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Description

Personal Organisation: Sorting Your Inputs, Keeping Your Lists and Working with Greater Calm

Three hours to bring order to scattered tasks, messages and notes

  • 0.43 days — 3 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Commitments are written down everywhere and therefore nowhere. Some sit in the mailbox, others in notebooks, others again in your head. Nothing is truly forgotten, but nothing is truly secure either, and that uncertainty drains energy throughout the day.

Three hours in a virtual classroom to build a simple personal organisation system that holds over time. You bring all your commitments into a single collection point. You learn to process your inbox without turning it into a task list. You put in place the short routines that keep the system up to date week after week.

Learning objectives

  • Bring all commitments together into a single collection point
  • Process incoming messages according to one consistent decision rule
  • Maintain a task list written as immediately actionable steps
  • Establish a weekly review to keep the system up to date

What makes this programme different

You empty your inbox during the session, working on a real sample
A tool-independent method that works on paper as well as online
A weekly review slot booked into your calendar before the end of the course

Programme

1Gathering What Is Lying Around

One single place for everything

  • Mapping all the places where current commitments are recorded
  • Setting up a single collection point
  • Handling items awaiting an external response
  • Distinguishing between information to keep and action to take

2Processing Messages Without Getting Lost

The inbox is not a task list

  • A decision rule applied to every message opened
  • What to do with messages that can be handled in under two minutes
  • Light filing that avoids folder sprawl
  • Setting a rhythm for checking messages during the day

3Keeping the System Alive

Short routines rather than one big clear-out

  • Wording tasks as action verbs that can be carried out without further thinking
  • Separating today's actions from the rest of your commitments
  • The weekly update review
  • Restarting the system after a period of neglect

Who is it for

Team members, administrative support staff, technical specialists and managers who wish to make their personal organisation reliable, whatever tools they work with.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge required

Dates & locations

12 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.