Getting Things Done
Turn Priorities into Consistent Action
Getting Things Done® provides a practical system for capturing, clarifying, and organizing work so people can manage commitments reliably and focus on what matters most.
When People Lack
a Productivity System
PERFORMANCE BECOMES UNRELIABLE
Work becomes difficult to sustain when people try to manage constant input in their heads. Without a productivity system, important work gets buried, priorities compete for attention, and teams rely on urgency to keep work moving. As complexity grows, follow-through becomes less reliable.
Getting Things Done® provides a practical system for managing work—helping individuals and teams bring greater consistency in how work gets done.
Discover the GTD Methodology
Explore practical insights from the Getting Things Done methodology for managing priorities, commitments, and workflow more effectively.
Discover why modern work overwhelms attention—and how GTD® helps people manage commitments and focus on what matters most.
Feeling frenzied? Get focused with this FREE video miniseries. Justin Hale will guide you from distracted to attentive in four short lessons.
See how your team manages commitments and uncover opportunities to and create a more reliable way of working with this free GTD team assessment.
From Potential to Practice
WORK THAT SCALES
High-potential employees often struggle not because they lack talent or ambition, but because increasing responsibilities outpace the systems they use to manage work. As complexity grows, important commitments can get buried, priorities compete for attention, and follow-through becomes harder to maintain.
This ebook explores the connection between potential and performance and introduces practical GTD® practices for managing commitments, focusing attention, and creating a more reliable way of working.
GTD in Practice
When people manage commitments more reliably, work becomes easier to sustain.
74% of surveyed respondents said their organization’s productivity has improved after completing GTD.
9 of 10 surveyed GTD graduates reported making lasting changes to how they manage commitments, priorities, and incoming work.
Following a GTD initiative, Qualtrics reported that participants improved their ability to meet deadlines and deliver on commitments. Participants also reported greater consistency in how they managed priorities and stayed on track.
Participants at MasterControl reported greater confidence managing incoming work and commitments. Respondents also reported a positive relationship between their use of GTD practices and improvements in their day-to-day work.
Menlo Innovations reported that GTD helped reduce stress while creating a more positive experience at work.
GET STARTED
As demands increase, many organizations rely on individual workarounds to stay on track.
Getting Things Done helps people create a more reliable system for managing commitments, priorities, and workflow—so important work keeps moving forward.
THE ORIGINAL GTD® LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Crucial Learning is the exclusive provider of Getting Things Done® training in North America, developed in partnership with David Allen and the David Allen Company.
Learning Formats & Course Agenda
Learn a proven approach for organizing work and making intentional decisions about where to focus your attention.
1. Introduction
Learn how the CCORE methodology can help you achieve the ideal productive state.
2. Capture
Capture everything in and out of your head.
Direct your inputs to a few chosen capture tools.
3. Clarify
Decide what your stuff means to you.
Identify next actions to get moving and overcome procrastination.
Process the items in your inboxes regularly and effectively to avoid fatigue and backlog.
4. Organize
Utilize your calendar more effectively to free up more time.
Optimize your lists to transform the way you work.
5. Reflect & Engage
Use your system to take appropriate action with confidence.
Learn how to say no with integrity.
6. Renew Through Review
Review your system weekly so it’s always current.
Make key connections between short-term tasks and longer-term goals.
7. Next Steps
Retain learning and refine your skills with online resources.
Receive weekly email tips and prompts.
Read helpful articles and videos.
Access worksheets and take assessments.
1. Introduction + Capture & Clarify
- Learn how the CCORE methodology can help you reduce stress and increase productivity at work and at home.
- Develop a better alternative to keeping tasks, to-dos, and essential information in your head.
- Systematically collect and direct all the inputs that grab at your attention.
- Learn how to list every commitment you make, whether to yourself or others.
2. Clarify Cont. + Organize
- Learn how to decide what each input in your life means to you.
- Practice identifying the very next action you must take to move your commitments toward completion.
- Develop a systematic approach to processing inputs which helps you avoid fatigue and backlog.
- Organize your commitments in a personalized system—a trusted “external brain”.
- Begin using your calendar more effectively.
- Learn the efficiency hack of sorting next actions by context rather than topic.
3. Organize Cont. + Reflect & Engage + Renew Through Review
- Create and track a simple, personalized inventory of your projects.
- Adapt GTD skills to teamwork and team productivity to establish more productive ways of working.
- Scan your calendar and lists at only the right times.
- Consider existing commitments before you make new commitments, or say no with integrity.
- Get clear on your highest priorities and stay engaged with them through a GTD Weekly Review®.
- Make key connections between short-term tasks and longer-term goals.
- Commit to implement GTD and follow-up with an accountability partner.
1. Introduction
- Learn how the CCORE methodology can help you achieve the ideal productive state.
2. Capture
- Avoid keeping tasks and to-dos in your mind.
- Collect all the inputs that have your attention.
- Direct everything to a few chosen capture tools that you empty regularly.
3. Clarify
- Take time to decide what each item means to you.
- Identify the very next action that would move you toward closure.
- Process the items in your inboxes regularly and effectively to avoid fatigue and backlog.
- Adapt GTD skills to teamwork and team productivity to establish more productive ways of working.
4. Organize
- Utilize your calendar more effectively to free up more time.
- Sort next actions by context rather than topic to make completing them easier.
- Track all your lists in a list-management tool that becomes your trusted system.
5. Reflect & Engage
- Scan your calendar and lists at the right times.
- Use your system to take appropriate action with confidence.
- Learn how to say no with integrity.
6. Renew Through Review
- Review your system weekly so it’s always current.
- Make key connections between short-term tasks and longer-term goals.
- Commit to implement GTD and follow-up with an accountability partner.
BASED ON THE BESTSELLER
Based on David Allen’s bestselling book, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, the GTD methodology has helped millions of professionals create greater clarity around commitments. Explore the concepts behind the methodology and how they apply to today’s increasingly complex work environments.
