How To Prioritise Tasks Effectively – Get A Lot More Done!

Knowing how to prioritise tasks effectively is a daily challenge for all of us at work and becomes even more challenging once you have team members to look after too.  I would like to share with you 7 approaches which have really helped me in how to prioritise tasks at work, learnt and used in a 25 year management career. Learning how to prioritise tasks in the workplace and do it well is a key skill to improve if you want to become more and more effective and keep your manager happy.  Working out how to prioritize tasks becomes easier if you keep in mind the value to the business of doing each task you have to do. Another very useful approach is to prioritise tasks that support you achieving your objectives which are important to the business.  When thinking about how to prioritize tasks at work, it is very tempting to do the tasks we like doing, or are good at, first and put off the other tasks till later. Don’t.  Working out how to prioritize tasks when each tasks seems important and urgent can be difficult. In the “How To Prioritise Tasks Effectively”, I take you through several approaches that you can use in this situation.  The next level of difficulty come when you start thinking about “how to prioritise tasks for my team”. And the more direct reports you have and the larger the team, the more challenging this becomes.  Use your team members to help spread the prioritisation work where possible. Keep in mind your longer term goals  - this really helps in working out how to prioritize work and tasks.  Keep practicing your prioritisation skills and enjoy the benefits of being more effective at work.