Personal Productivity & Goal Setting

Set meaningful goals, turn them into practical actions and build productive habits that support focus without sacrificing energy.

Development is not only about doing more for the business. It is about feeling more capable in your role, understanding yourself and making room for the career you want. When demands keep growing, we understand why focus, confidence and resilience can need attention too.

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Duration

Half day · 3.5 hours per half day

Group size

6–8 delegates

Format

Online or face to face

Price — Face to face

From £1,100

+ VAT

Price — Online

From £899

+ VAT

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Why this course matters

A meaningful goal needs a workable plan that fits the reality of your week.

What you’ll explore in the Lab

Busy days can leave little room for meaningful progress, particularly when competing demands, distractions or a change of role make it difficult to maintain focus. This course helps delegates set clear, motivating goals, translate them into a weekly action plan and build daily habits that support consistent progress without relying on longer hours.

Delegates explore how to manage energy as well as time, reduce distractions and establish straightforward ways to track and review their progress. Ideal for professionals seeking greater direction, people returning to work and early-career talent, it provides a practical approach to making deliberate choices about where to invest effort.

a real challenge. a purposeful response.

The challenges this addresses

Personal ambitions remaining too broad to act on
Busy routines not connected to the outcomes that matter
Weekly task lists missing clear steps towards personal goals
Progress reviews neglected as new demands take over

What this can change at work

A meaningful goal needs a place in the working week. Turning ambitions into clear actions, supportive habits and regular reviews helps people make progress more deliberate, whether they are starting out, returning or changing roles. Teams can see how individual priorities connect with everyday work, giving the business clearer development conversations and a more thoughtful basis for reviewing effort and direction.

Goals translated into tasks

People break a motivating goal into specific actions and place the next steps in their weekly working plan.

Habits linked to progress

Colleagues choose regular working habits that support their stated goals, rather than adding routines without a clear reason for them.

Reviews that redirect effort

Progress conversations compare completed actions with the intended goal and adjust the next week’s plan when priorities or circumstances change.

Inside the workshop

This interactive half-day session brings together 6–8 delegates, moving from meaningful goal setting to weekly planning, productive habits and progress reviews. Through breakouts, peer-to-peer learning and live practice, delegates work on their own priorities, identify distractions and consider how energy affects their working day. They leave with clear goals, a weekly action plan and practical habits and review routines to help them stay on track.

Make Personal Productivity & Goal Setting relevant to your business

Tell us where you want to make progress with setting meaningful goals. We can discuss suitable workplace examples, priorities and access needs before agreeing the scope. Choose live online or face-to-face training for your UK or European team, with delivery arrangements agreed before booking.

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What the training covers

The scope below sets out the subjects covered. Workplace examples and practice are shaped around your team within the booked format.

Setting meaningful goals
Breaking goals into actions
Building productive habits
Managing energy, not just time
Reducing distractions
Tracking progress

What’s included in your booking

Your booked time and format: Half day · Live online or face to face, agreed before booking · 6–8 delegates.
Included in every course: Interactive, facilitator-led learningLive, hands-on sessions built around practice and participation.
Group discussionsShared conversations about real situations, so people learn from each other as well as the facilitator.
Breakout exercisesSmall-group practice, role-play and problem-solving, online or in the room.
Take-away materialsCourse materials, tools and templates to use back at work.
Facilitated learning and practical application: The subject coverage, exercises and facilitator feedback described above, with space to connect the learning to relevant workplace situations. The workshop description sets out the specific plans, prompts or tools developed in this course.

Follow-up coaching, refresher sessions and additional delivery days are not automatic inclusions; any additions are agreed in your proposal. Travel, venue arrangements and any software licences are confirmed separately where relevant. Prices exclude VAT.

Outcomes

The capabilities delegates work towards through the training and practice:

Set clear, motivating goals
Turn goals into a weekly action plan
Build habits that support productivity
Track and review progress

the next conversation is where it counts —

Take it back to work.

Choose a real situation where you want to apply the learning. Use it to turn an outcome into a manageable first step, then reflect on what changes.

Choose

Start with one priority: Set clear, motivating goals.

Apply

Try the approach in a relevant task or conversation. Note what felt useful and what you would adapt.

Review

Reflect on what happened, seek feedback where appropriate and choose your next step. Follow-up support can be discussed separately.

Bring this topic to your next event

We can discuss adapting Personal Productivity & Goal Setting into a keynote or large-group session, focusing on the themes most relevant to your audience. Depth, activities, timings and any follow-up depend on the format and package you choose; an event session is not a substitute for the full course.

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