Advanced Skills for Task Management

Introduction

In today’s fiercely competitive business environment, maintaining high productivity demands both dedicated effort and continuous improvement in management skills. Effective task management requires both theoretical knowledge and practical experience. Professionals across industries must adopt productive methods for planning, goal setting, interpersonal communication, and decision-making to manage tasks efficiently and drive organizational change.

Our task management courses are designed to provide insights into goal setting, task planning, time management, decision-making, and collaborative productivity. This program delivers practical techniques and tools applicable to any professional setting, enhancing your confidence and ability to apply management concepts effectively.

The course is divided into two main modules: the first focuses on fundamental principles of task and project planning, including time management and stress handling, while the second emphasizes leadership skills, goal-setting, performance standards, and change management.

Objectives

By the end of this Advanced Skills for Task Management, participants will be able to:

• Utilize frameworks for planning, prioritizing tasks, scheduling work, and project planning.
• Apply leadership techniques for effective work planning and priority setting.
• Develop strategies for managing plans, priorities, and goals.
• Complete assignments on schedule using fundamental planning and project tools.
• Efficiently set deadlines and targets.
• Understand colleagues' roles and leverage their strengths.
• Apply positive interpersonal techniques in task management.
• Balance time, cost, scope, and quality in work planning.
• Engage stakeholders and manage their roles effectively.
• Use delegation and empowerment for leadership and change management.
• Enhance communication and human interaction skills.
• Set strategic and organizational goals.
• Employ improved decision-making models and techniques.
• Utilize delegation in goal-setting and planning.
• Foster high-quality decision-making individually and in teams.
• Maintain effective planning procedures and integrate them into organizational goals.
• Improve leadership skills, capability, and morale.
• Prepare for and manage task contingencies.
• Enhance performance in setting and achieving work objectives.
• Build teams and leaders to handle dynamic, continuous change.
• Develop informed decision-making skills at both individual and organizational levels.

Training Methodology

• Interactive Workshops
• Case Studies
• Simulation Exercises
• Group Discussions
• Role-Playing Scenarios
• Goal-Setting Activities
• Project Planning Sessions
• Time Management Techniques
• Stakeholder Management Strategies
• Decision-Making Simulations
• Delegation and Empowerment Workshops
• Communication Skills Training
• Feedback and Reflection Sessions

Course Outline

Unit 1: Effective Time, Task & Work Planning

• Self-assessment and setting expectations
• Adapting to changes in work and life
• Life-work balance

Unit 2: Why Time Matters and How Your Use of Time Affects Others

• Time usage evaluation
• Identifying time wasters
• Impact of time management on others

Unit 3: Work Planning and Project Management

• Diagnostic review of work management
• Pressures on plans (Time, Quality, Cost)
• Planning process, risk analysis, and problem-solving techniques

Unit 4: Practical Techniques for Managing Time Wasters

• Managing paperwork and business trips
• Conducting efficient meetings
• Handling phone conversations and interruptions

Unit 5: Making It All Work

• Work planning practicalities
• Analyzing strengths and development needs
• Personal development planning

Unit 6: Current Status of Setting Goals, Planning, and Decision Making

• Overview of organizational change impacts
• Reviewing management processes
• Using planning processes for goal setting

Unit 7: Importance of Goal Setting and Planning Management

• Integrating goals, scope, and management plans
• Identifying resource needs and risk factors
• Effective communication in planning

Unit 8: Setting Priorities and Making Decisions in the Planning Process

• Confirming task priorities
• Time management and scheduling
• Holistic work planning and decision-making techniques

Unit 9: Working with Your Team

• Skills required for team involvement
• Importance of group skills and interpersonal communication
• Empowering teams through delegation and effective communication

Unit 10: Developing Personal and Team Change Action Plans

• Adapting to innovation and improvement
• Setting change goals and managing resistance
• Creating and executing individual and team action plans