{"id":851,"date":"2012-01-02T16:07:13","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T00:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markccrowley.com\/?p=851"},"modified":"2012-01-02T16:07:13","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T00:07:13","slug":"four-things-leaders-must-do-in-january-to-ensure-a-hugely-successful-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/four-things-leaders-must-do-in-january-to-ensure-a-hugely-successful-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Things Leaders Must Do In January To Ensure A Hugely Successful Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"January“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” \u00a0~ <\/strong><\/em>Plato<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leaders beware:\u00a0\u00a0the first week of January is a tough time for a lot of people at work.<\/p>\n

Your employees are returning to their jobs with fond memories of vacations and holiday celebrations lingering in their minds, and the thought of starting over against new goals and objectives is likely feeling quite oppressive.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re at all human yourself, you too may be feeling some degree of dred about taking on the New Year and also inclined to ease into things a bit before you fully engage. Contrary to these impulses, I urge you to go bold and hit the New Year running.<\/p>\n

What happens (or doesn\u2019t happen) in January sets the tone for what\u2019s to occur in the next eleven months.\u00a0 Throughout my long career, I watched many teams start out slowly to begin the year and never fully recover to achieve their most important annual targets.\u00a0 More inspiring is that teams (and leaders) who get off to great starts in January almost always ensure a highly successful year ahead.<\/p>\n

There are four things I have learned will set you and your teams up for spectacular achievement this year \u2013 if you take action on them now and in this order:<\/em><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Express Genuine Thanks To Your Team For Last Year\u2019s Performance<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before you have the right to ask your employees to support you in the achievement of this year\u2019s targets, you must first ensure they know how much you appreciate what they accomplished last<\/em> year.<\/p>\n

So often, we as leaders are anxious to get to work on the next important goal \u2013 to plow forward \u2013 that we forget how necessary and important it is to acknowledge what\u2019s already been achieved.\u00a0 Moving on this way, without expressing gratitude, is managerial malpractice.<\/p>\n

Acknowledging performance has the effect of inspiring greater future effort and commitment.\u00a0 It helps widen people\u2019s perspectives of what\u2019s achievable.\u00a0 Thanking and praising people for the work they do is perhaps a leader\u2019s most important responsibility.<\/p>\n

So before you make any further mention of how important it will be for the team to meet its new years’ objectives, compose a thoughtful communication to express how much you personally appreciate and value the work your employees did this past year.\u00a0\u00a0 My best advice is that you avoid including caveats that diminish the power of your recognition.\u00a0 Say \u201cI am honored by how hard you all worked to help us achieve so many of our most important targets last year,\u201d and not \u201cEven though we failed to meet one of our key revenue goals, I appreciate how hard you each worked.\u201d<\/p>\n

I believe the energy of every human being is our spirit and to \u201cinspire\u201d means to fill with spirit \u2013 to uplift and motivate.\u00a0\u00a0 An authentic communication from one\u2019s leader that expresses true appreciation is powerfully inspiring.\u00a0 What I know for sure: your people will scale mountains for you this year if they are certain everything they did to support you last year was valued.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Re-imagine, Restructure, Re-allign & Rejuvenate<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>January is the perfect month to shake things up \u2013 to enliven and improve your operations.\u00a0\u00a0 So take time to evaluate your greatest strengths and limitations and be willing to make changes in order to eliminate static or interference.<\/p>\n

January is ideal for experimenting and trying out new things.\u00a0 Consider reconfiguring parts of the team or dedicating a group of people to finding fixes for problems that have historically limited your performance.\u00a0 Identify what changes you feel are most needed and then take action.\u00a0 Make sure to articulate a new vision for the future so everyone who works for you knows where you\u2019re headed and can contribute to the new model.\u00a0 Contrary to what we may instinctively think and feel, change is good.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Schedule One-On-One Meetings With All Direct Reports<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The start of a new year is a time of reflection for all of us \u2013 including your employees.\u00a0\u00a0 These last few years have been particularly difficult for many workers inasmuch as they\u2019ve been asked to do more with fewer people to support them.\u00a0 Consequently, you should be anticipating that your employees are thinking about their work \u2013 whether it fulfills them, whether they\u2019re contributing to the extent they desire and whether they are growing.\u00a0 You need to meet with each person on your team and dig into the answers to these kinds of questions.<\/p>\n

As I wrote about in Lead From The Heart, <\/em>having conversations like these is essential to the well being of your employees and will have great influence not just on their motivation at work, but also as to whether they remain working for you.<\/p>\n

The meetings I\u2019m proposing are not annual review sessions.\u00a0 Have these \u2013 but not now.\u00a0 In these discussions, you want to discover your employee\u2019s dreams.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m not kidding.\u00a0\u00a0 How can you develop and grow them?\u00a0 Are there projects or unique tasks they would like to be a part of that would make their hearts sing?\u00a0 If you commit to helping your people achieve their personal dreams of work, and build a plan of action to support them, you\u2019ll inspire previously unimaginable commitment, engagement and productivity.\u00a0 Make sure to also express in person why having that person on your team means so much to you.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Challenge The Team To Start The Year Off Fast<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>While others were taking their time to get going, I have always asked my teams to excel in January.\u00a0 There is nothing more exciting than to get into February knowing you\u2019re already well ahead of your targets and have established great momentum right out of the gate.\u00a0\u00a0 Everyone on the team is invigorated when they see that they started the year of with a bang and have achievements to point to very early on in the year.\u00a0\u00a0 Hold contests, amplify recognition of efforts \u2013 do anything and everything to convey the importance of getting off to a fast start and then hold a little party in February to thank everyone for supporting you.\u00a0 Win in January and you will win all year long.<\/p>\n

Have a happy and prosperous New Year!<\/p>\n

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