Time Management, Prioritizing, and Delegation
- Analyse a personal time log to identify low-value activities and tasks suitable for delegation.
- Clarify key result areas for the role and align weekly priorities with them.
- Apply the Eisenhower matrix and the Pareto principle to rank competing demands.
- Select tasks and team members for delegation based on skill, will and development needs.
- Conduct a delegation conversation that agrees outcomes, authority level, deadlines and check-in points.
- Where Time Goes
- Time logs and activity analysis
- Common time stealers for managers
- The cost of not delegating
- Clarifying Priorities
- Key result areas and role expectations
- Eisenhower matrix and the Pareto principle
- Weekly and daily priority planning
- Planning and Scheduling
- Time blocking and planning routines
- Managing meetings and email
- Handling interruptions and urgent requests
- Principles of Delegation
- What can and cannot be delegated
- Levels of delegated authority
- Matching tasks to people with the skill-will matrix
- The Delegation Process
- Preparing and holding the delegation conversation
- Agreeing outcomes, resources and deadlines
- Monitoring and feedback without micromanaging
- Overcoming Barriers
- Personal barriers such as perfectionism and control
- Cultural and organisational barriers to delegation
- Sustaining time and delegation habits
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Program Professional Framework
Time Management, Prioritizing, and Delegation
Program Overview
Managers and senior specialists often run out of time not because they work slowly but because they keep work that others should do and react to the urgent at the expense of the important. This programme combines time management and prioritisation with structured delegation. Participants analyse where their time goes, clarify role priorities, apply prioritisation frameworks, plan their week, and learn to delegate effectively by matching tasks to people, agreeing outcomes and authority, and following up without micromanaging. It also addresses common barriers to delegation in hierarchical Gulf workplace cultures.
Learning Outcomes
- ✓Analyse a personal time log to identify low-value activities and tasks suitable for delegation.
- ✓Clarify key result areas for the role and align weekly priorities with them.
- ✓Apply the Eisenhower matrix and the Pareto principle to rank competing demands.
- ✓Select tasks and team members for delegation based on skill, will and development needs.
- ✓Conduct a delegation conversation that agrees outcomes, authority level, deadlines and check-in points.
Target Audience
- Supervisors and middle managers
- Senior specialists leading small teams
- Project managers and team leaders
- Executive assistants who coordinate on behalf of managers
Detailed Program Modules
01Where Time Goes
- Time logs and activity analysis
- Common time stealers for managers
- The cost of not delegating
02Clarifying Priorities
- Key result areas and role expectations
- Eisenhower matrix and the Pareto principle
- Weekly and daily priority planning
03Planning and Scheduling
- Time blocking and planning routines
- Managing meetings and email
- Handling interruptions and urgent requests
04Principles of Delegation
- What can and cannot be delegated
- Levels of delegated authority
- Matching tasks to people with the skill-will matrix
05The Delegation Process
- Preparing and holding the delegation conversation
- Agreeing outcomes, resources and deadlines
- Monitoring and feedback without micromanaging
06Overcoming Barriers
- Personal barriers such as perfectionism and control
- Cultural and organisational barriers to delegation
- Sustaining time and delegation habits
Training Methodology
Applied Project & Assessment
Applied Project
Participants analyse one week of their own time log, produce a priority plan aligned with key result areas, and prepare and conduct delegation of two real tasks with documented outcomes and follow-up points.
Assessment
Short diagnostic at the start, practical tasks linked to each learning outcome, and evaluation of the applied project against published criteria.
