{"podcast":{"title":"Harvard Business Review","slug":"harvard-business-review-7777387","podcast_index_feed_id":7777387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VG7900701114","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/980142f0-0d9c-11f1-9b6f-b39130a8b54a/image/fd144eac00da8bd04368206590cf5ad8.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"HBR","episode_count":511,"summary":"At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. We try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We encourage comments, critiques, and questions. We expect our community to be a safe space for respectful, constructive, and thought-provoking discussion. We reserve the right to remove or turn off comments at our discretion. We do not tolerate bullying, name-calling, or abusive language related to identity, including race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, age, or region; spam; copyright violation; extreme profanity; or p*rnography.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T12:22:10.972032+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387"},"episode":{"title":"How to Prioritize Your Work When Your Manager Doesn't Guide You","slug":"how-to-prioritize-your-work-when-your-manager-doesn-t","published_at":"2026-06-22T09:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/how-to-prioritize-your-work-when-your-manager-doesn-t","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG6710767081.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG6710767081.mp3","summary":"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","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":355,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-business-review-7777387/episodes/how-to-prioritize-your-work-when-your-manager-doesn-t/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/how-to-prioritize-your-work-when-your-manager-doesn-t.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}