Quality Focus

A busy personal life has a direct correlation to your productivity level at your job. Get control of your tasks at home and that will help your productivity level at work, making you better able to stick to schedules and meet deadlines by reducing the stress and distractions that come from trying to juggle home and work at the same time. In this course, you’ll explore some tips for getting yourself and your family out the door in the morning, as well as managing areas of your life such as personal appointments, personal organization, parental responsibilities, and your personal health and well-being.

Meeting targets and achieving goals consistently regardless of the business situation isn't easy. A big part of doing this successfully is managing time effectively. In this course, you'll learn why it's important to align your goals with your company's goals, and you'll learn how to do it with a goal alignment worksheet. You'll also learn how to ask questions to clarify goals, and how to establish and prioritize priorities based on these goals.

The last time you were faced with a list of tasks, which one did you do first? Was it the most difficult? Was it a random choice, or did you choose the easiest task first? The latter points toward procrastination – a habit that causes urgent and difficult tasks to pile up as you avoid them. Procrastinators typically focus on the reasons not to do something, rather than just doing it. Don't think about working more hours, think about working better hours. Use your time to get organized and avoid procrastination. In this course, you'll discover some tips to become more organized and combat time wasters. You'll learn about the causes of procrastination, and the ways to develop your self-discipline. You'll also learn how to set your priorities and know when to say yes to a new task and when to say no.

When you have limited resources and multiple goals, you have to know how to zero in on what's most important and focus on achieving it. In this course, you'll learn how to define and follow through on priorities for yourself and others.

You don't have to manage your time, but the stress and potential for mistakes grows when you don't. To manage time, you need to be organized. In this course, you'll learn strategies for improving your productivity depending on what type of time management personality you have. You'll also learn how to deal with time stealers, create manageable to-do lists, and maintain an organized time management approach.

Even if you know what's important to do and have an organized time management routine, losing focus can stop your progress in its tracks. In this course, you'll learn strategies for dealing with focus challenges and distractions at work. You'll also explore ways of saying no, and consider ways in which you can adjust your focus in response to changing circumstances or emergencies. And you'll learn how to refocus when something causes you to lose focus.