Hot List: Priorities—How to Make Them and Keep Them
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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