Everyone makes personal New Year’s resolutions. But I can’t recall ever seeing departmental resolutions or organizational resolutions. Which is sad because the New Year is a great time to roll out new ways of thinking.
From a process standpoint you have a large group of people coming back from almost two weeks off that are upbeat and focused on personal improvement. What better time to try to roll-out an improved workplace seat sharing policy! So many of those employees have a personal resolution to spend more time with family. Hit them with the possibility of working from home 2 days a week and you will probably improve your acceptance rate.
What about paperless office? Tie it to personal sustainability and give people the tools and you’ll see the same results – higher acceptance rates.
There’s research that shows that it takes between 21 and 66 days to form a new habit. You have to get a high initial adoptance level if you are going to have any hope of organic (non-dictated) success.