1. SP Support Center Presents Working with the Priority Grid With Corina Tracy

2. PLAN with the PRIORITY GRID
ASSESS
LEARN
ASPIRE
ACT
PLAN

3. ASSESS to ASPIRE alone work well with operational variance
LEARN
ASPIRE
ACT
PLAN

4. Start with ASPIRE for Strategic Planning, then ASSESS
OPERATIONAL PLANNING
STRATEGIC PLANNING

5. the priority grid A Year-Round Tool Aiding Team Alignment Managing Up and down

6. Org & PROGRAM-LEVEL Scales up Scales down Pillar-level

7. Topics Covered What is the purpose of the priority grid?
What are the action implications?
Mechanics for creating the grid
How to force rank initiatives
Pillar-specific strategy and metrics 
Overall program-level strategy and metrics

8. Purpose
Structure thinking to focus on high impact

9. The Priority Grid Axes Difficulty Organizational Impact 7.0 and above
6.0 – 6.9
4.0 – 4.9
3.0 – 3.9
Below 2.9
Below 6.0
6.0 – 6.4
6.5 – 6.9
7.0 – 7.4
7.5 – 7.9
8.0 – 8.4
8.5 – 8.9
9.0 and above
Organizational Impact

10. The Priority Grid Quadrants
Difficulty
7.0 and above
6.0 – 6.9
4.0 – 4.9
3.0 – 3.9
Below 2.9
Below 6.0
6.0 – 6.4
6.5 – 6.9
7.0 – 7.4
7.5 – 7.9
8.0 – 8.4
8.5 – 8.9
9.0 and above
FOOL’S TRAP
HIGH HANGING FRUIT
TEMPTING DISTRACTIONS
LOW HANGING FRUIT
Organizational Impact

11. Priority Grid Steps List Initiatives Force Rank Impact and Difficulty
Document Rationale
Ground in Change-Sustain Strategy
Action Plan

12. Step 2: Criteria for Forced Rankings
Time intensity/difficulty ranking, 1-10
Higher rankings based upon time intensity for key people
Higher ranking based on degree of cultural (behavior) change required
Higher if this requires resources ($’s, FTEs) not yet approved. Note if item is contingent upon needed resources.
7.0 and above
6.0 – 6.9
4.0 – 4.9
3.0 – 3.9
Below 2.9
Below 6.0
6.0 – 6.4
6.5 – 6.9
7.0 – 7.4
7.5 – 7.9
8.0 – 8.4
8.5 – 8.9
9.0 and above
Impact ranking, 1-10
Based on what matters most in the context of a specific grid e.g. the overall vision, or the pillar element within it.

13. Step 2: What Forced Ranking is
7.0 and above
6.0 – 6.9
4.0 – 4.9
3.0 – 3.9
Below 2.9
Below 6.0
6.0 – 6.4
6.5 – 6.9
7.0 – 7.4
7.5 – 7.9
8.0 – 8.4
8.5 – 8.9
9.0 and above
Ranking Individual Items
AGAINST EACH OTHER

14. Step 3: Documenting Rationale each ranking
Evaluating Impact and Difficulty of Shifts
How important you think an initiative area is

15. Step 3: Documenting Rationale helps…
…organize your thinking and…
…encourage great conversations!

16. Bring Attention to the Level of Strategy you are Affecting
Program
LEVEL 2
Pillar within a Program
LEVEL 3
Strategy within a Pillar