OTL-302
Improve time and activity management with the Outlook agenda
Learn how to strategically structure your workdays using Outlook. This training helps you plan your priorities, optimize your calendar, and take back control of your time—one task at a time.
Live Trainer | Hands-On Exercises | Small Group Learning
- Duration: 3 hours
- Languages: French – English
Funding
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New Skills That Make a Real Difference
Your Outlook calendar can become your greatest ally. Learn to schedule your true priorities, anticipate the unexpected, and organize your days realistically. With this time management training, you’ll regain control of your work with greater efficiency and peace of mind.
Why Take This Training?
Outlook’s calendar is often underused. Yet it can be a powerful tool to help you manage your priorities more effectively. Here’s what you’ll gain from this training:
- Better organization of your tasks and daily schedule
- Practical methods to plan around your real goals
- Reduced stress and improved focus
- Techniques to take control of your busy weeks
- Optimal use of Outlook’s planning tools
What You’ll Learn with Outlook to Plan Your Weeks Effectively
Discover how to use the Outlook calendar to prioritize, schedule, and optimize your working time. This advanced training gives you the tools and practical techniques you need to take immediate action.
Download the training planWith this training, you will be able to:
- Analyze time management to identify areas for improvement.
- Identify strategies to effectively organize and prioritize your activities.
- Apply techniques and methods to plan your activities using Outlook.
For current users of Outlook (classic version). Have completed M3Z-101 training or equivalent knowledge.
- Analyze what should be part of your planning
- Using a planning template, the participant will be asked to:
- Clearly define your role and responsibilities.
- Identify priorities related to responsibilities.
- Set SMART goals for the next month/quarter.
- Identify other high-return activities to plan.
- Effectively planning workload in Outlook agenda
- Establish your time budget.
- Effectively plan your time in Outlook in line with your previously identified month/quarter goals.
- Learn techniques to manage your time budget on a weekly basis.
- Identify opportunities to optimize your schedule.
- Save time with Outlook planning tools
- Achieve your plan
- Gather the winning conditions for the realization of your plan.
- Identify and process the main time-consuming tasks at work.
- Learn tips to create a work environment conducive to concentration.
- Stay focused on your priorities – work on your big rocks first (Covey’s principle) and apply methods to avoid recurring procrastination.
- Improve planning techniques
- Set up your planning routine using templates given to participants.
- Analyze the use of your time using an Excel tool offered to participants (activity log).
- Learn how to create different views in Outlook to make it easier to schedule daily and weekly task lists.
- Complete guide with explanations and step-by-step instructions
- Practical exercise sheets
- Training certificate
- Recognition badge to share on LinkedIn
- Free 6-month post-training follow-up
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