Author: stacyk

When pressed for time, we’re often advised to ‘Prioritize!’ as if that will solve the problem. But prioritizing accomplishes relatively little, because it assumes that everything and everyone merits our time and attention – we’ll just get to the less-important items later. But later never really arrives, so the list never ends. The key is … Continue reading March 2015: Let’s Talk About… PRIORITIZING

To delegate an assignment, you need to describe the job as thoroughly as possible. But another crucial task is clarifying your expectations to hold the assignee accountable. Once you’ve gone over the details face to face and identified available resources and support, you need to establish a feasible timeline with agreed-upon deadlines. Make sure he … Continue reading Jan. 2015: Let’s Talk About… DELEGATION