Every interruption costs far more than a minute: guard your focus like a treasure.
Limit your interruptions! Track your interruptions over a week, set ground rules, and batch your interaction time to boost productivity and reduce stress. Put technology to work for you and handle requests from those around you effectively.
20 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
You will walk away with
- a week-long diagnostic to pinpoint who interrupts you, when, and why
- rules and batched time slots to protect your focus
- the numbers behind the real impact of interruptions on your efficiency
Target audience
Anyone looking to (re)gain control of their time
Learning objectives
- Diagnose your interruptions (date, person, channel, reason, urgency)
- Master technological interruptions by putting them back to work for you
- Limit human interruptions by setting rules and isolating yourself when needed
- Batch your interaction time to avoid constant interruptions
Module outline
- Articles
- The drama of interruptions: key figures
- Interruption and productivity: impact on focus and recommendations
- Expert video“Limiting Interruptions”9'55How to diagnose interruptions, limit both technological and human interruptions, and respond to requests with tact
- AnchoringA quiz and true/false questions to deepen the topic and anchor what you've learned
- Memo cardA downloadable coaching memo card: the key takeaways from the expert video
- CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
- BonusA selection of videos to go further (TED, YouTube)
