Managing Multiple Tasks, Priorities and Deadlines - Virtual Learning
Why Attend
Visions and goals are achieved when tasks are understood, priorities are established and deadlines are properly set. This course is designed to help participants develop the right capabilities to manage tasks, evaluate and establish the right priorities, and schedule activities based on clearly established deadlines. The course covers different methods and techniques to encourage task ownership while coordinating with other team members. It also covers how to influence those around us by properly setting expectations and seeing tasks through to successful completion.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the link between strategic planning and task accomplishment
- Describe task objectives, constraints and stakeholders
- Set task priorities and deadlines
- Improve task outcomes when working in groups and teams
- Communicate, justify and persuade others when it comes to changes to task assignments
Target Audience
This course targets professionals, from all industries, who want to acquire essential skills to create and develop an effective and efficient workplace environment. It is designed for team leaders, supervisors, managers and section heads who are interested in improving their personal productivity or that of the people they manage or work with, whether on a project or within a department. The course also serves as a solid foundation for those who are keen on assuming a supervisory or managerial role as the next step in their career.
Target Competencies
- Self-management
- Goal setting
- Scheduling
- Task management
- Conflict management
- Communication
- Motivation
- Dealing with change
- Introduction to tasks in a business environment
- Overview of task management
- The task PTTR lifecycle
- Organizational perspective on work accomplishment
- Building value mindset in every task
- Impact of company strategy on task management
- Role of organizational structures in getting tasks done
- Overview of task management
- Importance of planning in task management
- Task management skills
- Dealing with task constraints
- Goals, objectives and tasks
- From SMART objectives to SMART tasks
- Scopes of work and task assignments
- Identifying and managing task stakeholders
- Setting task priorities and deadlines
- How we deal with tasks - an assessment
- Planning, scheduling and meeting deadlines
- Task management and the development of priorities
- Managing meetings, e-mails, and interruptions
- ‘To do’ lists and managing priorities
- Time wasters, procrastination and immediate demands
- Tasks and shared responsibilities
- Skills needed when assistance is needed
- The four rights of delegation
- Interpersonal skills and task accomplishment
- Personal work styles and task accomplishment
- Improving task productivity
- Changing tasks effectively
- Communicating changes to task assignments
- Employee reactions to changes in task assignments
- The importance of engagement and ownership
- Overcoming natural resistance to changing tasks
Meirc Professional Certificate (MPC)
MPC certified courses by Meirc Training and Consulting are designed for those willing to challenge themselves and go the extra distance. Participants who fully attend an MPC course and successfully complete the test on the last day, will receive a Meirc Professional Certificate (MPC), in addition to the one they receive for attendance. MPC certificates are regionally recognized and can be quite valuable when applying for more senior roles within the organization or outside.
Per participant
USD 1,750
Fees + VAT as applicable
Tax Registration Number : 100239834300003
1 - 3 Jun, 2021
English
10:00 to 14:00 (UAE)
9:00 to 13:00 (KSA)
19 - 21 Dec, 2021
Arabic
10:00 to 14:00 (UAE)
9:00 to 13:00 (KSA)
