From the course: Prioritizing Effectively as a Leader
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Align your priorities
From the course: Prioritizing Effectively as a Leader
Align your priorities
- So the tricky part about setting priorities as a leader is that you can't do it in isolation. If you try to just sit in a room by yourself and come up with a list, you're going to be in trouble. That's because you may think something's important, but that doesn't mean it's the right decision for the company. Of course, you're opinion matters. But as a manager, you also need to serve as a translator who bridges the gap between senior leadership and the people you supervise. You also need to understand what their priorities are. Assimilate that information and create an actionable plan to make it happen. If you ignore what's important to senior leadership, you probably won't be in your job long. They want and need someone who can implement their vision. And you ignoring it or just choosing to do something else won't go over well. And the reason it's critical to listen to your employees is that if you dictate policies that they don't understand or strongly disagree with, then you're…
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