Productivity & Time Management, Step by Step for 2027

Helps you take back a working week that feels full but not productive, with a simple personal system for priorities, weekly planning, focus and habits.

Who it's for

For anyone whose working week feels full but not productive: managers, team leaders, specialists, consultants, teachers and founders. You need no special software; a notebook, a calendar and the task app you already use are enough. The book suggests trying one chapter's method for a week before moving on.

What you'll learn

• Audit where your time really goes with a one-week time log, and decide what to drop, hand over or shrink.
• Prioritise with the Eisenhower matrix and the 80/20 principle, protecting the important work that is never urgent.
• Capture every commitment in one trusted system using David Allen's Getting Things Done, kept current with a weekly review.
• Plan your week in 30 minutes, book your big rocks first and time-block an ideal week, using the Pomodoro Technique (devised by Francesco Cirillo) for tasks you keep avoiding.
• Protect deep focus with planned sessions and start and shutdown rituals, drawing on Cal Newport's Deep Work.
• Tame email, meetings and interruptions with batch processing, a meeting audit and interruption rules agreed with your team.
• Build habits that stick with the habit loop, James Clear's four laws of behaviour change and implementation intentions.

What's inside

• 54 pages, 8 chapters
• Every chapter follows the same pattern: key concepts, a numbered step-by-step method, an illustrative example from a fictional UK organisation, a tool (a table, template or diagram you can copy and use), common mistakes, a recap of the key steps and a short exercise to try on your own work. Tools include a time log, an Eisenhower sorting sheet, a weekly plan template, an ideal week template, a meeting audit and a habit tracker.
• A four-week action plan that introduces two techniques a week, daily and weekly routine checklists, and a glossary
• PDF in A4 format — read on screen or print
• Instant download after purchase

Contents

1. Auditing Where Your Time Goes
2. Prioritising with the Eisenhower Matrix
3. Capturing Everything in a Trusted System
4. Planning Your Week in 30 Minutes
5. Time-Blocking Your Calendar
6. Protecting Deep Focus
7. Taming Email, Meetings and Interruptions
8. Building Habits That Stick

Part of The Business Library

This title is one of the 55 ebooks in The Business Library, available together for £109 (worth £1,437 if bought separately: the total of the individual prices of the included titles in our store). It is also included in The Ultimate Business Bundle, which adds 8 checklists and toolkits and 10 workbooks — all 73 products for £147.