new broom
Eager new manager
A new broom is someone recently appointed to a position who makes sweeping changes, especially by clearing out old practices or personnel.
From the proverb "a new broom sweeps clean," suggesting fresh leadership brings vigorous reform: The new broom fired half the department in her first month.
Often carries a note of disruption or inexperience alongside the energy.
Brush clean with broom
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- transformationThorough change in form
- changeTo make different
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
modernization · shake-up · turnover · reorganization · revitalization · innovation · streamlining · clean house
One who directs others
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- directorOne who leads
boss · chief · appointee · incoming · successor · replacement · outsider · reformer
Output relative to input
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- performanceCarrying out a task
- effectivenessSuccess in producing results
improvement · systematization · workflow · organization · tightening up · cutting waste · accountability · standards
Fixed phrase, opaque meaning
- sayingShort, wise expression
- adageTraditional pithy truth
- maximBrief moral principle
- folk wisdomTraditional communal knowledge
cautionary · tradition · inexperience · eagerness · zeal · overzealousness · enthusiasm · naivety
sweep
Brush clean with broom
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- transformationThorough change in form
- changeTo make different
restructuring · modernization · shake-up · turnover · reorganization · revitalization · innovation · streamlining · clean house · fresh start
manager
One who directs others
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- executiveSenior organizational leader
director · boss · chief · appointee · incoming · successor · replacement · outsider · reformer · change agent
productivity
Output relative to input
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- performanceCarrying out a task
effectiveness · improvement · systematization · workflow · organization · tightening up · cutting waste · accountability · standards · discipline
idiom
Fixed phrase, opaque meaning
folk wisdom · cautionary · tradition · inexperience · eagerness · zeal · overzealousness · enthusiasm · naivety · early days
- housewarminghousewarming gift, welcome basket, home tour, gift giving, welcome speech
new broomold guard
Conservative faction within organization
old hand · establishment · incumbent · veteran · fixture
new broomtraditionalist
Adherent to established customs
conservative · preservationist · stick-in-the-mud · reactionary · institutionalist
new broomtraditionalist
Adherent to established customs
conservative · preservationist · same old same old · business as usual · steady hand
new, broom, newer, newest, newly, newness, renew, renewal, renewable