WASBO Professional Growth & Wellness Series | Session 1
Managing Overwhelm & Competing Priorities
Recorded Webinar | Originally presented September 30, 2026
Credit Available: 1 credit
When everything feels urgent, it can be difficult to know where to focus your time and energy. This recorded webinar offers practical strategies for school business professionals to manage competing demands, protect time for important work, and build simple habits that make busy weeks more manageable.
Join Jamie Reed, CSBA, as she explores how to distinguish real urgency from everyday noise, prioritize tasks with confidence, and respond to interruptions without losing sight of your goals. Pause the recording to work through a guided activity using your own task list and identify a small change to put into practice.
What You Will Learn
- Distinguish urgent tasks from important work and recognize what truly needs your attention.
- Use urgency, importance, impact, and effort to decide what to do, schedule, delegate, or remove.
- Choose three daily priorities and communicate realistic timelines and tradeoffs.
- Manage interruptions and shifting priorities while protecting focused work time.
- Simplify your workflow with one task list, one calendar, and a weekly reset.
- Set practical boundaries that support a more sustainable workload.
Who Should Attend: School business professionals seeking practical ways to manage their workload, reduce overwhelm, and make more intentional decisions about their time.
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Presenter
Jamie Reed, CSBA
Finance Director
Cheney Public Schools
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