Webinar
Leadership Area of Study

Many professionals struggle to identify what truly matters when juggling multiple—and often competing—demands. This webinar introduces simple yet powerful principles and frameworks to help clarify priorities, stay focused on high-impact work, and reduce feelings of overwhelm. Through practical tools and mindset shifts, participants explored how to better manage their time and energy for greater effectiveness. 

In this webinar we:

  • learned to distinguish between urgent vs. important and low- vs. high-impact activities.
  • identified common priority-setting traps and how to avoid them.
  • explored practical strategies to reduce overwhelm.
  • strengthened our strategic thinking in the context of setting and managing priorities.

Webinar presenter Carolien Moors, MPsych and MEd., has applied psychology and business insight to challenges faced by leaders and teams as an organizational consultant, speaker, and coach, focusing on candor, accountability, and change for more than 30 years.

Presented on September 17, 2025

Prioritize with Purpose – Takeaways

  • Urgent vs. Important: Learn to distinguish between tasks that demand immediate attention and those that truly contribute to long-term goals and success.
  • Focus on High-Impact Work: Apply tools like the Eisenhower Matrix and the Impact/Effort Matrix to keep your energy centered on the tasks that matter most.
  • Avoid Common Traps: Recognize and overcome pitfalls such as haphazard prioritization, multitasking, and trying to do everything yourself.
  • Practical Strategies: Use proven approaches like time-blocking, batching similar tasks, and aligning expectations with colleagues and supervisors.
  • Delegation as Empowerment: Reframe delegation not as offloading work, but as an opportunity to empower, grow, and develop others.
  • Mindset Shifts: Move from “busy but scattered” to “focused and purposeful,” building habits that sustain productivity and reduce overwhelm.
  • Strategic Thinking: Make consistent space for reflection, big-picture planning, and strengthening your decision-making around priorities.

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