The course for busy people. Make better use of Outlook to manage your time and focus on goals that make a difference.
What you'll learn
- Fundamental time management principles and how to apply them with Outlook to better navigate your workdays
- Practical methods to declutter your day and organize your time for focused work on your top priorities
- Expert advice on using Outlook to put these concepts into practice and become more efficient with planning, task tracking and email management
- Make better use of the great tool that you already have - Outlook is much more than just an email program.
Requirements
- You should have Microsoft Outlook on your PC. Any version would work - we'll cover Office 365 as well as older versions
- You should be interested in optimizing your work methods
Description
After this course…
- You will start the following days with your first weekly plan
- You will focus your energy more effectively on your key goals
- You will plan and track your tasks systematically and with less effort
- You will make better use of the tool that you already have
- This is not a theory-only course. We'll focus on a few fundamental principles and their practical application. I will explain what has worked for me for many years.
- This is not an general Outlook beginner course. Rather, we'll focus on the calendar and task tracking functionality. Regarding time management, we'll start from scratch.
- We'll start with a few basic principles:
– How to derive your personal goals and key tasks
– Pareto- and Eisenhower principles, prioritization and daily performance curve
– Why todo lists are not really useful for time management - Then, I'll introduce you to the method that most successful people use: work based on a calendar plan. With a few systematic steps, we’ll convert your current todo list into such a plan. You’ll see it can be done in minutes.
- We’ll use Microsoft Outlook (no specific version required) as a tool for our practical application - a great tool, totally underutilized if only used for emails. Make better use of the software that you already have!
- There will be many short exercises and tips for for putting theory into practice: how to handle interruptions and surprises, tracking of tasks via sticky notes, Kanban and much more.
- Time savers and productivity tips, e.g.:
– how to reduce the number of emails in your inbox
– how to set up an efficient info retrieval system
– how to quickly and reliably track emails and topics
Not convinced yet?
- Start now and get the benefits of a proven work method from tomorrow onwards:
- more structure to your days
- more results that make a difference
- less stress! - In about 2 hrs you can reach the next level of your time management approach
- Even a 2% improvement will help you save time over the next few weeks (but more than 2% is certainly possible)
- Is there a better way to invest your time today?
- As usual with Udemy: no risk - you can return the course if you are not satisfied
- I'm looking forward to working with you, and will answer your questions any time in the Q&A section.
See you in the course
- This course is for you if you have more to do than what fits into a day
- If you want to get to the next productivity level with limited time investment – more results with less stress
- If you are already using Outlook for emails, but don’t utilize the calendar and planning functionality much - after the course you'll make better use of the tool that you already have
- This is not a basic "how-to" Outlook course. Instead, we'll focus on the calendar and task tracking functionalities
