Time management training equips your staff to prioritise tasks, set realistic goals, build workable schedules and execute plans on time. BOTI delivers this 2-day course in-house or off-site across South Africa, with practical 3-month action-plan tracking so the skills stick back at work.

If you are an HR, L&D, business owner or department manager looking to lift your team’s productivity, this is a focused, benefit-led programme you can book for groups of your employees. BOTI (Business Optimization Training Institute) is an accredited South African corporate-training provider with 450 courses and a client base that includes Sasol, Glencore and the City of Johannesburg. The course can be delivered at your premises, off-site, or for teams across Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria and remotely.

What Your Team Learns on This Time Management Course

This time management training is built around helping delegates plan and manage their time. It targets staff who need to manage their time responsibly and effectively in day-to-day work, turning good intentions into a tracked, repeatable system.

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Prioritise tasks and activities for effective time planning
• Set realistic goals for tasks and activities
• Execute tasks and activities as planned
• Create schedules that organise their work systematically

Each delegate leaves with an action plan, and the programme includes a 3-month implementation period so managers can see the new habits applied on the job rather than forgotten after the classroom.

Course Details at a Glance

Pricing

Prices exclude VAT. For a tailored proposal based on your group size, location and preferred dates, request a quote and a BOTI consultant will put numbers to your needs.

Time Management & Productivity Training: Turning Skills Into Output

Time management training only pays back when better habits translate into measurable productivity. For most South African employers, the value lands when a whole team works the same system — shared priorities, shared scheduling discipline and shared language around what “urgent” really means.

A productivity-focused approach to time management typically helps teams:

• Cut time wasters — identify the recurring interruptions, low-value meetings and reactive firefighting that erode the working day.
• Apply prioritisation frameworks — distinguish urgent from important so effort flows to the tasks that move the business forward.
• Plan realistically — set goals and schedules that account for real capacity, reducing missed deadlines and last-minute overtime.
• Build accountability — use the 3-month action-plan tracking to embed the habits rather than letting them fade after training day two.

Run as an in-house programme, this lets your staff apply the techniques to your actual workload, projects and deadlines — so the productivity gains are specific to how your business runs, not generic theory.

Why Run Time Management Training In-House

Booking time management training as a group programme for your own team carries clear advantages over sending one person to a public class:

• Consistent habits across the team — everyone learns the same prioritisation and scheduling approach, so collaboration improves.
• Applied to your real work — delegates build action plans around your live tasks and deadlines.
• Flexible delivery — off-site at a venue, or in-house / on-site at your premises, across Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria and remote.
• Cost-efficient at scale — per-person rates drop sharply for groups of 3 or 10.
• Tracked follow-through — the 3-month implementation period keeps managers sighted on adoption.

How This Fits the Wider Soft-Skills and L&D Path

Time management rarely sits alone in a skills plan. It is one of the foundational soft skills that supports everything from project delivery to wellbeing at work. If you are mapping a broader development plan for your people, our consultants can help you sequence the right business and management courses for each role.

This time management training pairs naturally with related BOTI programmes:

• Organisational skills training to extend prioritisation into structured workflows and systems
• Stress management training to address the pressure that poor time control creates
• Project management training so teams can run scheduled work to plan and on deadline

Funded-Training and Skills-Plan Note

Time management training can form part of your organisation’s broader skills-development planning. As general guidance only: South African employers above the payroll threshold pay the Skills Development Levy (SDL) at 1% of payroll, and the B-BBEE skills-development element targets spend of 6% of the leviable amount (not 6% of payroll). Building soft-skills courses like this into your Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) and Annual Training Report (ATR) can support both staff capability and your transformation reporting. This is general information, not financial or legal advice — confirm specifics with your SETA or B-BBEE verification professional.

Ask us for a free Training Needs Analysis (TNA) template to map where time management fits across your team.

Who Should Attend

This time management training suits any employee who needs to plan, prioritise and deliver work to deadline, including:

• Administrative, support and operations staff
• Team leaders and supervisors managing competing priorities
• Professionals juggling multiple projects or clients
• Anyone whose role depends on reliable scheduling and follow-through

A working grounding equivalent to Fundamental Communication at ABET Level 3 is recommended.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is the time management training course?
The course runs over 2 days, followed by a 3-month implementation period in which delegates apply and track their action plans back at work.

Is the time management course accredited?
This is a practical, facilitator-led skills programme; delegates receive a BOTI certificate of completion (this is not an accredited qualification). Need accredited training? Ask about BOTI’s QCTO/SETA-accredited programmes in related areas such as Business Administration and Generic Management.

Can BOTI deliver the course in-house at our premises?
Yes. The course is available off-site or in-house / on-site across South Africa’s major cities — Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria — and can be arranged for remote teams. In-house delivery lets staff apply the techniques to your real workload.

Is there a prerequisite for the time management training?
No formal prerequisite — a working grounding equivalent to Fundamental Communication at ABET Level 3 is recommended.

Request a Quote or a 15-Minute Callback

Ready to lift your team’s productivity? Request a quote or book a free 15-minute callback and a BOTI training consultant will scope the right time management training format, group size and dates for your organisation. Call 011 882 8853 or ask for our free Training Needs Analysis template to plan your skills investment.