Free Lesson
How to manage and reduce procrastination
30 min
Apr 8, 2025 12:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom)
In this video
What you'll learn
Bad time management isn't the root cause of procrastination
You may also struggle with time management. But procrastination is a threat response, requiring different strategies
Laziness isn't the root cause either
In fact, studies correlate procrastination with perfectionism rather than laziness or apathy.
Shift the task, context, and response
To handle procrastination you need to change your view of the task, your view of yourself, and how you set up your work
Why this topic matters
Procrastination is a major source of work stress for many ICs, managers, and leaders. Having an inaccurate understanding of where it comes from causes people to try ineffective strategies for dealing with it. When those fail, it adds to a sense of impossibility at ever reducing procrastination. Get out of the procrastination trap by shifting your understanding and approach to hand
You'll learn from
Becca Block, PhD
Author, researcher, eductor, former NPO exec
Previously at
