The new normal we hoped to enjoy in 2022 is still far from solidified. With disruptions continuing to impact the economy, our communities and work life, forming smart New Year’s resolutions is more important than ever as we enter 2023.
What can leaders do to help others through these trials? Deep reflection on their lives and businesses can produce the clarity needed to triumph in these challenging times. To guide you, here are four goals for the new year that can help you manage your team effectively.
1. Learn What Your Employees Need
While there are many benefits to remote work both for employees and organizations, working from home can also sometimes be isolating. It’s important to meet regularly with your team, both collectively and one-on-one, to make sure they’re fully supported to give their best performance.
The new year is a good time to better understand and optimize the employee support systems that have developed over the last few years.
2. Streamline Meetings
Memes featuring the sentiment, “This could have been an email” became popular over the last few years. But even lighthearted annoyance at unnecessary meetings can fester, turning into burnout and disengagement down the line. Before calling a meeting, consider leaning on tools like audio messages, Slack huddles, or Loom videos when you need to communicate beyond an email. In 2023, be especially cognizant of whether a meeting is truly necessary.
3. Invest In Employee Growth
Gen Z employees entering the workforce are concerned about their soft skills gap — both from their lack of experience, as well as the pandemic’s disruption to their social development.
Job shadowing or mentorship are great ways to sharpen collaboration and team building while imparting new hard skills. Specifically, leadership development programs can help employees build soft skills while further developing vision, perseverance, and fresh goals.
4. Experiment With New Strategies for Achieving Team Goals
Setting resolutions is one of the best ways to analyze your successes and failures over the past year, so imagine how empowered you’d feel if you did this regularly throughout the year.
Start to rethink your approach to goals. For instance, if your organization struggles with agility, organize your team to aggressively pursue a goal between review periods with a work sprint.
So far, the 2020s have been defined by disruption. It’s no longer enough to just set annual static goals. As a leader, you need to find novel and dynamic ways to support your team. Resolve to empower your employees, and you’ll be better positioned to achieve your organization’s goals in 2023.
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