Tenure-track faculty often focus on the important and urgent (teaching) at the expense of the important and non-urgent, the tenure and promotion process.  In addition, the information they receive about the tenure and promotion process is often fractured, sporadic and anecdotal.  This paper reviews articles published on the tenure and promotion process, as well as the experience of two department chairs who have observed how numerous faculty have responded to this process.  Our focus is on the “three legs of the stool”: Teaching, service and scholarship.  This presentation covers ideas of organizing tenure material, how to prepare for a classroom observation, how to manage student expectations, how to maintain an achievable research agenda, and how to make meaningful service contributions.