Newsletter; August, 2022
Happy August! Hopefully you are staying cool, and are out enjoying your summer. Each month we strive to provide you with helpful resources, tips, and practices each month to support your continued success, both personally and professionally. Below, you will find information on this month's article from Crum Consulting, this month's development challenge, as well as wellness reminders. We relish in receiving feedback, so if you have any suggestions or if you'd like to share your opinion on any of the content we have provided here, please let us know!
August Article: This month's article is Change Management; Radical vs. Consistent. Supporting the inevitable changes your business will experience is embodied by change management. This is achieved through the methods and workflows in which your business documents and implements change, both internally and externally. Simply put, change management is the management of changes. In this article, we explore the four core principles of change management, the differences between and applications of business reengineering and continuous improvement, as well as a few examples of both. If you have any questions surrounding this month's article, or would like to further explore opportunities, please feel free to reach out to schedule a session with us! You can reply directly here if we have worked together in the past. If you are a new client, please click here to fill out a consultation form, and we will be in touch to schedule a session with you.
Each month, we aim to provide you with a new challenge to help facilitate your ongoing growth. These challenges will range in topics and applications, in an effort to focus on a variety of aspects of your life.
August Challenge: I challenge you to simplify your life!
→Professionally we can focus on saving energy and balancing projects to work more efficiently and prevent fatigue. Alternating between light and heavy tasks can help our body and mind stay focused throughout the day. Planning projects helps things go more smoothly when approaching deadlines. Consider revising the way you approach planning your days, catching up on the stack of paperwork looming on your desk, implementing email labels and folders to declutter your inbox, sourcing a task management software to help manage your workflows, and migrating your recurring tasks to your calendar for ease.
→Simplification at home can be as easy as scaling down our lifestyle; physical clutter, overscheduling, and finding balance in the family dynamic. Consider revising your house schedule, doing some spring cleaning, combing your house for donation opportunities, having a garage sale, implementing organizational components like bins or drawers, and having an open family discussion about what activities should be prioritized in what order vs. what activities are eating up too much time.
→We also must consider personal simplification by taking stock of our personal lives and connections. From time to time we will all encounter people in our lives that cause stress. It can be tough to break ties with them, but it’s worth it in the end. Life is too short to be held down by people who cause more problems than they are worth. Consider having a heart to heart with yourself regarding your personal network, and what each person brings to the table. Make a note of the emotional vampires, the time-suckers, the chronically negative, and the people that are not willing to help themselves. Then consider how much time you could give to yourself and others if you weren’t being drained by these stress-makers.
If you are a recurring client with us, we will be following up on this month's challenge with you in session. If you don't currently have any sessions set up with us, and would like to discuss this challenge and others like it, please feel free to reach out to schedule a session with us! You can reply directly here if we have worked together in the past. If you are a new client, please click here to fill out a consultation form, and we will be in touch to schedule a session with you.
Stretch of month: Seal pose - this stretch focuses on the lower back, and is a wonderful combatant to sitting for extended periods of time. Click the (external) link to learn more, or simply google "seal pose"!
Wellness tip of the month: Use your mornings to get yourself organized for the day ahead. This may mean you'll have to wake up a bit earlier, but the benefits drastically outweigh the inconvenience. Taking just 15-30 minutes to get organized can dramatically reduce your stress, allow you to sleep better, increase your self-time, promote a healthier lifestyle overall, and increase productivity and efficiency, just to name a few.
"Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably. And, never regret ANYTHING that makes you smile." - Mark Twain
Thank you for being a pivotal part of our journey here at Crum Consulting. We would be nothing without you, and your continued support. Please feel free to share our content with others to pay it forward. If you have any questions about anything we covered here, or if you'd like to explore potential opportunities with Crum Consulting, we are here for you! Reach out anytime!
Until we meet again, take care of yourself, and others. Thank you.
