Embracing the Summer Season: A Time for Growth and Renewal
As the summer sun shines brighter and the days grow longer, many businesses experience a seasonal slowdown.
Rather than viewing this period as a lull, this “summer season” presents a unique opportunity to embrace the culture of summer while propelling your professional life forward. It’s a chance to tend to the tasks that may have been put on the back burner amid the hustle and bustle of the year and invest in continuous learning and personal growth.
One of the best ways to take advantage of unexpected downtime is by planning for the busier end of the year. By approaching this time as a pre-planning period, you and your team will remain organized throughout the rest of the year.
Review your business goals and objectives and assess whether you are on track to meet them. If not, what adjustments can you make based on the first half of the year, and evaluate whether you need to plan for upcoming projects and campaigns?
This season is the perfect halfway point to recalibrate — and often with fewer deadline pressures.
As we strive to grow and evolve, summer presents the perfect opportunity to focus on upskilling — and even learning from the team’s personal passions.
Prioritizing continuous learning in your downtime can propel your team immensely, and this learning can emerge in many ways.
Encourage your employees to attend industry-related workshops and webinars or participate in online or offline courses that teach new or enhance already existing skills. These can provide valuable insights and important capabilities to improve your team and their abilities.
Continuous learning doesn’t only exist in the traditional sense – using your brain in different ways can enhance your professional skills, too. Perhaps it’s time for you and your family to tackle a new puzzle or board game. Or perhaps you should pick up an old magazine or explore a new book genre, or it might be exciting to explore a new workout routine or class. Get out of your comfort zone and learn something new, especially when time permits in the summer season.
Improving your cognitive ability is an incredibly effective way to take advantage of downtime. At Chirp, we know that creating well-rounded employees only improves our business and its performance, and summer is an ideal time to make it happen!
Much like spring cleaning presents an opportunity to take stock of the situation, summer is an opportunity to grow and prepare for the future. By embracing the very best elements of the laidback culture of summer, planning, upskilling yourself and your team, and emphasizing continuous learning, you can make the most of this sweet summertime.
Investing in personal and professional growth not only benefits your team. It also propels your business forward and positions you for success when the busier times return. So, let’s prioritize taking this time to reflect, recharge, and rejuvenate.
Happy Summer! Let’s make the summer culture — and the lessons we take away from the season — last all 365 days of the year.