The year is nearly half over. How are you doing? Now is a good time to take stock of your priorities, progress, and neglected initiatives.

• Have beginning-of-the-year “priorities” lost their sheen?
  If so, why? What assumptions drove them to the top of the list and are those assumptions still valid? If those “priorities” aren’t really important, take them off the list explicitly to eliminate guilt, confusion, and misdirected investments of time and money.
• Are there important objectives that have been neglected?
  If so, why? If under-supported, why are they getting insufficient attention and resources? With what are they competing for resources? Who owns them? Are those owners committed to them? How are those owners being held accountable?
• Has the list of priorities grown?
  If there are too many priorities there are no priorities. You can’t only add to the list unless real progress is shortening the list just as fast. If the list has grown, cut it now. Turn attention to the top priority or two across the board and ensure some real progress. Don’t allow additions to the list without completing or removing something.