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THE MYTH OF TIME MANAGEMENT
Manage yourself, not time. Success is focus, not task. Most people do not need another productivity hack. They need a clearer way to decide what matters, protect attention for it, and make honest trade-offs when the load exceeds their capacity. The Myth of Time Management challenges the idea that better time management means simply becoming more efficient. Participants learn to manage their own choices, attention, energy, and commitments rather than trying to control a fixed 24-hour day. They leave with a target, an objective that serves it, a protected calendar block, a plan for the trade-off conversations they need to have, and an accountability commitment for the next 30 to 90 days.
Competencies emphasized:
- Self-Management
- Strategic Thinking
- Decision Making
- Communication
- Accountability
- Resilience
Course Objectives/Outcomes:
Reframe time management as a challenge of capacity, focus, choice, and self-management.
Identify misalignment between what they say matters and where their time and attention actually go.
Use the Eisenhower Matrix to distinguish urgent work from important work and identify an important, nonurgent objective worth protecting.
Translate a meaningful objective into a specific, protected calendar block and use the FOCUS method to hold attention on it.
Use the Sight Picture SITREP to communicate workload, priorities, and trade-offs with a boss, peer, employee, or client.
Select and apply practical tools for common productivity challenges, including distraction, task overload, low-value work, prioritization, and workflow.
Use an Energy Audit to improve the timing, ownership, size, or placement of work.
Create a personal action plan linking target, objective, protected time, trade-off conversation, tactical tool, and accountability.
Course Length and Type :
Full day, approximately 7 hours door to door including lunch and breaks; in-person
Class Size:
12-30
Target Audience:
Designed for leaders and professionals working in demanding environments where competing priorities, constant responsiveness, and limited capacity can make meaningful work difficult to protect. The course is especially valuable for supervisors, managers, senior leaders, and experienced professionals who already know how to work hard and get things done, but want a more intentional and sustainable way to focus effort, communicate trade-offs, and align daily work with mission and purpose.
- 1:1 coaching session with 1-3 leaders included.
- Multiple follow-on sessions are available separately