A Priority Requires Focus

By Kevin Casey

 You do not hear the word “priority” used very often these days. Nowadays, you hear the term “priorities”, as in more than one priority.

Having multiple priorities waters down the meaning of the word “priority” and causes us to lose much-needed focus in today's fast-paced world.

In business, professional plate spinning and juggling is often required for success, but this can often come at the cost of not doing things with excellence.

Being an individual and company that preaches excellence, I need to continually remind myself of what our TOP priority is.

In the book 4 Disciplines of Execution, the exercise of defining your WIG (Wildly Important Goal) is encouraged. This means taking the time to define what is the single most important thing you can do as a company to achieve the greatest chances of success.

What we found in our company is that our WIG was interwoven within each of our departments. As a result, we needed to focus our priority throughout our organization and ...

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