Planning and organising in detail

Positive examples

• Sets priorities to take account of short and long term needs
• Plans courses of action before acting
• Adjusts work assignments schedules for self or others to meet changing work priorities

Negative examples

• Pays minimal attention to planning and setting targets
• Completes tasks in a rush at the last moment
• Does not organise resources effectively, objectives and accountabilities overlap

Developing planning and organising

• Ensure your meetings have objectives, structure and time limits
• Write action plans for achieving each objectives
• Consider a role model who plans well, list the behaviours which lead to thier success
• List blockers to effective work organisation, consider how they can be overcome
• Consider priorities and how best to organise them
• Prepare a yearly planner

Developing planning and organising in others

• Ask the individual to write action plans for achieving each of his/her objectives, discuss the plan and monitor regularly
• Discuss a role model who plans well ask him/her to list behaviours which lead to success in this area
• Ask the individual to list blockers to effective work organisation, discuss how they can be overcome and recommend an action plan for eliminating them
• Insist that measures for success and time scales are attached to each objective
• Encourage the individual to discuss priorities and how best to organise
• Encourage individual to plan for contingency time
• Review with individual how they organise themselves to complete their objectives
• Prepare a yearly planner for the team