Time Management & Prioritization Flashcards
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You receive a request that is urgent to the sender but not important to your key objectives. According to the Eisenhower Matrix, you should:
Answer: Delegate it to someone else if possible
Tasks that are urgent but not important to you are candidates for delegation in the Eisenhower Matrix (Quadrant III).
Which metric is MOST useful for evaluating whether your time management system is working?
Answer: The percentage of high-priority tasks completed on time
Completion rate of high-priority tasks directly measures whether your system is directing effort toward what matters most.
A team member submits work late repeatedly due to poor personal time management. As their manager, your FIRST step should be to:
Answer: Have a direct conversation to identify the root cause and set clear expectations
A direct, constructive conversation to diagnose the root cause is the first step before taking corrective action.
Which of the following is an example of a 'time audit'?
Answer: Tracking how you actually spent every hour of the past week to identify patterns
A time audit involves recording actual time usage over a set period to reveal where time is being spent versus how you think it is being spent.
Your organization uses OKRs (Objectives and Key Results). How does this framework support time management?
Answer: It provides clear priorities so time is directed toward outcomes that matter most
OKRs create alignment between daily work and strategic priorities, helping individuals and teams allocate time to what drives key results.
Which behavior BEST demonstrates strong prioritization skills in a fast-paced environment?
Answer: Regularly re-evaluating task importance as new information and requests emerge
Strong prioritizers continuously re-evaluate their task list as conditions change rather than following a fixed, rigid order.
The planning fallacy refers to the tendency to:
Answer: Underestimate the time, costs, and risks of future tasks while overestimating benefits
The planning fallacy (Kahneman & Tversky) describes our systematic underestimation of time and resources needed for future tasks.