📝 A New Year’s Resolution For Bosses: Abandon These 6 Expressions

Today the calendar is blissfully open to the promise of a new year. No doubt most of you are thinking about filling it with goals and resolutions. Before you fill a page with promises, you should ask yourself this question as well as ponder the reasons you may not have made good on last year’s. Contrarians will tell you not to bother while historians have chronicled the resolution’s 4,000-year-old history and point out that they’ve become big business. Still, we’re all for setting smart goals, so consider this simple one, especially if you’re a boss or planning to quit your job. No matter what you resolve to accomplish, psychologists (and Ben Franklin) offer a way to help you stick to it. —Lydia Dishman   career evolution This Is The One Question You Should Ask Before Setting A New Year’s Goal Udemy’s Cara Brennan Allemano says even when you know it’s time for a change, it can be hard to know exactly where to start and what to do, so here’s how to get clarity. READ MORE   leadership now A New Year’s Resolution For Bosses: Abandon These 6 Expressions These phrases can undermine and de-motivate your employees. READ MORE   productivity secrets This Is Why You’ve Never Stuck With Your New Year’s Resolutions Did you not keep up with last year’s resolutions? You might be making one of the most common mistakes below. READ MORE

Before You Join The Great Resignation, Consider Making These Resolutions Sometimes feeling unsatisfied at work means it’s time for a new job. But sometimes it just means you need to make some smaller changes. READ MORE

leadership now A New Year’s Resolution For Entrepreneurs: Revisit Jim Collins The revered author has updated “Beyond Entrepreneurship” (a Reed Hastings favorite) and he has a lot to say about the current state of Silicon Valley READ MORE   how to be a success The Unconventional Approach To New Year’s Resolutions That Makes Them Stick With this approach, perhaps you can sidestep the inevitable challenges that come with traditional New Year’s resolutions and achieve lasting, positive changes. READ MORE   productivity secrets Why Making New Year’s Resolutions Is A Bad Way To Start The Year Chances are your life doesn’t need a major overhaul. Tiny changes to make you slightly new and improved are probably best. READ MORE   productivity secrets The 4,000-Year-Old History Of New Year’s Resolutions And How They Became Big Business You may have ancient Babylonians to thank for why you pledge to improve yourself every January 1 READ MORE   weekend read See The Unexpectedly Sophisticated Chairs Of ‘Star Trek,’ From Eames To Perriand To Saarinen To boldly sit where no one has sat before. READ MORE   FREE SPONSORED E-BOOK OF THE DAY Five-Point Leadership Click here to download your free e-book.     Thanks for reading! Have questions or comments? Email us at newsletters@fastcompany.com. Happy New Year! SHARE THIS NEWSLETTER   Support Our Journalism for as Little as $1.99/Month Join Fast Company Premium   If you don’t want to receive Compass anymore, unsubscribe here If you were forwarded Compass and like it, subscribe here View this newsletter online 7 World Trade Center, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10007-2195