One of your primary roles as a leader is to identify what matters most.
- “The Difference between Good Leadership and Great Leadership is Time Well Spent” Jim Collins
- “The Failure of Entrepreneurs is they solve problems that aren’t worth solving” Erwin Mcmanus
The Difference
- Management Question: What all needs to get done?
- Leadership Question: What is the priority?
Existing Tools
Stephen Covey: 4 Quadrants- Exist in the Non-Urgent & Important
Two Questions to Help
- Identify what has the biggest payoff, not the biggest pain.
- We over index on present pain and undervalue future payoff
- Identify what is common, not just localized.
- If the potential is there in more than one area- the payoff is huge.
- You should not identify the priority in isolation, only as a team.
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