#79: Are you Prioritizing the Important Work?

Do you run around putting out fires each day?  Do you feel like you are on the hamster wheel and not sure when you will get off?   When you are letting the days run you, instead of you running the day, you most likely are not getting to the important work.  The important work is what is going to get you ahead and keep your organization or business sustainable.  In this episode, co-host Stephanie Malon-Rufi leads us through the Eisenhower Matrix framework to help you categorize your work, set priorities and determine what actions to take. 

• Hear about the origins of the Eisenhower matrix and how it has been adapted over time

• Learn the difference between importance and urgency

• Understand why it is helpful to go through this exercise as you prioritize your activities and plan your time

• Learn how to determine  which tasks you should eliminate, confine or delegate, focus on and make time for doing

• Hear about how you can use time management tips to help with some tasks you need to confine or minimize

In this episode, we reference:

• Social Enterprise Check-up Download

• Episode #74: Social Enterprise Check-Up: A 6-part framework to increase sustainability

• Episode #46: Top 10 Time Management Tips for Social Innovators

• Episode #43: Taking Time to Work ‘On not In’ Your Social Enterprise

• Stephanie Malon-Rufi, Genuine Impact

More about Stephanie Malon-Rufi

Stephanie works with visionary founders who have created a valuable purpose to their work.  Entrepreneurs who have a social mission at the heart of what they do but also need to have a sustainable business model. She helps them  move past feeling overwhelmed or stuck.  Together, she helps social entrepreneurs  make sure they:

• have a sound foundation

• are poised for the growth you want

• develop the roadmap to get there

Her services are designed to help you move forward with making a difference – making an impact. To help you go from feeling stuck to energized while getting crystal clear on what steps to take next.  The work is real – it is genuine.  Stephanie created this 6-part framework based on her personal knowledge and experience having been involved with start-ups as well as operating social enterprises for years.  She also works with many social entrepreneurs  (especially over the past year when COVID hit) and was able to see what was most helpful for those leaders to pivot and remain sustainable.