CSM Tip: Have A Summer Series! Are YOU Taking Advantage Of Summer?

 

Being the comedian I am, I was going to title this tip “Have Your Own Personal Summer series” but I didn’t want the core message of this idea to get lost in my wacky humor.   Working with customers over the years across the globe, I’ve seen a trend.  What is that trend?  People on the team take their annual holidays to enjoy the weather, spend time with their families when the kids are out of school, spend more time in the fresh air away from screens, etc.  Thus, structured programs and large projects wane a little bit as opposed to the fervor that resumes as autumn hits.   One of the ways customers overcome this and stick to their personal growth and development plans as well as the broad organizational/department plans is to host “Summer Series”.  What is that you say?  Well, it is sometimes a large group activity or challenge over the summer (have you checked out the challenge labs in the Exercise section of Immersive?)  Or, it’s a weekly/biweekly/monthly “workshop” drop in session that team members can attend (when they are not on their well-earned annual holidays) to learn more on a topic (come on, I KNOW you want to learn more about cutting edge topics like secure coding in the age of integrated LLM in your apps and systems).   So, be the voice on your team to suggest this or, like my wacky idea for a tip topic suggests, implement your own Personal Summer series.  You will be glad you did.