Managers often find themselves sandwiched in a
position where they must manage priorities at many levels. The organization has
priorities that must be addressed, the manager has his or her own set of
priorities, and then he or she must help their team members manage priorities.
Even in your personal life, you may find yourself struggling to prioritize the
needs of family, commitments to teams or other social organizations, and your
own personal desires and interests. In this Discussion, you will examine
different barriers to effective prioritization and explore techniques to avoid
bottlenecks.
To Prepare for this Discussion:
Read this week’s Learning Resources, especially:
Morgenstern, J. (2016).
What to do when your to-do-list Is holding up your team. Harvard
Business Review Digital Articles (See attachment)
Post a cohesive response in which you:
Identify which of the four root causes of
bottlenecking, as described by Morgenstern, you think you struggle with
most: Plate-spinning, People-pleasing, perfectionism, or processing
intuitively.
Describe a time, whether in your professional or
personal life, where this root cause created difficulties for you in
prioritizing or accomplishing your goals. What professional or personal
challenges did you face, and how did you prioritize them at the time?
From your perspective, why
did your decisions seem like the best course of action at the time?
Describe any feedback you received
from others or what you believe their perspective might have been.
Select at least one of Morgenstern’s tips for getting
out of productivity traps that you could have used at the time. How would
you have applied her technique and how do you think it would have helped?
What lessons do you think your example offers that
might help a manager understand how to juggle all of the competing
priorities that he or she may face? How might you apply this knowledge in
your future roles?
Your original post should be 3–4 paragraphs in length as a
general expectation/estimate.
Please follow the Rubric for the outline of the essay.
Read this week’s Learning Resources, especially:
Morgenstern, J. (2016). What to do when your to-do-list Is holding up your team. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (See attachment)
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