Managing Conflicting Priorities

Workshop:  Managing Conflicting Priorities - School, Social Life, Work 

  Making Decisions About What is Important - And What is Not

• Overview:

Participants will learn how to identify which factors should be considered in determining priorities. Participants will receive tools to help them to clarify and rank their priorities, and what sacrifices they are willing to make to maintain those priorities.  Participants will also receive tools to help them identify their short-term and long-term priorities, and for ensuring that their goals and priorities are in alignment. 

• Learning Outcomes:

  Participants will:

  • Understand what priorities are

  • Know know what factors should be taken into account when determining their priorities

  • Be able to recognize the difference between a "want" and a "need"

  • Know how to address conflicts that result from conflicts in rules

  • Be able to identify their priorities

  • Be able to identify what they are willing to sacrifice in order to maintain their priorities

  • Be able to identify whether or not their goals and priorities are in alignment

  • Know how they should rank their priorities according to their unique life situation

• Workshop Presenter:

  • Kathleen E. High, M.Ed., CCSP, FCD-I

• Downloads:

• One-stop:

• PowerPoint file

• Workshop Handout

• Handouts Provided at the Workshop

• Discerning Seasons

• Covey's Quadrants

• Priorities  (Priority Clarification)

• Priority / Goal Alignment

• External Links

• What Burning Out Taught Me About Prioritizing My Work

• Image and article: Man mows lawn with tornado looming

            (recognize the need to switch priorities)

• Additional Related Handouts:

• Boundaries

• Culture, Education & Unspoken Expectations

• Difficult Choices

• The Journey

• Generational Values

• Hidden Rules

• Organizational Cultural Fit

• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

• Purposeful Living

• Paradigm Shifts

• Reaching Career Goals

• Setting Effective Goals

• Success

• TimeLine

• Values Survey

• Opportunity vs. Security

• Related Video Clips

• Priorities

• Boundaries and Culture

• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
  

• Related Books:

• First Things First

• Boundaries

• Essentialism
  

• Related Videos:

• Empty Pickle Jar
  

• Additional Resource Links (online assessments)

• Wellbeing Finder - The 5 Essential Elements:  Career, Social, Financial, Physical, Community:

• Values In Action - Identifying Character Strengths

• Career Decision-Making Difficulties Assessment -- Why are you having difficulty deciding?