so you want to know how to answer how to handle conflicting priorities and be
able to sound like a master at handling more than one thing at a time
well you are in the right place in this video I'm going to keep you 11 questions
that you can ask to decide what's going to come first so by the end of this
video you're gonna have really clear criteria on what you should do and how
to decide what comes first so stay tuned
okay so quick story so someone commented on
one of my old blog posts and I wrote about conflicting priorities and this is
what they said they said if you are someone who is organized and delegated
you would not have had two problems arise together to immediately cry to
your boss and for them to be the one who actually resolves the situation for you
is a double concern would certainly not use that as an example to a prospective
employer okay so clearly that person has never been a parent or worked in a
fast-paced environment however I do agree with them on the first one going
to your boss should not be the first thing that you do however you no matter
who you are just can't plan for everything no one can that's how life is
so here are the first four questions to ask yourself before you get stuck on
what should be next first question how long will each task priority take you to
can you delegate can you get help with some of the pieces from the task from
any of your coworkers three how urgent is the priority is
there a clear deadline for each of them for how much money is each priority
worth to the company then if you've already asked those questions and you're
still stuck I'm gonna walk through 7 questions that are going to clarify even
further so say you're trying to decide between which customer comes first now
some of you may argue with me here but it's how it is who's the customer with
the highest billings who has the highest customer value second
how many people are affected by each priority what's the greatest impact and
on how many people what has the greatest impact on the organization as a whole
is something on fire right now needs to be dealt with immediately in the next
two minutes how long is it gonna take and can you recruit help from another
department so once you assess all of those questions then you can go to your
boss I stand by the advice I in my earlier post your boss is there to help
and support they're gonna give you guidance they're not there to give you
step-by-step instructions but they are there to guide you so if you're really
struggling to decide which items should take priority and you've asked other
questions and you're still not sure then ask them
however I do want to be clear that it's not the first thing you should do and
it's never the only way that you should have to solve a problem and there we
have it I hope this has been way more comprehensive on how to handle
conflicting priorities without going to your boss please let me know if you
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ok now I'm tired then