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Managing Multiple Tasks, Priorities and Deadlines

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Why Attend

Visions and goals are achieved when tasks are understood, priorities are established and deadlines are properly set. This course is designed to help participants develop the right capabilities to manage tasks, evaluate and establish the right priorities, and schedule activities based on clearly established deadlines. The course covers different methods and techniques to encourage task ownership while coordinating with other team members. It also covers how to influence those around us by properly setting expectations and seeing tasks through to successful completion. 

Course Methodology

The course uses self-assessments and a wide mix of business cases that promote healthy discussions around the importance of managing multiple tasks, deadlines and priorities. Participants will benefit from role plays covering workplace challenges related to handling tasks, deadlines and priorities. They will learn how to deal with conflicts that may arise as a result. Interactive team exercises are also used with each team presenting their findings and comments.

Target Audience

This course targets professionals, from all industries, who want to acquire essential skills to create and develop an effective and efficient workplace environment. It is designed for team leaders, supervisors, managers and section heads who are interested in improving their personal productivity or that of the people they manage or work with, whether on a project or within a department. The course also serves as a solid foundation for those who are keen on assuming a supervisory or managerial role as the next step in their career. 

Course Objectives

Provided by SQ, this programme is available by distance learning, allowing you to study flexibly while balancing work and personal lifes.


Explain the link between strategic planning and task accomplishment

Describe task objectives, constraints and stakeholders 

Set task priorities and deadlines

Improve task outcomes when working in groups and teams

Communicate, justify and persuade others when it comes to changes to task assignments

Target Competencies


Self management

Goal setting

Scheduling

Task management

Conflict management

Communication

Motivation

Dealing with change 

Course Outline


Introduction to tasks in a business environment

Tasks and shared responsibilities

Importance of planning in task management

Changing tasks effectively

Setting task priorities and deadlines 

Program Methodology


In person 

Online