +VAT
3 July 2026 Open

Cheltenham Gloucestershire

£475 +VAT
8 July 2026 Online

Online - Teams

£350 +VAT
15 July 2026 Open

London - Central

£500 +VAT
23 July 2026 Open

Birmingham

£475 +VAT
30 July 2026 Open

Bristol (Clifton)

£475 +VAT
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Frequently Asked Questions

Course FAQs

You can book directly online via our course dates page, call us on 020 3856 3037, or make an enquiry and we will call you back. We accept payment by BACS, cheque or credit card. Once booked, you will receive a confirmation email with full joining instructions.
Yes. We can deliver this course exclusively for your team at your premises or online, on dates to suit you. Bespoke in-house training is priced per day rather than per delegate, making it cost-effective for groups of four or more. We can also tailor the content to address your organisation's specific challenges.
The core objectives of time management training are: to ensure your highest-value tasks consistently receive the time and focus they deserve; to reduce wasted effort on low-value or avoidable activity; to meet deadlines reliably without last-minute crises; and to create space in your schedule for planning, problem-solving and maintaining quality. Underlying all of these is a deeper goal: to achieve what matters most by directing your efforts strategically rather than reactively, so that at the end of each day you can account for your time with confidence rather than wondering where it went.
The ten most important time management skills are:
  1. Setting and committing to specific, written goals
  2. Prioritising tasks by value, deadline pressure and logical sequence
  3. Creating a structured daily and weekly plan
  4. Delegating effectively to the right person with clear outcomes
  5. Managing interruptions and protecting focused work time
  6. Recognising and overcoming procrastination
  7. Making fast, sound decisions using clear criteria
  8. Communicating with clarity and efficiency to minimise rework
  9. Managing your physical energy as well as your schedule
  10. Reviewing results and continuously improving your system
This course addresses all ten in a single, highly practical day.
Good time management skills are developed in three stages. First, understand the principles: what to prioritise, how delegation works, why planning prevents problems, and how your emotional state affects your output. Second, practise the behaviours until they become automatic habits; this is where purely theoretical training typically fails, because knowing what to do is not the same as doing it under pressure. Third, review your results honestly and adjust your approach based on what is and is not working. This course provides the principles and the structured practice, and the three months of free telephone coaching that follows gives you ongoing support while you embed new habits in real working conditions.
Yes, the training is highly interactive. Sessions include group discussions, exercises, case studies and individual action planning. The trainer actively teaches expert content rather than simply facilitating discussion, so delegates leave with structured knowledge they can apply immediately. The style is engaging and practical throughout.
Delegates come from a wide range of seniority levels and sectors: managers and team leaders, project managers, professional and technical specialists, business owners, and anyone who regularly feels reactive, stretched or unable to make adequate progress on their most important priorities. The challenges addressed on this course (prioritisation overwhelm, interruptions, procrastination, delegation resistance and low energy) are universal. Delegates typically find that conversations with peers from different industries produce some of the most valuable insights of the day, because the underlying patterns are the same regardless of sector.
Yes. London is one of the regular open course locations, and live online dates are also available for delegates who want the same content without travelling. Organisations can also book in-house delivery for their own team.
Open courses run from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Delegates are welcome to arrive from 8:45 am; tea and coffee are available from that time. The course includes mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks plus a lunch break.

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  1. 1 Course Overview
  2. 2 Key Skills
  3. 3 Who Should Attend
  4. 4 Course Agenda
  5. 5 Course Formats
  6. 6 Upcoming Dates
  7. 7 FAQs

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★★★★★

"The course content I found to be really interesting, with learning various theories into why and how we do as humans what we do. I really found the priority quadrant useful and will be beneficial, also the 8 success Qs. Chris's presentation was really good, and I found it very articulate and easy to understand. 100/100"

Gemma Bentley

Doocey Group

★★★★★

"Useful models with clear examples of how they relate to work/life scenarios. Engaging and memorable stress on time & priority management, wrapped up in a professional and personable delivery. Informative, educational and enjoyable. The trainer was Confident. Professional. Engaging. Able to seamlessly move between points & conversational periods back to material. 100/100 "

Jack Kumble

Aldersgate Group

★★★★★

"Really in-depth and interactive training course. It was for the whole day, but didn’t feel like it. It didn't dragged on. The course has provided useful frameworks that I can take forward to achieve my goals. I feel like the course content and methodology end can be binary, a yes or no, do we know, but something can be mitigated The resentation was interactive & personable"

Aaron Verma

Redbrain

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