Weekly Priorities Planner

Plan your week around the work that matters most: three priorities, reserved time to do them, a waiting-on list and a Friday review, with a short guide that shows you how.

Who it is for

• Small-business owners and co-owners who handle many different tasks and feel busy all week without finishing the important work.

• Managers and shift leads whose days fill up with other people's requests.

• Office coordinators and administrators who juggle deadlines for several people.

• Field supervisors and shift-based staff who plan around service times instead of a desk calendar.

The problem it solves

When time goes to whatever arrives next, important work with no one asking for it today keeps moving to tomorrow. This planner helps you choose three results before the week starts, reserve time for them, follow up on what you are waiting for, and learn from each week so the next plan is better.

What is inside

• How to use this kit (page 1; 1 page)

• Guide: planning a week that gets the important work done (pages 2 to 7; 6 pages)

• Planner template, page 1: priorities (page 8; 1 page)

• Planner template, page 2: time blocks and review (page 9; 1 page)

• Filled-in example week (pages 10 to 11; 2 pages)

• Editable Word version of everything above (12 pages)

How to use it

1. Read the guide once. It explains each part of the planner and how to fill it in well, with two worked examples.

2. On Friday afternoon or Monday morning, review last week, then choose your focus and three priorities.

3. Block time for each priority first, then fixed items, then buffer time for the unexpected.

4. Check the plan for two minutes each morning, and complete the end-of-week review on Friday.

Formats and file types

• Printable PDF (11 pages), US Letter.

• Editable Word file (.docx, 12 pages) to type into and save as a new copy each week.

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