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1. Brainstorm
all possible action steps. Encourage participation – hitchhiking on ideas.
Emphasize quality of ideas and reward input.
2. Group
anything that can logically be grouped.
3. Go
back over your list and ask yourself, Have I forgotten anything?
4. Estimate
how much time each step will take. Be realistic.
5. Reorder
your list. Identify what must come first, second, third, etc.
6. Establish
milestones and checkpoints for follow-ups.
7. Use
a giant calendar or similar device. Block out times over which you have no
control.
8. Use
a count-back method for reasonably working back to start time. ( Avoid crisis
management – The cause of many crises is failure to anticipate and plan for
known dealines.)
9. Remember
the Five P’s of good planning
PRIOR PLANNING PREVENTS POOR
PERFORMANCE