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Description

Focus: Reducing Interruptions, Sustaining Attention and Completing Tasks

Reclaiming periods of deep work in an environment saturated with constant demands

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

Notifications, corridor questions, constant switching between files: attention fragments. A task that should take forty minutes stretches across the entire day, and by the evening the dominant feeling is that nothing has actually been finished.

Three hours to understand how attention becomes scattered, reduce avoidable interruptions and organise protected periods of work. You build your own focus protocol during the session and test it on a real case.

Learning objectives

  • Identify your main sources of interruption over a typical day
  • Distinguish external interruptions from internal breaks in attention
  • Organise protected periods of work in your calendar
  • Apply a recovery protocol after an interruption

What makes this programme different

Personal interruption log completed during the session
Post-interruption recovery protocol tested live
Wording to protect a focus period without upsetting colleagues

Programme

1How Attention Becomes Scattered

Measuring the cost of interruptions

  • Estimate the time lost each time a task is resumed
  • Distinguish external interruption from internal wandering
  • Identify your periods of high and low alertness
  • Observe the effect of switching from one task to another

2Reducing What Can Be Reduced

Acting on the environment before relying on willpower

  • Configure your notifications and your displayed availability
  • Agree demand-free periods with your team
  • Prepare your workstation before a demanding task
  • Group tasks of the same nature together

3Sustaining Focus Over Time

Supporting attention rather than forcing it

  • Break a long task into manageable sequences
  • Resume quickly after an unavoidable interruption
  • Alternate effort and recovery through the day
  • Assess your progress over a full week

Who is it for

Anyone working in an open-plan environment or subject to heavy demands from digital tools.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

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.