Important long-term strategy goals that align with your corporate values, team culture, leadership development of your people, and building and maintaining strong team relationships all fall into the important and not urgent category.īeing able to maintain these important functions when the demands are pulling towards the urgent sends a message to our teams that when crisis hits…you care about the team and are maintaining a wide perspective.
It is living and being driven by the principles you value most, not by the agendas and forces surrounding you”. “putting first things first means organizing and executing around your most important priorities. What are the big rocks? Covey has been quoted to say, Putting the Big Rocks in the 4 Quadrants Jar First TRAIN YOUR TEAM: Experience virtual team programs that enhance fun, connection, communication, and healthy team culture. If you leave important and not urgent matters to the end and fill the jar with urgent matters (smaller rocks, pebbles, and sand), you will never fit the big rocks in. Another way to say it is to make sure the big rocks are in the jar first. Important and not urgent are as Covey refers to as habit 3, ‘put first things first’. The pressure mounting on our well-being is a signal to us that good leadership cannot and does not spend all of its energy in the urgent and important.Īs mental/emotional well-being is always important (but sometimes not urgent), those companies and leaders who did not prioritize employee well-being and strong relationships pre COVID-19 and during the first few months of the pandemic, might now be finding employee well-being to be in the urgent and important category instead of just important.Īll the more reason to pay attention to what is important and not urgent, before it becomes urgent. There are many tips and mental health guides recently available to help us cope with mental health aspects of this crisis. Stress of the uncertain future both physically and financially, and time spent on urgent and important matters takes its toll on our collective mental well-being. In addition to business urgency, we are seemingly more aware than ever of the important and urgent state of our collective well-being. The key is knowing which of the 4 quadrants you are spending your time and which one you should be. With the COVID-19 crisis and recovery, it is easy for leaders to be sucked into the Q1 urgent and important matters.
Image Source: Franklin Covey – The Ultimate Competitive Advantage The 4 Quadrants: Where Should Leaders Spend Their Time?Įffective leaders spend more time in Q2 (important not urgent) and minimize the time they spend in Q1 (important urgent), while delegating or not worrying about Q3 (not important urgent) or Q4 (not important not urgent).
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