21 QUESTIONS FOR 21: SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR START INTO THE NEW WORK YEAR

Let me start by wishing all the leaders out there a healthy, successful and fun-filled 2021! Here are 21 Positive Leadership suggestions that may help you, your team and your organization achieve just that.

1.     To whom was I grateful in 2020 and for what?

2.     What in 2020 turned out better than expected?

3.     Whom am I looking forward to in 2021?

4.     What am I looking forward to?

5.     What did I do in 2020 to create joy for myself?

6.     And what will I do in 2021 to continuously cultivate situations of positivity for myself?

7.     How will I alleviate stress, struggles and negativity?

8.     How will I create moments of positivity, joy and interest for my employees in 2021?

9.     Which of my strengths proved to be helpful in 2020?

10.  Which of these do I intend to put to work even more in 2021?

11.  And how will others benefit from this?

12.  What will I do to better acknowledge, appreciate and utilize the strengths of my employees in 2021?

13.  With whom did I feel particularly connected in 2020?

14.  With whom do I wish to have more contact in 2021?

15.  And with whom do I want less contact/where do I need to set firmer boundaries?

16.  What will I do in 2021 to improve the workplace climate in our organization? Foster a stronger feeling of togetherness among my employees – physically, digitally and phygitally?

17.  In how far did I experience my work in 2020 as meaningful? Which values and things that are important to me was I able to express through my work?

18.  How will I continue to do this in 2021 or even step it up?

19.  How can I do a better job explaining the Why, the big picture within our organization – even as far as small-scale decisions and actions are concerned?

20.  Looking back on 2020, what can I be proud of – for myself, my employees, our organization?

21.  How can I make my employees more aware of their successes, progress and small victories in the new year?

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I work as leadership coach for individuals, teams and organizations. I give keynotes, trainings, workshops, via Zoom, MS Teams – or face to face in my beautiful hometown of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in southern Bavaria. The spirit, the methods and the science of Positive Psychology and Positive Leadership are the foundations of my work. Otherwise I'm a – mostly – optimistic Dad, soon-to-be husband, avid skier, horrible but passionate climber. Happy to hear from you!

Christian Thiele

P.S.: You're doing a great job!