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Linden MuellerThis article is a great companion article to Womack's article: Foru steps to actually accomplishing tasks and deciding which not to pursue for businesses, although the principles definitely apply to individual as well. <blockquote>Label the purpose of every regular or recurring activity on your quarterly calendar and highlight those activities that are connected with your top five priorities. This simple exercise will reveal where you’re squandering your time.</blockquote>
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I got this idea while observing a program at General Electric’s famous management-training center in Crotonville, New York. Its purpose was to get managers better focused on pursuing innovation and growth, two of CEO Jeff Immelt’s top priorities.
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I went through the program with the senior managers of the Power Generation business. With their work lives already overstretched by the old priorities, these “turbine heads” (as they are affectionately known within GE) had an epiphany: Something had to go. Then they proceeded to discuss which responsibilities they should delegate to others and which meetings could either be conducted more efficiently or killed.
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Compare your calendar with the priorities. Label the purpose of every regular or recurring activity on your quarterly calendar and highlight those activities that are connected with your top five priorities. This simple exercise will reveal where you’re squandering your time.
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Instead of persuading yourself why you can’t give up the time you’ve been devoting to underperforming operations or overly demanding customers that seem important even if they aren’t connected to a strategic priority, start with the attitude that you simply cannot deal with them anymore. In some cases, you’ll realize that you’ve been treating the symptoms of the disease and should finally cure the disease. In others, you’ll discover that the task will provide a growth opportunity for someone else.
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Ask your team to do the same. Then discuss together how jobs could be recast and how the group as a whole could better spend its time. Make it clear that everything can be challenged—down to the PowerPoint slides presented regularly at meetings.
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Make time for your people and yourself. When you’re rebuilding your calendar, be sure to include quality time for your team to get together to brainstorm about the strategy, the organization, and new opportunities. Last but not least, absolutely include time to pursue personal priorities that will help you grow and make you more valuable to your organization.
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