Resources - Deselection Techniques

In the last month, are there things that you spent more time on than you intended? What about things you wish you had spent more time on?  Shifting the way we invest our time to protect priorities often requires negotiation of expectations with others. One of the most challenging aspects of this can be saying “No” when others make requests of our time. Learning to navigate these moments in culturally acceptable ways within our teams, organizations, and communities is a true leadership challenge.

Rather than simply saying “No.”, we put together a checklist of some common deselection techniques.