Learning to Say No
A Better Way to Set Strategic Priorities
5 Tips for Dealing with Meeting Overload
Pushing Past Analysis Paralysis
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True or False: Saying “no” is a skill you can learn

True

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An effort in which resources and time are both variables, where the organization would like an outcome but cannot absolutely commit specific resources over any specifiable time period is known as?

a. Critical Priority

b. Desirable Priority

c. Important Priority

d. Amber Alert

A Desirable Priority

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True of False: A meeting to review something is usually a necessary meeting

False

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Jotted down points of what you plan to present in big macro themes is known as?

a. The Tinman

b. The Strawman

c. Toto

d. Dorothy

The Strawman

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When someone is coming to you with a request, what should you consider?

a. Whether the work will impact your scheduled nap time

b. Whether this request comes with a gift

c. The importance of the work, who is requesting the work and your current workload

d. The deadline to complete this task

The importance of the work, who is requesting the work and your current workload

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An objective that must be successfully accomplished within a specified amount of time, no matter what is known as?

a. Critical Priority

b. Desirable Priority

c. Important Priority

d. Amber Alert

A Critical Priority

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Our speaker says you should do this, to focus on your own work

a. Meditate

b. Take 3 shots of tequila

c.  Schedule blocks of uninterrupted time (no fly zones)

d. Hide

Schedule blocks of uninterrupted time (no fly zones)

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In your presentations, you want to focus your macro topics around?

a. The Customer Problem

b. The Macro Environment

c. The options for lunch in the cafeteria

d. Your sales pods

The Customer Problem

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What is the goal of saying no?

a. Frees up time to listen to that new Beyonce album

b. To find the strong minority of times that you should say no so that you can properly focus on your work

c. Frees up time for a coffee break

d. Because saying "I don't wanna" doesn't sound professional

To find the strong minority of times that you should say no that you can properly focus on your work

30

An effort that can have a significant positive impact on performance, where resources are fixed and the variable is either time or the objective is known as?

a. Critical Priority

b. Desirable Priority

c. Important Priority

d. Amber Alert

An Important Priority

30

What is the optimal size of a decision-making meeting?

a. 3 (Me, Myself & I)

b. 5 to 8 people

c. 10 to 12 people

d. 37 people

5 to 8 people

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What 4 points are used when thinking about what to put into a topic you’re ready to talk about?

a. Who, What, Where, When

b. Where, When, How, Who

c. What, Why, How, Best

d. Who said what to who?

What, Why, How, Best

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Which of the following is not a consequence of saying no?

a. It can negatively impact relationships

b. People may question your loyalty

c. People may question if you’re a team player

d. People may question your fashion sense

People may question your fashion sense

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A trick to determining if a meeting is really necessary is?

a. Seeing how many people accept your meeting invite

b. Starting the subject line of a meeting invite with an action verb

c. Determining if it truly brings you happiness while scheduling

d. No meeting is necessary!

Starting the subject line of a meeting invite with an action verb

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Which of the 4 points does our speaker say is a great place to put your competitive analysis?

a. Who

b. In a folder on your computer

c. Best

d. In a pretty little box

Best

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When others are controlling our calendars and we’re simply reacting to their whims is also called?

a. Control Conundrum

b. Calendar Fatigue

c. Calendar Creep

d. MADNESSS!  

Calendar Creep

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What professional position is our speaker?

a. Measurement Analytics Partner

b. CSC

c. NCIS

d. CSE

CSE

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