Prioritise Your Day - Keep Focus - Win!



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Whether you run your own business or manage a team, there are times when things don't go to plan. Like:-

  • Your key people don't show up.
  • A deadline shifts.
  • Your boss turns up unexpectedly.
  • You get really busy beyond expectations.
  • ...and more.
How do you get clear on the priority of the day?

Value it - that's how!

So, if you run any sort of business, consider what the most important thing would be to your business, if you were down to the barest of bones in personnel numbers, for just one day, what would you do?

Here are some thoughts...

  1. Be honest with yourself, and very, very realistic - in fact, plan what you can achieve and then less! It is far better to be great at less, than poor at too much.
  2. Be honest with your people and get them on board - appeal to their emotional side, "I need your help", usually works.
  3. Think damage limitation - what would do the most harm to your business - and resolve that first (hint - think Customer).
  4. With customers, be honest and realistic with them - usually, they will be very understanding if you are clear about it being a bad day - they will not forgive inadequate information and poor performance.
  5. Plan short-term solutions on the run - by making space for thinking time (see 1 above) to resolve where your problems are today, so you move on tomorrow.
  6. Celebrate success with your people. Back to basics and succeeding against all the odds builds teams - utilise the opportunity to let it sink in - together!
  7. Learn and make changes - so that there will not be a next time. Your clients and your own staff have only so much generosity when things go wrong - so make sure it doesn't happen again.
Fire-fighting happens! So, when you need to have a day doing just the top priorities for your business, let go of everything else. Have the courage to be honest with yourself, park not-necessary-now stuff and enjoy your day truly in the business. Be honest with your people and welcome them on board the firetruck! Finally, yet most importantly, be honest with your customers and clients, forging new, mutually supportive relationships with them too.

If you need to do this too often for comfort, you need a rethink - then is the time for some real 'source' problem solving (see the "Solving Problems with Whys" article at www.ezinearticles.com - checkout 'Expert Authors, sort by name, Martin Haworth)



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