Inspiring Workplaces: Three Ideas to Help You Change Your Workplace Habits

Published: Wed, 01/08/25

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#1,053 - Jan.8, 2025

Three Ideas to Help You Change Your Workplace Habits

Welcome back! I feel like I haven't seen you since last year!

As you leap boldly into 2025 I've got three suggestions for you to help you make some changes to your workplace.

#1: Yes, it's that time of the year to pull out the wheel of change formula and decide as a team, at least for the first quarter of the year: What is one thing everyone will commit to START doing; one thing everyone will commit to STOP doing; one thing everyone will CONTINUE to do.

#2: Create monthly themes related to your workplace where everyone focuses on just one habit, goal, or theme for an entire month.

#3. Habits are changed one day at time, so write a short list (short and sweet is the key, I'd suggest no more than three items) of daily intentions: Small habits you want to commit to keeping everyday. And they can be really small - the small moments matter! The key to sustaining them is reviewing your intentions at the start and end of each workday.

If you really want to commit to the changes then share your intentions with an accountability partner, share them publicly so your adorable colleagues can cheer you on, or keep a scorecard to track your progress. But please be patient with yourself - it takes time for habits to set in!

And while we're on the topic, I'm curious to hear from you!

Please click on the survey link and take a moment to answer the following question: If you could change just one thing about your workplace that you think would make the biggest difference to everyone's happiness, productivity, and well-being this year, what would you change?

Mike's Fun at Work Tip

One fun strategy that might help you keep that challenging new year's resolution or big goal you made to the rest of your team is to create an outrageous bet with someone.

For example, five executives at a management consulting company made a public wager that whoever recorded the fewest number of steps after a month-long fitness challenge would have to sing a Celine Dion song in front of all the employees.

And former CEO Jack Kalh challenged his sales team to reach a certain sales quota, promising that if they made the quota he would swim across the company pond, however if the team didn't achieve the quota, the entire sales team would have to make the swim of shame. Naturally, the sales team wildly exceeded the sales quota!

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"My new year's resolution is to quit all my bad habits, but then it occurred to me that no one likes a quitter!"

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