As a business owner, you know your company can’t remain stagnant and stuck in its ways if it hopes to grow.

That growth requires innovation and creativity, both of which are best sourced from everyone on your team.

The start of a new year is an event that millions of people use as a marker of a fresh start in their lives. It’s an opportunity to be better, to do the things we should and to set aside the missteps of the previous year. The appeal of it makes sense; there’s a clear demarcation between the old and the new, a literal turning of the page in the case of those wall calendars that still exist. A cynic might argue that it’s no less arbitrary than any other date chosen as the start of the “new you,” but whatever the reason, the first days of the new year have special power in our minds as the time for reinventing and reimagining our circumstances.

Companies today are burdened by siloed, difficult-to-use business systems that complicate processes and hamper operations. According to market research firm IDC, companies lose 20 to 30 percent in revenue every year due to inefficiencies.

A leader is just one person, but their actions — good and bad — have an outsized impact on their organization. While positive behavior can help foster a culture of respect and trust, negative behavior can trickle down and make employees (and teams) mistrustful, inefficient and ineffective.