17.The Law of Priorities: Leaders Understand that Activity is not Necessarily Accomplishment.

Points of the Principle

Prioritizing is something leaders will always have to do to focus on and achieve goals. To guide the leader in making or reordering priorities, he can use the 80/20

Pareto Principle or answer the following questions:

1. What is Required?

2. What Gives the Greatest Return?

3. What Brings the Greatest Reward?

Leaders Who Lived Out the Law

Norman Schwarkzkopf, Lee Iaccoca, Roald Amundsen, and Jack Welch understood

the Law of Priorities. They recognized that activity did not equate with

accomplishment. This focus enabled them to succeed in successfully reaching their

goals.