Time Management Tips: Following Through
37mBeginner2019-11-25
Authors
Dave Crenshaw
Author and Leadership Coach specializing in productive leadership
Course details
Failing to follow through on commitments can put you behind at work and tarnish your reputation. In this installment of the Time Management Tips series, learn how to determine why you're procrastinating, form positive new behaviors, and get your time management back on track. Productive leadership author and speaker Dave Crenshaw shares actionable tips for overcoming negative procrastination and using positive procrastination to your advantage. He explains how to stop overanalyzing and make decisions faster. Plus, discover how to handle tasks that take longer than you anticipated; finalize incomplete tasks that have been on the back burner; and cultivate more patience overall.
Learning objectives
Identify one way to overcome the negative emotions you experience when you don’t feel like doing a task you’ve committed to.
Assess the best place to place your focus when following through.
Recall what you can do to improve the situation with your coworkers when you cannot meet an obligation you committed to.
List the kind of tasks that can be accomplished through background-tasking.
Explain a technique for cultivating patience.
Learning objectives
Identify one way to overcome the negative emotions you experience when you don’t feel like doing a task you’ve committed to.
Assess the best place to place your focus when following through.
Recall what you can do to improve the situation with your coworkers when you cannot meet an obligation you committed to.
List the kind of tasks that can be accomplished through background-tasking.
Explain a technique for cultivating patience.
Skills covered
Time ManagementLimited SeriesProfessional Development
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Why follow-through is essential
1. Follow-through Tips
- 02 - Following through on your commitments
- 03 - Understanding why you procrastinate
- 04 - Commit to your calendar
- 05 - Overcome negative procrastination
- 06 - How to improve task completion
- 07 - Use positive procrastination
- 08 - Overcoming analysis paralysis
- 09 - Increasing follow-through by making yourself accountable
- 10 - What to do with incomplete tasks
- 11 - Use background-tasking to get more done
- 12 - Getting your time management back on track
- 13 - Taking responsibility for finding answers
- 14 - How to cultivate more patience
Conclusion
- 15 - Next steps