Beat Procrastination and Boost Productivity with These 6 Courses

This Saturday, June 20, is World Productivity Day. And it couldn’t come at a better time. Many of us have been working from home for several months now. Our workplaces are also our living spaces and we’re trying to navigate how to support our family members while also fulfilling our work obligations. 

We recently surveyed employees in the US to see how they’re faring. Not too surprisingly, 74% of respondents said concerns about the coronavirus are a work distraction affecting their normal business activities. And as workforces have gone remote, employees say their top distractions are personal calls and texts, watching TV, and kids or other family members.

In response to the distractions that come along with working from home, many employees are looking to online courses to boost their productivity. According to Learning Platform research, focus mastery has seen a 119% surge in popularity on Learning Platform over the past several months, and self-discipline has seen a 237% surge on Learning Platform for Business.

And while this increased interest in focus and productivity makes sense in the current environment, it’s actually part of a larger trend that predates the coronavirus. According to Learning Platform’s Employee Experience Report, half of the survey respondents (and 53% of managers) said they could improve their time management skills. Employees often find that productivity tools like email, chat, and online collaboration spaces can be distracting. And time management was ranked the #3 top soft skill in the workplace for 2020 by Learning Platform for Business.

Let’s look at some courses that will help you and your employees improve your focus and productivity.

1. Time Management Mastery: Do More Stress Less

Time management and productivity coach Alexis Haselberger has identified three top challenges for those who struggle to accomplish everything they want to. According to Alexis, the main reasons people aren’t as productive as they’d like to be are: 

• Attempting to rely on memory
• Not having a system for tasks and to-dos
• Distractions and focus struggles

In her course, Time Management Mastery: Do More Stress Less, Alexis walks learners through understanding their own preferences and developing a personalized system for capturing everything they need to do. 

Alexis says, “Productivity is often about getting out of our own way and creating systems to help us to achieve that. I’ve found that it’s much easier to build a productivity system around who someone is already than trying to adopt a ‘one-size-fits-all’ system.” To hear more from Alexis, be sure to check out her blog post How to Become a Master of Time Management at Work.

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