{"id":1765,"date":"2008-06-16T16:10:53","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T15:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/progmanager.wordpress.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2008-06-16T16:10:53","modified_gmt":"2008-06-16T15:10:53","slug":"121s-covey-and-priority-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2008\/06\/16\/121s-covey-and-priority-management\/","title":{"rendered":"121s, Covey, and Priority Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/progmanager.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/covey-quadrants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-364\" src=\"http:\/\/progmanager.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/covey-quadrants.jpg\" alt=\"Time and Priority Management Quadrants - Covey\" width=\"500\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another reason why 121s are so powerful dawned on me this morning.\u00a0 And it relates to the Stephen Covey Priority and Time Management Quadrants shown above.<\/p>\n<p>121s almost compel you to focus on quadrant 2 type activities.<\/p>\n<p>Quadrant 1 stuff has to be done almost immediately- it can&#8217;t wait for a 121.\u00a0 And who is going to continually bring quadrant 3 and 4 items into play with their manager?<\/p>\n<p>So the existence of 121s more or less forces attention onto the important but not urgent quadrant which is the one where the greatest value tends to be created.<\/p>\n<p>So pay attention to the content of your 121s and see what you can do to bring the focus onto quadrant 2.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Some thoughts on Best City outcomes\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/07\/05\/some-thoughts-on-best-city-outcomes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some thoughts on Best City outcomes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Getting to Grips with Social Finance &#8211; FREE TRAINING\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/06\/12\/getting-to-grips-with-social-finance-free-training\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Getting to Grips with Social Finance &#8211; FREE TRAINING<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Making Progress Through Austerity\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/16\/making-progress-through-austerity\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Making Progress Through Austerity<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Improving Employability&#8230;\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/15\/improving-employability\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Improving Employability&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"How Should We Recognise a Successful Economy?\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/11\/how-should-we-recognise-a-successful-economy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How Should We Recognise a Successful Economy?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another reason why 121s are so powerful dawned on me this morning.\u00a0 And it relates to the Stephen Covey Priority and Time Management Quadrants shown above. 121s almost compel you to focus on quadrant 2 type activities. 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