2 Four Quadrants of Time Management Steve Covey

1. Intro to Steve Covey and 4 Quadrants

   1. Intro to Steve Covey

   2. Purpose of 4 Quadrants

2. Columns and Rows

   1. Rows Represent Important and Not Important

   2. Columns represent Urgent and Not Urgent

3. Basics of How can this help in General

   1. Eliminate or Minimize Not Urgent/Not Important

   2. Analyze and minimize where possible the Urgent/Not Important

   3. Prioritize Urgent/Important. Maybe do more of this as a team

   4. Make time for Not Urgent/Important. These are typically “Force Multipliers” or “Fulcrums”

4. Advanced ways on How can this help in Leadership

   1. Another Not Urgent/Important that should be on every leaders tasks is review HOW you define each of these things. Then evaluate how it would move some of the tasks around.

   2. Ask questions. Don’t let Urgency push items into one quadrant or another.

   3. Make time for Not Urgent/Important items. Sweet spot.

5. Pitfalls

   1. False Urgency. False Important. False Not Urgent. False Not Important

6. Conclusion

   1. Successfully doing this activity should help you be more affective and efficient. Emphasis on affective.