#474 The Power of Prioritization: A Guide for Leaders to Stay Focused

Join Coach Curl in this episode of the Today's Leader podcast as we dive into the crucial yet often overlooked skill of prioritization. Discover how effective prioritization can transform your leadership, enhance decision-making, boost productivity, and improve team morale. Learn practical strategies to focus on what truly matters and empower your team to achieve more.

leadership, prioritization, productivity, Eisenhower matrix, team management, decision making, leadership skills,

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⏱️⏱️VIDEO CHAPTERS⏱️⏱️:

00:00:00 - Introduction to Leadership Prioritization Skills

00:01:36 - Benefits of Prioritization for Leaders and Teams

00:02:56 - Using the Eisenhower Matrix for Task Management

00:04:21 - Communicating and Aligning Team Priorities Effectively

00:05:45 - Reviewing and Adjusting Priorities Regularly

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Way to go, guys. Way to go. Keep it

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going. Good job, guys. All right, Paul, I

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see you. Great job, guys.

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Hey there, I'm Coach Cole and welcome to

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the Today's Leader podcast, Building

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Tomorrow's Best Leaders today.

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Today we're unpacking one of the mostToday

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important yet often overlooked

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skills in leadership, and

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that is the power of

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prioritization. As leaders,

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we face countless demands on our time

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and our attention. And

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without prioritization, it's easy

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to feel overwhelmed.

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And when we feel overwhelmed, we often

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become ineffective.

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Many of the leaders that I've known

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throughout my career often feel they

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don't have control over

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their time, their time.

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So let's explore why prioritization is

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essential. and how it benefits

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leaders and their teams.

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And I'll talk about some of the practical

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strategies that you can use to sharpen

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this skill. So let's begin

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with why prioritization is such

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a powerful leadership tool.

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Firstly, you focus on what truly

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matters. Leaders are responsible for

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ensuring the team works on the

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high impact items and

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tasks. That are going to

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move either the organisation or move

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the team forward. Now

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without prioritisation, energy is

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often wasted on low value tasks

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and busyness.

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#2 it improves

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improved decision making. Now

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prioritization helps you assess what's

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urgent versus what's important,

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enabling us to be more strategic in

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our decision making. It increases

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It increases our productivity. A clear

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focus on priorities, reduces

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distractions, boosts efficiency,

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and ensures that everyone knows what they

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should be working on 1st.

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And #4 is enhanced team morale. Teams

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feel more motivated and less stressed

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when they have clear priorities and a

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manageable workload. So think of

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prioritization as a compass that's go go

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that keeps you and your team heading in

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the right direction. And without

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that compass, often we're just spinning

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in circles. So let's dive

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into some of the actionable steps that

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you can put in place to help you be more

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effective as a leader. Firstly, define

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your goals and your values now in.

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Episode 400 and Seventy-two of our our

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podcast, we talked about how do we set

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goals. So start with clarity.

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Understand your organization's goals and

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your team's mission. Knowing what

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success looks like will guide you

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and ask yourself when you're faced with

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multiple Uh decisions or or

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tasks or just

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A to do list that's overwhelming.

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Does this task align with our

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team or our organization?National

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objectives #2

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There's a tool called the Eisenhower

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matrix, and this tool helps you

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categorize tasks based on urgency

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and importance. So quadrant

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one is the urgent and important, so we

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should do those immediately, right?

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#2 is important, but not

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yet urgent. We should

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schedule those in. And make sure we've

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got a plan to achieve cause they're

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important, they're just not

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urgent. #3

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is urgent but not important. So we should

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be delegating those. I would also

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question why we're doing them if they're

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not important. And

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then quadrant 4 is about they're not

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urgent, they're not important. Why

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do them?Eliminate them, right?

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So we have some structure around what

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that Eisenhower matrix looks like.

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We need to communicate our priorities

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clearly, share your priorities with your

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team to ensure that everyone's aligned.

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Everyone should know what their most

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important tasks are,

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what is top of the list, and what is it

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that they should be focused on.

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Now, as a leader, this is a tough one.

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Remember when I talked about some leaders

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feel that they're not in control?We need

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to say, learn to say no. We need to

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learn to say no. So as

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a leader, it's your job to protect your

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team's focus, but it's also your

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job to protect your time and your

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energy, right?Politely

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decline tasks,

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meeting requests. That don't align

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with the priorities that we face.

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We need to learn to say no

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and we need to revisit. The final step is

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to review and revisit and adjust

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priorities on a regular basis.

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Leadership requires us to be flexible,

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so we need to reevaluate priorities

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weekly or monthly to ensure that they

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reflect the current challenges,

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opportunities and objectives of the

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organisation. So leadership is

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about making choices that are going to

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have the greatest impact. By

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master mastering prioritisation, you'll

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focus your time, your energy and your

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resources on what truly

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matters, empowering your team to

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achieve more. So as usual,

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follow the link in the show notes for

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your action guide.

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But this week I want you to take 10

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minutes to review your To Do List.

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And identify the tasks

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and meetings that align most

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closely with your goals, your team's

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goals, organizational objectives.

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Use the Eisenhower matrix to

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categorize them and see

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if that makes a difference to

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your mindset and your control

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over your time. Now if you found

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this value in this episode. Please share

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it with a fellow leader and let's keep

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building tomorrow's best leaders today.

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Until next time, I'll see you later. Bye

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for now.