From the course: Prioritizing Effectively as a Leader
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What to do when priorities change
From the course: Prioritizing Effectively as a Leader
What to do when priorities change
- You can imagine it would be upsetting if you were working hard on something, something you believed in, put a lot of effort into, and all of a sudden, the rug was pulled out from under it, canceled, like it didn't matter at all. Unfortunately, that sometimes happens in corporate life. Priorities change from the top and everyone's expected to just get on board with the new plan. That may well be the right decision for the corporation as a whole, but it's not always emotionally easy for the people who've been doing the work. Your job as a manager, and it's not an easy one, is to be the person who bridges that gap between the directives from up high, which may make all the sense in the world, and the people working on the front lines who are crestfallen that all their effort on a project feels like it's been in vain. Here's now to navigate that situation and get your team back on track. First, explain how the decision was reached and why. They may not agree with it, but it goes down…
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