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 Sometimes we have to reprioritise things that are under our direct control, which is relatively simple compared to re-prioritising things that involve other decision makers.
Lindy Cozens, managing director, The Coach House
A trick is always to de-personalise the activity. Don’t think in terms of ‘I want/they want’, but in terms of what is best for the business. By doing this you may even be able to see their point of view.
Prioritise against your own goals-
Consider elapsed time to completion, complexity, flexibility
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Consider needs of your team/stakeholders
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Where contribution is equal, do fastest things first
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Prioritise against corporate goals
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Consider win/win and trade off
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Rank relative importance to the different decision makers
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Have compromises ready
Prioritising your tasks
This is a useful structure for sorting things out. Write a list of all your activities. Rank the activities against this chart, and tackle those in the upper left quartile first. Leave those in the bottom right to last, if you bother with them at all, and juggle the others.
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Urgent |
Non-Urgent |
| Important |
Important/Urgent |
Important/Non- Urgent |
| Non- Important |
Non-Important/Urgent |
Non-Important/Non-Urgent |
Important = value/result
Urgent = time/deadlines
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