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Time Management Training

Build better priorities, protect productive time and create sustainable work habits that hold under pressure

Time Management Training

CTO’s Time management program is a practical, full-day course for professionals who want to accomplish more without working longer hours, building better priorities, protecting productive time and creating sustainable work habits. Fully customised to your team’s actual workload and working environment. Available onsite anywhere in Australia or live online.

Duration

Full day

Delivery

Onsite, online or hybrid

Group size

1 to 3 / 4 to 15 / 16 to 20

Prerequisites

None

  • Time Management

    The challenge

    Everyone has the same 24 hours. The difference between people who consistently achieve what matters and those who stay perpetually busy without making real progress is not effort, it is how they manage their priorities.

    Poor time management does not mean indiscipline every time. It is most often an inability to prioritise. It is something that can be learned. These skills help you reclaim productive hours every week.

    The result of poor time management is not just missed deadlines. It is the chronic stress of feeling constantly behind, the frustration of spending the day on urgent but unimportant tasks, and the end-of-day feeling of having been busy for eight hours without moving anything meaningful forward.

    This program addresses the root causes, not with productivity hacks, but with practical frameworks for thinking clearly about what matters, protecting the time to do it and building habits that hold under pressure.

    Who should attend

    • Managers juggling multiple competing responsibilities and priorities
    • Project managers coordinating complex schedules and stakeholder demands
    • Individual contributors with demanding workloads who feel constantly behind
    • Anyone who feels overwhelmed by time pressure and wants practical strategies to address it

    Course at a glance

    Full day
    Onsite or online
    1–20 participants
    None
    Foundation to intermediate

    Ready to build a team that manages time and priorities effectively? 

  • What this course covers

    The program covers both the thinking skills and the practical tools of effective time management.

    Priorities and planning

    • Distinguishing between urgent and important to focus on what genuinely matters
    • Planning your time around priorities rather than simply responding to demands
    • Using scheduling and planning tools effectively to create structure and visibility
    • Delegating appropriately to leverage your time and develop others

    Protection and habits

    • Identifying and eliminating the time-wasters that quietly consume productive hours
    • Handling interruptions and competing demands without losing focus on priority work
    • Creating sustainable work habits that maintain productivity without leading to burnout

    Course at a glance

    Full day
    Onsite or online
    1–20 participants
    None
    Foundation to intermediate

    Ready to build a team that manages time and priorities effectively? 

  • Foundation to intermediate – all professional roles

    Who this course is designed for

    Designed for any professional who wants to manage their time and priorities more effectively. Equally suitable for people new to structured time management and for experienced professionals who want to refresh their approach. No prerequisites. Open to all.

    Course at a glance

    Full day
    Onsite or online
    1–20 participants
    None
    Foundation to intermediate

    Ready to build a team that manages time and priorities effectively? 

  • What you will be able to do

    By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

    • Consistently distinguish between what is urgent and what is genuinely important
    • Plan their week around their priorities rather than reacting to whatever arrives next
    • Identify and address the specific time-wasters that are most affecting their productivity
    • Use scheduling and planning tools in a way that creates structure without rigidity
    • Handle interruptions and shifting demands without losing their thread on priority work
    • Delegate with clarity and confidence to make better use of their time
    • Maintain productive habits under pressure rather than reverting to reactive patterns

    Course at a glance

    Full day
    Onsite or online
    1–20 participants
    None
    Foundation to intermediate

    Ready to build a team that manages time and priorities effectively? 

  • How CTO makes the learning stick

    Before training

    CTO works with you and your nominated contact to understand the specific time management challenges your team faces, the type of work they do, the common interruptions and distractions in your environment and the planning tools already in use. Content is shaped around your actual working context.

    During training

    Participants work through practical prioritisation exercises using their real workloads. Planning frameworks are applied to actual tasks and schedules rather than hypothetical scenarios. The session is deliberately hands-on throughout.

    After training

    Participants receive a time management planning toolkit including prioritisation frameworks and weekly planning templates to use straight away. Follow-up programs including Strategic planning and Goals and goal setting are available for teams wanting to build broader planning capability.

    Course at a glance

    Full day
    Onsite or online
    1–20 participants
    None
    Foundation to intermediate

    Ready to build a team that manages time and priorities effectively? 

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Speak with a CTO specialist and find out how we can customise this course for your team’s specific workload and environment.