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This business tool is the proven way to determine priorities in almost anything, but especially for projects, products, strategies or actions in business. It's especially useful when a business does not have the resources to do everything on its list at the one time and wants to know what to focus on to achieve the greatest progress. It can be used at the highest level in a business (for strategic direction and planning), at the division or department level (to set improvement or investment priorities) and at the operational level (to set short-term changes to systems or processes). All you need is a list of things (items) you wish to prioritize. After your list is prepared, determining the priorities involves three simple steps of: 1. Scoring the list 2. Graphing the list 3. Focusing on the few that deliver the greatest results. You'll find this is a brilliant way to get people together to discuss the relative importance of the items on your list. Use it as often as you like with lists of projects, products and actions involving different groups throughout the business. It's a great way to build teamwork and motivate change. Whether you want to tackle the "runs on the board" items firstly or go for the high impact "big winners", now is the time to get your people thinking critically about the priorities. Using this tool regularly ensures you always define and work on the top priorities in your business. The Impact-Ease tool has been directly responsible for us earning millions of dollars. Four years ago we found ourselves completely overloaded. After applying the impact / ease grid we were able to focus on just a handful of projects. One of these has since become a multi-million dollar business. The impact / ease grid helped us to cut through the overwhelm and identify the small number of projects which gave us the highest return for the least effort...Andrew and Daryl Grant, Gold Coast, Australia The Impact-Ease tool has not only helped me focus on the most important actions, it's also identified the areas I have been procrastinating about. Our team has enjoyed applying it to all sorts of projects - it's a great way to get everyone started...Lynne Vautier, Vautier Pharmacy Group, New Zealand We used the Impact-Ease method to define the few key improvement projects and saved millions in technical support costs as a result...Helen Kang, Telstra, Australia If you'd like to learn how to use this tool in your business, talk to one of the Simpler Business Coaches via
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. These coaches have facilitated businesses to use the Impact-Ease tool to help set priorities confidently and achieve dramatic turnarounds in performance. Simply does it, The Simpler Business Institute
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