New Year's Resolution Tips for Your Business

Do you make annual New Year’s resolutions? This year, consider making some for your business! Framing your business goals as resolutions can add a sense of novelty to the goal process and offers a different form of accountability.

Here are five tips from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on setting and keeping New Year’s Resolutions for businesses.

1. Keep goals realistic
Just like in personal resolutions, setting lofty goals that are near unattainable isn’t productive. Focus on small, measurable objectives that can lead to large-scale improvements over time.

2. Bite-sized goals
Coming up with big goals is easy, but figuring out where to start can leave you feeling stuck. Breaking them down into small, actionable steps allows you to create a clear road map to achieve the end goal.

3. Monitor your progress
Keeping track of your progress is vital. It keeps you on top of your goals and lets you see what strategies are working and what needs to be changed. It also helps you celebrate the little victories along the way, which keeps you and your team motivated.

4. Get your team involved
Have your team join in on setting and achieving business resolutions. Teamwork encourages a sense of collective responsibility and can even lead to creative approaches you wouldn’t have thought of alone.

5. Make use of technology
There are many ways to automate parts of your personal and business life. So, don’t be afraid to utilize technology to help automate tasks, organize workflows and track progress. Automation can help increase efficiency and clear up your time to focus on the more strategic parts of the business.

Check out a few more tips from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in their article How Can I Make New Year’s Resolutions for My Business That I’ll Be Sure to Keep?.