Tips for Working from Home

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Working from home has many benefits but if you don’t manage it well, it can be a disaster. Learn top tips and techniques for maintaining productivity and balance in your life.

Duration: 16 minutes of video lessons

The course covers:

  • Carve Out a Space
  • Define and Maintain Boundaries
  • Set a Routine
  • Reduce and Avoid Distractions
  • Get Out of Your Office
  • Leave Work at Work

The target audience for this course is anyone who works from home or wants to work from home. The value of this course to participants and the organization are:

  • Improved productivity and efficiency
  • Better work-life balance because of clear boundaries

Mike Figliuolo is the founder and managing director of thoughtLEADERS. He is an internationally recognized author, trainer, speaker, and blogger on the topics of leadership, communications, strategy, decision-making, problem solving, and other critical business skills. An honor graduate from West Point, Mike served in the US Army as a combat arms officer. Before founding thoughtLEADERS, he was an assistant professor at Duke University, a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and an executive at Capital One and Scotts Miracle-Gro. He is the author of three books: One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership, Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results, and The Elegant Pitch: Create a Compelling Recommendation, Build Broad Support, and Get it Approved. Mike is also one of the most popular authors on LinkedIn Learning where he has published 30 courses that have been viewed millions of times by learners from around the world.

 

Time Management Techniques

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Time is the only thing you can’t get back so you have to make the most of it. Learn simple techniques you can immediately apply to use your time more effectively and get more done.

Duration: 24 minutes of video lessons

The course covers:

  • The Elements of Good Time Management
  • Reducing Demands on Your Time
  • Increasing Your Supply of Time
  • Saying “No”
  • Managing Your Calendar
  • Taming Your Email Inbox

The target audience for this course is anyone who is trying to reclaim their time and be more efficient as well as have more time for themselves. The value of this course to participants and the organization are:

  • Improved productivity and efficiency
  • Less stress and feelings of being overwhelmed
  • Better work-life balance because of increased efficiency

Mike Figliuolo is the founder and managing director of thoughtLEADERS. He is an internationally recognized author, trainer, speaker, and blogger on the topics of leadership, communications, strategy, decision-making, problem solving, and other critical business skills. An honor graduate from West Point, Mike served in the US Army as a combat arms officer. Before founding thoughtLEADERS, he was an assistant professor at Duke University, a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and an executive at Capital One and Scotts Miracle-Gro. He is the author of three books: One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership, Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results, and The Elegant Pitch: Create a Compelling Recommendation, Build Broad Support, and Get it Approved. Mike is also one of the most popular authors on LinkedIn Learning where he has published 30 courses that have been viewed millions of times by learners from around the world.

 

Achieving Focus in Your Work

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There’s no shortage of distractions that pull you away from important work. You can achieve focus, though, by clearly defining targets, prioritizing, and structuring your work clearly.

Duration: 27 minutes of video lessons

The course covers:

  • Identify the Targets and Deal with One at a Time
  • Use 2×2 Matrices for Prioritization
  • Say “No” by Saying “Yes, if”
  • Communicate Priorities and Hold People to Them
  • Structure Your Time and Your Work
  • Eliminate Distractions and Execute

The target audience for this course is anyone who is trying to stay focused, be more productive, and get their most important work done quickly and effectively. The value of this course to participants and the organization are:

  • Improved productivity and accuracy of work
  • Less time spent on low value work
  • Better work-life balance because of increased efficiency

Mike Figliuolo is the founder and managing director of thoughtLEADERS. He is an internationally recognized author, trainer, speaker, and blogger on the topics of leadership, communications, strategy, decision-making, problem solving, and other critical business skills. An honor graduate from West Point, Mike served in the US Army as a combat arms officer. Before founding thoughtLEADERS, he was an assistant professor at Duke University, a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and an executive at Capital One and Scotts Miracle-Gro. He is the author of three books: One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership, Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results, and The Elegant Pitch: Create a Compelling Recommendation, Build Broad Support, and Get it Approved. Mike is also one of the most popular authors on LinkedIn Learning where he has published 30 courses that have been viewed millions of times by learners from around the world.

 

How to Delegate Effectively

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You can’t do it all yourself. Effective delegation helps you get more work done, focus on critical tasks, and build the skills and capabilities of your team members at the same time.

Duration: 14 minutes of video lessons

The course covers:

  • Why You Need to Delegate
  • Determining What to Delegate
  • Helping Delegates Succeed
  • Delegated Projects Won’t Always Go Perfectly
  • Building a Team You Can Delegate To

The target audience for this course consists of leaders who have to step up to the next level, allocate work across team members, and build the skills of those around them. The value of this course to participants and the organization are:

  • More work gets done more efficiently
  • Increased bandwidth for leaders to step up to the next level of responsibility
  • Improved skills of team members who take on new tasks

David McNeill is a principal at thoughtLEADERS. His approach to development is built on 30 years of experience managing a diversified mix of businesses and serving in a wide range of leadership and managerial roles. His broad spectrum of experience includes CEO/President for mid-market private and public companies, consultant, Managing Director and Operating Partner for private equity funds, start-up CEO, coach and trainer. He’s worked for leading organizations including IBM, Coca-Cola, Bain & Company, and TPG Capital. He is a graduate of Auburn University and has an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill.

 

Time Management Mastery

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Learn techniques to manage your time, delegate, say “no,” and be more efficient. Balance your limited supply of time with the overwhelming demands that are placed on you every day.

Duration: 2 hours (Approximately 80 minutes of video lessons and 40 minutes of exercises)

Success doesn’t happen because one person has more time than another. Every one of us has 24 hours a day to use as we choose. The question is whether or not we use that time effectively. Individuals who enjoy success in their personal and professional lives follow strategies to guide the choices they make each day. They have mastered the ability to manage their time instead of letting time manage their lives.

This course provides you approaches and techniques designed to help you manage your time and achieve the success you desire and deserve. This course explains how to balance your limited supply of time with the overwhelming demands that are placed on you every day. You’ll learn these concepts through the exploration of a simple supply and demand model.

This course covers techniques to:

  • Take responsibility for what you choose to do with your time
  • Protect and defend your time
  • Stop saying “yes” to everything and instead learn how to say “no”
  • Delegate successfully
  • Eliminate or have less frequent meetings
  • Lessen the amount of time dedicated to time wasters like email
  • Time block to protect time on your calendar
  • Use prioritization and focus to drive productivity
  • Organize, prioritize, and execute against your task list
  • Effectively work from home by maintaining boundaries and routines

The course consists of instructor-introduced concepts, practical application exercises, and supporting materials. The course includes:

  • Extensive instructor videos to guide you through the content
  • A downloadable course guide of slides to help you follow the instruction
  • A downloadable workbook to apply the method as you take the course
  • Exercises, quizzes, and case examples to help you apply these methods as you learn them

The target audience for this course consists of anyone who’s looking to regain control of their schedules, tame their inboxes, and be more productive at work.  The value of this course to the participants and to the organization as a whole are:

  • Better prioritization focused on the most important tasks
  • Protected time so others can’t waste it or take it
  • More effective email management
  • Fewer meetings that limit productivity
  • Decreased amount of workload and stress
  • More available time through delegation
  • Increased efficiency and quality of work
  • Improved productivity and output for your team
  • Increased capacity to take on larger responsibilities

Mike Figliuolo is the founder and managing director of thoughtLEADERS. He is an internationally recognized author, trainer, speaker, and blogger on the topics of leadership, communications, strategy, decision-making, problem solving, and other critical business skills. An honor graduate from West Point, Mike served in the US Army as a combat arms officer. Before founding thoughtLEADERS, he was an assistant professor at Duke University, a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and an executive at Capital One and Scotts Miracle-Gro. He is the author of three books: One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership, Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results, and The Elegant Pitch: Create a Compelling Recommendation, Build Broad Support, and Get it Approved. Mike is also one of the most popular authors on LinkedIn Learning where he has published 30 courses that have been viewed millions of times by learners from around the world.

David McNeill is a principal at thoughtLEADERS. His approach to development is built on 30 years of experience managing a diversified mix of businesses and serving in a wide range of leadership and managerial roles. His broad spectrum of experience includes CEO/President for mid-market private and public companies, consultant, Managing Director and Operating Partner for private equity funds, start-up CEO, coach and trainer. He’s worked for leading organizations including IBM, Coca-Cola, Bain & Company, and TPG Capital. He is a graduate of Auburn University and has an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill.