Taking Productivity to the Next Level Training Course

This activity based half-day course explores two main ideas: how do people make choices about how they spend their time, and how can they ‘get in flow’ to maximise their productivity in the time that they have.

The myth of multi-tasking will be exploded and replaced with mindfulness – enabling focus in the moment. Participants will explore how mindfulness can be applied to problem solving, conflict management and empathy – leading to greater understanding, faster results and greater harmony.

The research of psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the father of ‘flow’, will be used to give participants the tools to get in a flow state where their productivity is optimised. 

Mindfulness and flow are fantastic tools and ways of being, but when should someone use them? The course looks at the other major impact on productivity, time - how to decide what to spend it on.

Participants will leave an action packed half-day with both tools and strategies to optimise their productivity.

Learning Outcomes

• Communicate Effectively
• Customer Focus
• Innovation and Creativity
• Engagement and Performance
• Increased Collaboration
• Value Diversity
• Deliver Results
• Engagement and performance
• Solve Problems
• Engage and Develop People
• Manage Disruption and change

Course Outline

Taking Productivity to the Next Level - Lesson 1
Learn to focus for productivity and quality

• Should we Strive to be a Multi-Tasker?


• Mindfulness – enabling focus in the moment


• Mindfulness at Work


• The Role of Management in Mindfulness


• Reflection

Taking Productivity to the Next Level - Lesson 2
Getting in flow

• When Productivity and Happiness Meet


• How Managers Can Encourage Flow


• Stimulating Flow using a Power Play


• Reflection

Taking Productivity to the Next Level - Lesson 3
Time Choices

• Priorities


• Procrastination


• Why We Procrastinate


• Routines and Productivity


• Reflection

Taking Productivity to the Next Level - Lesson 4
Reflections

• Reflection