tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91906495250588224352024-03-18T20:19:13.295-07:00Quadrant 2 Associates BlogPromoting healthy, efficient, effective organizationsBobbyGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807934795994985233noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9190649525058822435.post-44902574814985992662014-03-21T12:19:00.004-07:002014-03-21T14:37:24.813-07:00Welcome to Quadrant 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Quadrant 2 is that place within Covey's four quadrants of time management wherein we attend to things that are "important but not urgent."</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The late Stephen Covey expressed time management in terms of "The 4 Quadrants." Proponents of the "Lean" model of improvement and management characterize process components as "Value adding" (Quadrant 2, in our view), "Necessary but non-value adding" (Quadrant 1), and "Waste" (Quadrants 3 and 4). Effective organizations continuously improve their processes to maximize time spent in Quadrant 2, minimize time spent in Quadrant 1, and eliminate time wasted in Quadrants 3 and 4.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Easier said than done.</span></span><br />
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