Help Your Team Prioritize What Matters Most
42mIntermediate2023-05-15
Authors

Lisa Bodell
CEO of futurethink
Course details
Organizations often add complexity for employees, which can lead to frustration and decreased productivity. In this course, Lisa Bodell equips leaders with proven techniques for prioritizing valuable work when everything feels like an emergency.
Beginning with a quick diagnostic exercise, she helps you determine if you’re unwittingly creating complexity for your teams. From here, Lisa lays out the formula for simplification: from a time-audit and identification of pointless rules to a simplification mantra and framework for productive meetings. Finally, she provides actionable steps for simplifying everything from decision-making to performance reviews.
Beginning with a quick diagnostic exercise, she helps you determine if you’re unwittingly creating complexity for your teams. From here, Lisa lays out the formula for simplification: from a time-audit and identification of pointless rules to a simplification mantra and framework for productive meetings. Finally, she provides actionable steps for simplifying everything from decision-making to performance reviews.
Skills covered
Management SkillsTime ManagementWell-Being and Self-CareProfessional DevelopmentLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Help your team work smarter, not harder
1. Recognizing Complexity
- 02 - Define valuable work
- 03 - Are you creating complexity
- 04 - The simplification test
- 05 - Track results
2. Clear Roadblocks to Productivity
- 06 - Eliminate irrelevant rules
- 07 - Establish productive habits
- 08 - Guard your time
- 09 - Questions for better simplifying
3. Tips to Simplify Every Day
- 10 - Simplify decision-making
- 11 - Spend less time in meetings
- 12 - Spend less time on email
- 13 - Streamline performance reviews
- 14 - Introduce simplicity sprints
Conclusion
- 15 - The power of prioritization
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