1. Don’t be a lousy leader.

 Before you accept full responsibility for your performance on the job, look for opportunities to find a better supervisor. Good leaders can motivate us and bring out our best. Awful leaders do the opposite.

2. Get to know your colleagues

A united team will make it much easier for you to withstand trouble in the workplace. if your goal is to sell more, or be more productive, try first building a team, atmosphere. It will make it easier to complete your goal when others are rooting for you.

3. Change your physical environment at work.

There is plenty of research that shows our productivity improves when our work makes us feel better. If you are working too many hours, find ways to sort the work environment healthier for your physical and mental wellbeing. If standing desks aren’t your thing, then try to take more frequent short breaks or use your lunchtime to get away from your desk.

CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has said, “mainly I’m just walking around the office. Sitting down with people. Figuring on what’s going on. What the biggest challenge is”.

 4. Take some time for yourself.

It’s our nature to get caught up doing things for others that we forget to do some time for your own. This year make a change and do something for yourself every day. Whether it’s treating yourself, or simply gathering your thoughts at the end of the day and unwind. Find that little time that you are looking forward to and this will make your working day so much better.

5. Retain or increase your credentials.

Look for the financial and human resources you would like this year to keep growing. You’re more likely to successfully improve your job prospects once you ask others to support you while you build your skills. Can your partner help? Are there government subsidies? Even downsizing your homes for a time is likely to make it easier to realize a promise you make to yourself.

6. Build a little hidden capital for plan B

Put aside some money for a plan B. the best resolutions are those that are well resourced. If you can’t reach your goals this year, at least build a little hidden capital so that you can make a bigger, more successful change next year.

These simple thoughts can make a big difference in workplace productivity by focusing energy on people and relationships. There will always be a job to finish and objective to meet, but all those efforts become much easier when team rapport is strong and personal satisfaction at work is the rule, not the exception.