What’s your New Year’s resolution?

You’re probably ready to reply with something personal — a skill to learn, a habit to change, or a goal to achieve. Or, like me, you might skip it entirely - because resolutions are too hard to make stick.

But what if I asked your team the same question?  How would they describe themselves in the future? What would they want to learn, change or achieve together?

This month, I worked with two teams on exactly this! 

I asked them to physically stand on a rope. One end representing December 2025, the other December 2027. As they stood in the present, I asked them to look ahead and describe what they saw.

Not one person in either team mentioned achieving strategic goals, profit, or market share.

Instead, unprompted, they talked about:

·       Trust

·       Belonging

·       Navigating challenges together

·       Learning and growing as a team

·       And the difference these things made for staff, customers, suppliers, shareholders, and the wider community

Most teams focus on strategic and operational plans, especially at this time of the year. Great! They are critical to ensure activity is aligned. But there’s more to talk about…

Perhaps the most powerful planning question isn’t what will we achieve by when?

It’s who do we need to be — together — to get there?

So maybe your team needs a New Year’s resolution too — and some support to help make it stick! If you’re keen to have a chat about this idea, please get in touch.

Enjoy the break, rest well, and step into 2026 with fresh energy! And a resolutions that lasts beyond mid-January!