hot list: priorities—how to make them and keep them
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Priorities: We love them, we hate them; we need them and we struggle to achieve them. Being able to identify and execute on work that most matters to your business is crucial for success. If you’re a leader, how you prioritize goals affects your employee’s productivity. If you’re a project manager, you have to know how to build out your project schedule and manager resources. To keep you focused on doing the work that really matters, here are tips and wisdom from seven articles on mastering your prioritization skills.TRANSCRIPT
Hot List: Priorities—How to Make Them and Keep Them
These seven a r t i c l es p rov ide t i ps and gu ide l ines to he lp you
ident i fy and focus on the work tha t mat te rs most .
Setting Priorities
1. Consciously set priorities.
2. Keep them simple and focused.
3. Live your priorities.
--Leo Babauta, Success Magazine
3 Ways Successful People Prioritize Their To-Do Lists• Know your numbers.
• Take time away from the business to think strategically and long-term.
• Focused on identifying and remedying bottlenecks.
• Communicate priorities and create a business culture around those priorities.
--Edward Hess, Fast Company
How to Prioritize When Everything Is a Priority: 5 Tips
• Make a list.• Assess the value.• Be honest.• Be flexible.• Cut the cord.
--Lauren Perkins, Inc.
The 4 Priority-Setting Tips That Will Make Your Biggest Ideas a Reality
Organize your ideas into four types of initiatives:
1. Wastes of time
2. Tactics
3. Winning moves
4. Crazy ideas
For each initiative, ask yourself:
If I successfully executed this initiative, what impact would it have on my ability to achieve my goals?
How easy is it to execute this initiative?
--Kaihan Krippendorff, Fast Company
Psychologists' Tips for Setting and Implementing Priorities
• Identify the things that you value.
• Identify goals and priorities that have personal meaning.
• Partner with someone.• Be realistic about your talents
and abilities.• Celebrate progress toward those
priorities.
--Pat Lynch, Business Alignment Strategies
5 Key Questions for Setting Priorities
• Why am I on the payroll? • What are my highest value
activities?• What are my key result areas? • What can I, and only I, do that if
done well will make a real difference?
• What is the most valuable use of my time, right now?
--Brian Tracey
Setting Business Priorities: The Six Most Important Responsibilities for the Leadership Team
1. Be aligned with a clear picture.
2. Prioritize what will propel you forward.
3. Create the right pace and sequence for the future.
4. Communicate so priorities resonate.
5. Set in-process milestones.
6. Celebrate early wins and rapidly scale to other areas.
-- Jim Haudan, Business 2 Community