Make progress on your strategic priorities across the next two weeks

Most managers face a seemingly impossible trade-off between the urgent and the important. The daily “must do’s” consume up to 85% of manager time, crowding out the hours needed to make meaningful progress on strategic initiatives. To change this dynamic, don’t try to advance all your strategic goals at once. Instead, focus on no more than three priorities at a time. Turn to other goals only once you’ve achieved concrete milestones for your top three.

Use this tool to build a short-term action plan for your top three strategic priorities.