CEO End of Year Speech or New Year Message to Employees: How to Easily Write an Inspiring End of Year or New Year Message That Will Motivate Your Staff to Maximum Productivity

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Write a motivational New Year message to your employees
Write an inspiring end of year or annual message or letter to your staff

…plus a whole more ideas you can add to your speech so your employees can be inspired to work even harder

There’s no doubt that the work of a CEO is pretty hectic and stressful. There are a lot of responsibilities that go with being the boss of your firm or organization.

From working long hours as the head of your firm, to directing and implementing the vision of the corporation, to directing profitability to communicating with the board and being there for your employees, you have a lot of burdens on your shoulder.

On top of all that, you have a family that looks up to you and if you don’t strike the right balance, you can lose your sanity! So, it’s only appropriate that at the end of every year, you wind down with your family and friends and prepare for the next one.

All too soon, another year is here with us and I would like to wish you a blessed new year! You and your team have worked so hard and may this year be a year of success in your career. May you land on big projects and deliver them successfully. Have a wonderful New Year ahead!

Well, since you are the source of inspiration to your team, you have to start the New Year on the right note by delivering a CEO New Year message that will inspire them to their fullest potential.

I know you give one every year and that’s okay. But i think this particular one should be unique from every other word you’ve ever uttered.

How can you make a stirring New Year speech or message that incorporates your organization’s strategy and vision for the New Year? That's a question I guess is on your mind.

It’s actually simple. It begins by first studying very brilliant examples and watching videos that propelled a firm to achieve their set targets in a given year. You have to because such video clips have lots of insights and ideas that you can weave into your own speech.

First and foremost, let’s look at this video by Stephan Sturm, CEO of Fresenius Stephan. He delivered this speech at the height of the covid-19 pandemic. He talked about the challenges the global health pandemic wrought in his industry and what his team did to meet the challenges head on in that same year.

CEO New Year Speech or End of Year Message to Employees #1: Video

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In the next video, Alan J Balch, CEO of Patient Advocate Foundation gives a brief account of what he and his staff achieved together during the height of the global pandemic and what he anticipates would happen the following year.

CEO End of Year Message to Staff or New Year Message #2: Video

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That’s not all. Let’s look at this one too by Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah AO, the founder and chairman of the Subway group.

There’s a reason I included this last example. If you really want to make your message visually aesthetic, then I recommend that you re-watch that clip for great ideas about how you can make your message very unique.

Did you know that these can also help you out: CEO end of year speech or message samples or templates? They are useful because they can take the guesswork out of writing a motivational CEO end of year or New Year message since it contains several insights you can blend into your speech.

Let’s quickly look at these two. Afterward, I will break down the second example down bit by bit with a view towards sharing valuable lessons and inisights that you can use to write a very inspiring New Year or End of Year CEO or director speech.

If you are pressed for time, then please head right to the second example because that’s where you can find my analysis.

CEO End of Year Message/New Year Speech to Employees: Example #1

First, let’s start with the New Year message of President and CEO of Tighe & Bond, Bob Belitz.

Here you go:

As we enter 2022, we’re taking a moment to reflect on this past year, but more importantly, we are looking forward to where we are headed as a firm. Our work environment continued to be unpredictable in 2021, with COVID-19 impacting how we work, the needs of our clients, and priorities for our staff.

While many facets of the workplace seem to have changed permanently, many tenets of our business remain unchanged. In the face of these uncertainties, we continued to grow and expand our capabilities to serve our clients and deliver quality projects, build out our systems and processes, and invest in the people of our employee-owned organization. A successful business model needs to continue to adapt, and we are ready as we enter the New Year.

Reinforcing Our Commitment to Our Vision

While the unique circumstances of the past two years have certainly influenced our approach to day-to-day operations, it has not changed our overall goal of developing strategies and initiatives in support of our vision of “Choice employer. Choice consultant. Choice investment.” This vision captures our goals of being a great place to work, a trusted advisor to our clients, and a firm where employee-owners want to invest both their time and capital.

An organization’s core values are always incredibly important, but more so than ever given the ever-changing work environment.

We retain our steadfast devotion to our core values of integrity, excellence, reliability, safety, commitment, and respect. These values continue to emphasize our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

This is an incredibly exciting time to be part of our industry. The stimulus funds available at all levels of government will provide unprecedented opportunity for our public clients to invest in and upgrade their infrastructure.

To support those needs, we will continue to invest in our strategic expansion across the Northeast and by delivering innovative and full-service solutions to holistically address clients’ needs through our Whole Asset Approach. Our twelve offices across the Northeast and staff of close to 450 employees allow us to offer broad expertise in a regional service model.

Giving Back

Giving back through our “Make a Difference” program is always at the heart of our firm. Our employees understand the needs of our communities more than ever during these uncertain times. Our team continued to volunteer for numerous organizations; whether it was participating in environmental cleanups, helping food delivery organizations, mentoring kids in STEM programs, or aiding frontline workers at local hospitals, our employees continue to step up in times of need.

A Note of Appreciation

I would like to acknowledge and thank all of our clients and business partners for their support and trust in our company. I would also like to extend my deepest appreciation to Tighe & Bond’s exceptional staff.

Thank you for exemplifying our core values and producing the high-quality work our clients expect. Our success is due to both our clients and the commitment and talent of our dedicated staff. We look forward to the New Year and the future, together.

CEO End of Year Message/New Year Speech to Employees: Example #2

This second example was delivered this year by CEO of Pharos System International: Kevin Pickhardt

Here you go:

I wish a very Happy New Year to all of our partners, customers and friends on this first month of 2022!

As one year welcomes the next, millions of people are taking this time to reflect on the past year to assess what was and to envision the year ahead to make choices on what can be. So, I take this moment to share some of my thoughts with you.

Most anyone would describe 2021 as anything but a normal year. I heard one commentator referring to this past year as a ‘lost year’, but I believe 2021 challenged us to be more alive and more aware than most years.

With so many unknowns between the pandemic, the impact of social distancing on work and life, the challenges of global supply shortages, the impacts of fires and natural disasters, unprecedented cybersecurity threats, and so much more sent our way, it is easy to feel lost and destabilized.

However, the challenge to each of us has not changed. Each and every year, and each and every minute, our challenges are the same – to grow in resilience as individuals and a society. That is, to accept whatever life presents us and expand our ability to respond in the healthiest way possible.

I believe this is what it means to be human, to live a good and meaningful life. Any living being, individual, organization or society measures its health by its ability to adapt. Witness the adaptation of the virus to find ever new ways to accelerate its growth.

We are no different, needing to assess the world as it is and choose actions that accelerate growth. This is why 2021 presented us so many opportunities to be more alive and more human than most years. It asked us to become more alert to changes around us and more adept at choosing healthy responses.

This is true for Pharos as well and how we serve in the world. While our customers’ fundamental needs changed little this past year – they still needed to create environments in which employees can work effectively and efficiently from wherever they may be, optimize the use of assets (the most valuable of which is time), and ensure a secure and safe work environment for their employees and customers they serve – the way those needs present themselves changed considerably.

The new hybrid workforce (working from home, the coffee shop and elsewhere) has become a longer-term reality, not the blip we once anticipated. This accelerated digital and cloud transformation from a vision of the future to today’s reality. Zero infrastructure and zero trust networks are becoming widespread – even mandatory in the Federal Government. There is more pressure than ever to act and adapt quickly and decisively.

We welcomed more clients to our cloud printing platform than in any other year, improving their employee experience and saving them time and money. We adapted our technologies to be zero touch so that employees can feel safe in shared workspaces. We developed a corporate at-home printing solution that can simplify remote printing without losing the security and tracking required in today’s cyber-threatened workplaces.

In short, we listened to the new problems that our clients are experiencing, and we adapted our services and technologies to meet them.

In a time of significant reductions in office printing, we experienced a strong year of growth serving our current clients. Printing may have declined, but as one client put it, printing remained a ‘dial-tone’ service that must be supplied to workers – even if in ever new ways.

I look into the coming days with great optimism – because I look at the people around me, my Pharos colleagues, and those of you we serve and I see the hills we have climbed together. I know that there is no mountain too high for those committed to climb it.

Thank you for the faith you show in Pharos, and the choices you have made to make us part of your journey. We will, in 2022, strive every day to earn the great honor you do us by being a part of our journey. We wish you health, happiness, faith, and resilience in this New Year!

Now, I am going to comment on that sample extensively, so please take note of my comments carefully as you study it.

You may come along with your pen and note pad or journal to jot down ideas that you think resonate with you.

Please take note of this before you even think of jotting something down. You first have to decide if you want your message to be delivered as a letter, email, or in the form of a speech presented right in front of a camera.

That will form the basis by which you write your message. If you look at both examples(1&2) above, you will notice all CEO end of year messages/new year speeches begin with notes of gratitude.

You have other diligent employees who helped you achieve your annual goals and objectives. So, you should always start by writing down a small thank you note. It could be a general note to your employees, clients or customers, sales team as well as the board of directors.

Unfortunately, the opening remarks of most speeches are very boring and uninspiring. Yours should be an exception.

Just consider how receptive your message would be if you start this way:

I once read this funny quote that made me smile. It says that an organization is like a tree full of monkeys, all on different limbs at different levels. Some monkeys are climbing up, some dow, and others are doing their own thing. But at the end of the day, they come together against the forces of nature.

We all are like monkeys of some sorts because we play different roles in this firm. But what matters most at the end of it all is when we come together to achieve our goals.

Last year, we came together like those monkeys when we were hit by the global pandemic and I would like you thank you and your family for their love and support. I have gotten heartwarming letters from your kith and kin expressing their delight that you are here with us.

I’d like to read one of them to you. It’s from Martha. She’s the wife of the guy in the accounting department. The man you have nicknamed Blazing Fire…That sounds cool, right?

That’s how a funny CEO started his New Year message. Did you notice how different this introduction is from all the other ones you’ve likely heard or read? I wish more CEO speeches could be this hilarious and heartfelt. That’s not the only to start on a bright note.

Those videos and these ones have several ideas you can learn from.

Your writing assignment/homework assignment: What words of gratitude do you want to tell your staff and employees?

Okay…we’re not done yet. Let’s move on to another part of the speech: the body of your presentation. Please read this extract carefully.

This is why 2021 presented us so many opportunities to be more alive and more human than most years. It asked us to become more alert to changes around us and more adept at choosing healthy responses.

In 2021, Pharos worked to support our customers facing these challenges. We significantly increased our investment in our safe, zero trust, global cloud printing infrastructure, enabling our customers to serve their end users better while reducing the time and cost burden on IT to manage the growing complexities of the new hybrid reality. We welcomed more clients to our cloud printing platform than in any other year, improving their employee experience and saving them time and money.

We adapted our technologies to be zero touch so that employees can feel safe in shared workspaces. We developed a corporate at-home printing solution that can simplify remote printing without losing the security and tracking required in today’s cyber-threatened workplaces. In short, we listened to the new problems that our clients are experiencing, and we adapted our services and technologies to meet them.

Even as the omicron variant of COVID threatens renewed closures and worker shortages as we begin 2022, it also may usher in a final, and less severe, wave of infection. We will adapt – because that is what healthy species do. I look into the coming days with great optimism – because I look at the people around me, my Pharos colleagues, and those of you we serve and I see the hills we have climbed together. I know that there is no mountain too high for those committed to climb it.

Comments/Take home points/writing ideas:

First, let’s take a look a look at this extract once again.

If you compare the words above with the opening remarks, you will realize that it marks a gradual shift from what happened the previous year into the new one.

The speaker then goes on to reflect on events that have transpired in that year and how his company thrived in a very turbulent year. A commentator calls it ‘’a lost year’’

Yes, you might have experienced ‘’a lost year ‘’ but as you know by now, behind every dark cloud is a silver lining. So, get to work by first creating a basic outline for your New Year address from which you will create the content of your message.

Well, you can simply do that by providing answers to the following questions:

What were the main highlights of the last year?
What stories can you use to embellish the highlighted events of last year?
What were the challenges you encountered in the previous year?
How did it affect your performance?
How did you and your team stem the tide?
What are some of the major milestones chalked?
And how did it you achieve that?
What were its impact on productivity and the overall growth of the business?

After you have jot down answers to the above questions, just write a rough draft of your speech. Dwell on the last year briefly before you transition to your New Year message to your employees.

Again, you may create a framework for your speech and back up every idea you raise with a story or two that will most likely resonate with your staff on a personal level.

I know by now you might be wondering how you can easily come up with great ideas for your speech. Please don’t worry because these ideas can help you express your thoughts in chronological order.

Here you go:

If you have risen through the corporate ranks to be the CEO of your organization, then you have probably listened to several messages delivered by former chief executives of your firm. Was there any one that really inspired you to become a hard worker? If you still can remember this person, write a summary of what he said or what his or her work ethic was like.

Then, connect that story to what that means for you and your staff in the New Year. Well, if you can’t remember any of that, you can simply tap into your professional experience and briefly summarize the significance of The New Year. For example, you can say, it gives the opportunity to come together as a unified voice and develop new insights.

Again, if you have a very special announcement that will delight your employees and spur them into action right before they get back to work; you can let them know about this. It could be about a new product launch which you are working on, a pay raise or new software that will enhance productivity and efficiency and make work much easier.

Remember, your employees are humans after all and they absolutely love surprises. So, if there’s anything groundbreaking, you may use your CEO New Year speech to break the good news.

You may also add a few motivational quotes to your speech. Here a few quotes you may use though.

“What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year.” —Vern McLellan

“The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written.” —Melody Beattie

Each day is a new beginning, the chance to do with it what should be done and not to be seen as simply another day to put in time.” –Catherine Pulsifer
“New Year’s Day is every man’s birthday.” —Charles Lamb
“Change can be scary, but you know what’s scarier? Allowing fear to stop you from growing, evolving, and progressing.” —Mandy Hale

Action Tip: Just pick one of those quotes and see if you can carve something sweet out of it. Can you? Not too hard as you think.

Finally, let’s look at the conclusion or closing remarks. Here is a brief excerpt

‘’ We wish you health, happiness, faith, and resilience in this New Year!’’

Most bosses consider this part of their New Year the easiest part to write because they have become so accustomed to hearing the same lines used by several speakers at the start of a new year.

But what if we go the extra line and substitute that with say a poem or even a song that will inspire your team to do their darnest. You can probably end with this poem: Allow Yourself by Catherine Pulsifer .What do you think?
Allow yourself to dream,
And when you do dream big
Allow yourself to learn
And when you do learn all you can

Allow yourself to laugh
And when you do share your laughter
Allow yourself to set goals
And when you do reward yourself as you move forward

Allow yourself to be determined
And when you do you will find you will succeed
Allow yourself to believe in yourself
And when you do you will find self confidence

Allow yourself to lend a helping hand
And when you do a hand will help you.
Allow yourself relaxation
And when you do you will find new ideas.

Allow yourself love
And when you do you will find love in return
Allow yourself to be happy
And when you do you will influence others around you.

Allow yourself to be positive
And when you do life will get easier.

Just imagine how impactful your message would be like if you end with those uplifting lines!

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