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How to Prioritize Your Work When Your Manager Doesn't Guide You
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- Harvard Business Review
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- Jun 22, 2026
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- 355
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How to Prioritize Your Work When Your Manager Doesn’t 12 Dec 2022 --- Prioritizing work can be frustrating, especially if you work for a hands-off manager or a company that doesn’t give you clear goals. In a world where conflicting and unclear priorities are the norm, how can you learn to prioritize your own work and still feel satisfaction from a job well done? 00:00 Research shows that more than 90% of employees don’t fully understand their company’s strategy. What can you do? 00:45 Step 1: Take ownership 01:12 Step 2: Filter priorities 02:03 Step 3: Determine next steps with an organizing framework 03:20 Step 4: Operationalize and flag priorities in your calendar Based on the HBR article by Amy Jen Su: https://hbr.org/2017/01/how-to-prioritize-your-work-when-your-manager-doesnt This video is co-produced with @Emeritus. You can find more co-productions from HBR and Emeritus on the Emeritus app: https://emrt.us/HarvardBusinessReview Follow HBR: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #Explainer #Goals #Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices