Managing Your Calendar for Peak Productivity

Learn how to use your calendar as a powerful tool for boosting your productivity. Find out how to manage your own time and calendar plus the schedules and calendars of others.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching

1. Calendaring Your Own Time

• Set up your calendar
• Put a quick task on your calendar
• Schedule an extended project
• Schedule and protect processing
• When to check email and other messages
• Build buffer space between appointments
• Account for travel time
• Calendaring with phone vs. desktop

2. Calendaring with Others

• Clarify work time vs. meeting time
• Schedule speedy meetings
• Tips for coordinating schedules
• Schedule ongoing 1:1 meetings
• Group and status check-in meetings
• Handle scheduling conflicts

3. The Power of Patterns

• Create a pattern for your day
• Create a pattern for your week
• Create a pattern for your month
• Create a pattern for your year

Conclusion

• Next steps