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● During question time, go from more 2. How to set priorities and
general to detailed questions.
● Each team should feel they are objectives with my team
competing to guess the ‘right number’, Setting priorities and objectives with your
but actually what is relevant is the team is a crucial part of effective leadership.
information provided in the story. Can This is an ongoing process, and it's important
you receive all the information if you to regularly review and adjust them as needed.
are selective listening? Highlight the By involving your team in the process and
importance of active listening to be regularly monitoring progress, you can ensure
fully present, to be able to have a that everyone is working towards a common
better understanding of the message
goal.
that is being transmitted and to show

respect to the person that is talking.
There are different ways or steps to set
priorities and objectives:
- Define your overall goal in order to help
you establish a clear direction for your
team.
- Break down goals into specific objectives,

they should be specific, measurable,
achievable, relevant, and time-bound.
- Identify priorities, it will help you focus
your team's efforts on the areas that are
most critical.
- Involve your team, it will give them
ownership of the goals and help ensure
that they are committed to achieving
them.
- Assign responsibilities, it will help
ensuring that everyone knows what they
are responsible for and that work is not
duplicated.
- And finally, you can monitor progress, it
will allow you to stay on track and ensure
that you are achieving your goals.

But what is a priority? How do you determine
it?
To do this, you need to know your objectives,
draw up a concrete list of the things that need
to be dealt with as a priority in order to achieve
them, move forward and, above all, not waste
time by phosphorescing on your important but
non-urgent tasks that could be dealt by a
different team or of a team member whose
actual workload is lighter. A coherent division

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