An important part of a manager’s job is to remove obstacles that would prevent their team from succeeding. They can do this by being reactive, proactive or inactive. How so? Let’s see…
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If you can’t, one will be provided for you!
Prioritizing tasks, projects – work in general – is essential to maintaining clear communication in organizations large and small. However, sometimes people are unwilling to provide a stack-ranked priority list and prefer that “everything is a P1!”. Or, worse yet, there is no list and you’re not sure what your manager wants from you. InContinue reading “If you can’t, one will be provided for you!”
This is where I draw the line!
So, you’ve managed to get a true prioritized list of tasks/projects, now what? Can you get everything on the list done? Does your manager have the same expectations as you? Are you stressed about over promising? Let’s figure it out!
Will you help me?
…says someone who just arrived at your desk, or maybe in a chat message. You’re thinking, I’m so busy, this is the last thing I need right now! So, what do you do?
That’s not a prioritized list!!!
How many of you have been given a task list that look like this?