Class Details
Optimising Personal Productivity Course
Course summary
This personal productivity, effectiveness and efficiency course will help you create even more from your biggest asset – your time – and experience even greater fulfilment in the process.
Studies show self-esteem increases when we produce or create things or experiences that are of value. In this digital age, the challenge isn’t lack of time. After all, what is common to all of us is the fact that we all have challenges and we all have the same amount of time – 24 hours, 7 days a week. Yet the exceptional create more, and with significantly more impact than the average.
The solutions – value and take charge of your time, be clear on what is most important, develop the discipline and good habits to focus on what’s most important, and create and put empowering energy into all that you do.
This course provides all four solutions and covers four primary objectives. Firstly, to develop the mindset of being proactive and taking charge of your time. Secondly, to help you get clear on what is most important to you. Thirdly, to develop the right mindsets, skills and habits to radically enhance your personal energy and output. Finally, to sharpen your focus and eliminate distracting inputs that slow down progress.
Aims
This course provides a practical, hands-on approach to increasing personal effectiveness, energy, efficiency, and output. We aim to empower you with the mindsets, skills, strategies, and habits that enable optimal productivity and elevate personal fulfilment in these digital times of constant disruption and change.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- appreciate the difference between managing energy and managing time
- apply a personal productivity wheel tool to understand what’s most important and how to set goals effectively
- apply the 80/20 principle to focus on what is important
- adopt elite productivity mindsets
- create habit systems and rituals to elevate energy, sharpen focus and eliminate distractions
- quickly plan your days and weeks and learn how to work efficiently on the go.
Content
Managing energy versus managing time
- Energy versus time
- Productivity versus fulfilment
- Being proactive and taking ownership of your time
Effective goal setting and creating balance
- Defining what’s most important
- Using the life and professional wheel
- Effective goal setting
Putting first things first
- Critical versus important tasks
- Developing the discipline to put first things first
- How to say “no” and delegate effectively
Energy rituals and minimising distractions
- Creating the energy to optimise your productivity and experience
- Energy rituals
- Optimising focus and managing your environment to eliminate distractions
Who this course is for
Analysts, business professionals, managers, IT knowledge workers and lifelong learners looking to master their time, energy, and personal output.
Prerequisites
None. While some participants may have experience in time-management and productivity, this course is designed with the beginner in mind.
Delivery modes
- Face-to-face, presenter-taught workshop
- Online workshop via the platform Zoom
Delivery style
Explosive productivity will be taught through a series of concepts, examples, group exercises, and in-class knowledge challenges. The material is presented so that participants of varying backgrounds, skills and abilities can all move together in a brisk but comfortable learning pace.
Utilising principles of productivity, effectiveness, efficiency and time and energy management, the course material and timeline are structured to optimise learning and value add.
Materials
Course notes are distributed electronically using Dropbox before class.
Sessions
Location
Face-to-face (CCE Building, Sydney)
Public transport
As bus and train timetables regularly change, we suggest you visit the Transport for NSW trip planner before you set out.
The nearest train stations are Newtown Station and Macdonaldtown Station. Macdonaldtown Station is closer by distance than Newtown Station, however trains do not stop as frequently as at Newtown Station.
Other information
Parking
Nearby parking is available at Wilson Parking - RPA Medical Centre Car Park (entry via Elizabeth Street off Carillon Avenue).
A Flexi Saver Rate is available but must be booked in advance online and includes the booking fee. Bookings can be made via the Wilson website or by downloading the Wilson Parking App. Otherwise, hourly parking rates will apply, as advertised on the Wilson Parking website.
Meet the facilitators
Dominic Siow
“Be the light or the mirror that reflects it.”
Dominic Siow is the quintessential optimist. A passionate transformation coach, he has dedicated the past 17 years of his career to helping organisations create workplace culture that inspires their people to be at their natural best. His talks, coaching and workshops on leadership, collaboration, influence and emotional intelligence have created a positive impact on more than 150 organisations throughout the Asia Pacific region. More than 50,000 people have attended his talks and training, with many rating them as the most impactful professional development they’ve experienced.
Prior to his present vocation, Dominic was a senior operations manager for IBM Australia and VP of Product Development at Grapevine Technologies. He is the author of the Amazon Best Seller “What’s GREAT about this? How to be Resilient and thrive through disruption and change.”
