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Description

Learn How To Control Productivity Zapping Workplace Interruptions
   
Constant phone calls, emails galore, face-to-face conversations, text messages, they each distract you from your work, and ultimately are highly disruptive to your working day. They sabotage your productivity - and sometimes even your career success!   
You
can
be far more efficient and effective once you stop being controlled and side-tracked by unnecessary interruptions and learn how to better deal with the necessary interruptions.    
You simply need to develop the right habits. In this course you will learn a variety of proven, effective strategies and techniques that you can apply to gain greater control over constant interruptions.     
Master best practice approaches to effectively handling:
   
Face-to-face interruptions   
Phone and mobile phone interruptions
 
Email interruptions   
Face-to-face interruptions
are commonly the most demanding to control. You will learn 12 different ways to better manage these situations.   
Phone interruptions
- learn how to draw the line with constant phone interruptions.   
Mobile phone interruptions
can significantly derail your working day. This course suggests easy-to-apply strategies to dramatically reduce the amount of time wasted by constantly checking your text messages and answering calls.   
Email interruptions
account for an average of 2 hours of lost productivity per day. Applying the right strategies which you will learn in this course will ensure you control the email monster and be far more time effective at handling your email in-box.   
Additional Tools For You
   
As you work your way through this course I will be inviting you to complete the Exercises, and there is an Action Plan at the end of this course.   
You can also contact the Instructor, with any specific questions or concerns you may face in your own work environment.   
Upon finishing this course, you will receive a verifiable certificate of completion.

 
Who this course is for:
This course is for anyone who is challenged by constant interruptions that sabotage their working day.
If you constantly have to deal with face-to-face interruptions, you will learn how to dramatically reduce the number and duration of interruptions.
If you constantly have to deal with phone or mobile interruptions, this course is for you.
If you battle with the workload created by overflowing email inboxes, you will learn proven techniques to better manage your emails.
This course is ideal for anyone who is a novice at learning strategies for dealing with interruptions. It is not for you if you already have an in-depth knowledge of how to deal with workplace interruptions as you may well be familiar with all the strategies that are presented.

What you'll learn

Choose from a range of strategies and techniques that have proven to reduce the number of workplace interruptions and minimise the duration of interruptions.

You will be able to apply these proven strategies with the confidence that they work.

You will enjoy greater focus and increased productivity.

You will also feel less stressed and more in control of your working day.

PLEASE NOTE: the principles taught are common practice in Australia, N Z, US. Based on what country you work in, you may need to adapt some of the content

Requirements

  • You will need a copy of Adobe XD 2019 or above. A free trial can be downloaded from Adobe.
  • No previous design experience is needed.
  • No previous Adobe XD skills are needed.

Course Content

27 sections • 95 lectures
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1-Reduce Workplace Interruptions
3
1.1-Workplace Interruptions
1.2-It's Time To Meet Your Instructor
1.3-The Upside Of Addressing Interruptions
2-Setting The Scene.
5
2.1-Distractions and Interruptions
2.2-Covid And The Great Burnout
2.3-Plan Ahead
2.4-The Upside Of Interruptions
2.5-Interruptions Log
3-Face-to-Face Interruptions
11
3.1-Constant Interruptions Can Be Overwhelming
3.2-Two Important Considerations
3.3-Some Interruptions Are To Be Expected
3.4-Here's How You Can Control Interruptions
3.5-Personalities Matter
3.6-More Ways To Control Interruptions
3.7-The 'Walk-Talk' Method
3.8-Have You Tried These Strategies?
3.9-Lateral Thinking And Working From Home
3.10-Get To The Point Assertively
3.11-Exercise: Reducing Face-To-Face Interruptions
4-Phone Interruptions
9
4.1-Don't Let Phone Interruptions Ruin Your Day
4.2-Announce A Time Limit
4.3-Common Knowledge But Not Always Common Practice
4.4-Self-Interruptions
4.5-Smartphone Addition And What To Do About It.
4.6-Move The Conversation Forward
4.7-Mobile and Emails
4.8-Are You Picking Up On Some Ideas?
4.9-Exercise: Reducing Mobile Phone Interruptions
5-Email Interruptions
9
5.1-Dealing With A Barrage Of Emails
5.2-Exercise: Email Interruption Log
5.3-Taking Control Of Incoming Emails
5.4-Do You Do This?
5.5-Quit Boomeranging
5.6-What's Wrong With This Email?
5.7-Pay Attention To The Subject Line
5.8-More Suggestions For Reducing The Number of Emails You Receive
5.9-Exercise: Taking Control Of Your Emails
6-More Suggestions For You.
7
6.1-More Strategies to help ramp up productivity
6.2-More suggestions
6.3-Background Noise
6.4-Manage Staff Performance
6.5-A Valuable Exercise
6.6-Reduce After-Hours Interruptions
6.7-Schedule Set Times For Questions
7-Final Section
4
7.1-Take Control
7.2-So Many Benefits For You
7.3-Action Plan
7.4-Bonus Lecture