Portfolio projectCompaniesScenario · Management

Sort the week

Do now, schedule, delegate or drop.

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Takes about 1 minute.

The problem

New managers know the urgent and important grid, but still try to do everything themselves.

Who it's for

New manager and team leader programs

Before and after

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Before

A typical course

  • A slide explaining the grid.
  • A worksheet to fill in after the session.
  • A recreation of a common course, not a real client's.
After

Redesigned

  1. Change 1: Real-looking tasks to sort.
  2. Change 2: A wrong box explains why.
  3. Change 3: Delegate and drop get as much attention as do now.
  1. Reason for change 1: A familiar model, practiced on real-looking tasks instead of explained.
  2. Reason for change 2: Short feedback on each mistake teaches the reasoning.
  3. Reason for change 3: Practicing delegation is the hard part for new managers.
How we'd build this for you

Sort it, with a reason for every wrong move

This activity is one example of a pattern that works in almost any subject. Here's how the same idea could look in yours.

  • NursingTriage patients by how urgently they need care.
  • Customer serviceRoute incoming tickets to the right team.
  • BiologyClassify organisms by the features they share.
  • ComplianceSort information into public, internal and confidential.
  • Project managementSort risks by how likely they are and how much they would hurt.

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