Here is a blog from Tania Ashton Jones has great skills in coaching for success and she is one of our great team of trainers. It is designed for leaders and managers as a thought-provoking piece and a way of checking that employee motivation momentum is being maintained. We are one month into the year already!  Over to Tania:

As 2011 drew to a close, Alison highlighted the secret to making sure New Year Resolutions are powerful and work.  I don’t know how you are feeling, but for me the first few weeks of 2012 have flown by.  If we’re not careful good intentions, to improve aspects of daily life, that transpired as the New Year dawned, can quickly fade away, just as the weeks do.

So how are you fairing with those New Year Resolutions?

Have you been viewing areas you want to change from New Dimensions and taking the necessary action to implement them?  Have you started keen, kept up the momentum and now find you are benefitting from your new actions?  If this is you, take time out to reflect and celebrate these achievements however large or small.  Write down what’s worked and the feelings it generated.  Capture the detail, the achievement and success in order to build progressively and take new behaviours to new levels or develop further areas as the year unfolds.

Or have you found …

Some or all of your New Year’s Resolutions have simply faded along with the old year?  Were some of them on your ‘to do’ list at the beginning of 2011 and then transferred to your 2012 list?  If so what is the likelihood they will reappear on your ‘to do’ list as we enter 2013?  If this is the case it is not too late to take stock and work out what you can do and how you are going to do it?  A good starting point is to identify if the resolutions were right in the first place.  Don’t waste time and energy on the ones which were never right, rework those which may need to be expressed in a slightly different direction to enable them to work better for you and establish any quick wins which will get you on the right track.  Try to reinvigorate that initial drive you had, by reminding yourself what it would mean to you when your goals are realized.

What is your Reality?

Whichever areas from above you can relate to, take time out to recognize your own reality and focus on where you want to take it to next.  Sharing our resolutions, reviewing progress regularly and having support to achieve our goals, instigate change and instill new behaviours, can be paramount to ensuring actions are implemented.

The Workplace

People in an organisation are often referred to as “the greatest asset.”  This is a term, which can be easily dismissed, but I believe it really is an underrated term.  Believing in people is the key to empowering them to dig a little deeper and provides the platform to seek out and unveil people’s hidden talents and strengths. Taking decisive, positive steps to implement resolutions across the whole scope of an organization and instill new behaviours and habits requires a focused effort but the outcome can be immensely rewarding.  Now more than ever is the time to invest in your people.  To make them feel special, give them a sense of belonging and fulfillment and ensure you and the organisation reap the benefits of the investment as the year progresses.

How about providing the framework for people to be able to share, review and have support to achieve their work-based resolutions?  Corporate and Executive Coaching may provide your senior managers and leaders with the support they require to keep on track throughout the year with their personal business and organizational resolutions.  Coaching and Mentoring Skills for Managers and Trainers may be the answer to setting up, following and achieving action plans for your team members.  Personal Performance Coaching at Work can be great at tackling those challenges and breaking down the barriers which often prevent us from achieving our resolutions.

Whatever your reality is with your New Dimensions on your New Year’s Resolutions, we wish you continued good luck and success in taking them forward in 2012.

Tania Ashton Jones
Associate Trainer & Coach
Training To Achieve