Getting Things Done® (GTD)
Training Course
Productivity with Purpose
Based on the iconic bestseller by David Allen, the skills taught in Getting Things Done® have been shown to relieve cognitive load, allow for increased focus, even result in optimal experience and peak performance.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Go beyond productivity tips and learn a personal workflow management system through instruction, application, and coaching.
CAPTURE
Direct everything to a few chosen capture tools that you empty regularly
CLARIFY
Identify the very next action that would move you toward closure
ORGANIZE
Sort next actions by context rather than topic to make completing them easier
REFLECT
Scan your calendar and lists at the right times
ENGAGE
Use your system to take appropriate action with confidence
REVIEW
Make time each week to conduct a formal review of your tasks and goals
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IN PERSON COURSE AGENDA
Attend a 1 day classroom course.
1. Introduction
- Learn how the CCORE methodology can help you reduce stress and increase productivity at work and at home.
2. Capture
- Avoid keeping tasks and to-dos in your mind.
- Collect all the inputs that have your attention.
- Direct everything to a few chosen capture tools that you empty regularly.
3. Organize
- Take time to decide what each item means to you.
- Identify the very next action that would move you toward closure.
- Process the items in your inboxes regularly and effectively to avoid fatigue and backlog.
4. Organize
- Utilize your calendar more effectively to free up more time.
- Sort next actions by context rather than topic to make completing them easier.
- Create and track a complete inventory of all project outcomes.
5. Reflect & Engage
- Scan your calendar and lists at the right times.
- Use your system to take appropriate action with confidence.
6. Renew Through Review
- Review your system weekly so it’s always current.
- Make key connections between short-term tasks and longer-term goals.
- Commit to implement GTD and follow-up with an accountability partner.
VIRTUAL COURSE AGENDA
Join one of our instructors online.
1. Introduction and Capture
- Learn how the CCORE methodology can help you reduce stress and increase productivity at work and at home.
- Develop a better alternative to keeping tasks, to-dos, and essential information in your head.
- Systematically collect and direct all the inputs that eat at your attention.
2. Clarify
- Learn how to decide what each input in your life means to you.
- Practice identifying the very next action that moves a task towards closure.
- Develop a personalized approach to processing inputs which helps you avoid fatigue and backlog.
3. Organize
- Begin using your calendar more effectively.
- Learn the efficiency hack of sorting next actions by context rather than topic.
- Create and track a simple, personalized inventory of your projects.
- Kickstart your trusted system, including a list-management tool.
4. Reflect & Engage /Review
- Scan your calendar and lists at only the right times.
- Allow your trusted system to guide your actions.
- Keep your system current through a Weekly Review.
- Make key connections between short-term tasks and longer-term goals.
- Commit to implement GTD and follow-up with an accountability partner.
READ THE BESTSELLER BEHIND THE COURSE
Getting Things Done brings together decades of research to introduce a gold mine of productivity tips and strategies for getting a lot more accomplished with much less effort.
PREVIEW OF THE COURSE
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Watch this in depth preview video to learn more about course skills, learning formats, and delivery options.
Please note that we do not offer this course as on-demand in our region.
Organisational Outcomes
SOLVEs
- Missed Deadlines
- Dropped Balls
- Failed Projects
- Burnout
- Stalled Development …and more
IMPROVEs
- Productivity
- Efficiency
- Teamwork
- Execution
- Project Management
- Development
- Engagement