Make a change.
Reclaim your time.
Why A Climate of Change?
Our Mission:
Our mission is to help businesses and individuals reclaim their time through optimization of digital platforms and tools.
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What we do: Work with small business owners and entrepreneurs to build sustainable practices and develop efficient processes to realize the best version of their company infrastructure possible.
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How we do it: Identify gaps in work flows, process, and culture through relationship building to help guide decision making from a place of understanding and support. Never judge. Connect with our customer base remotely, utilizing technology available, we aim to work with you, as a partner, to accomplish whatever your goals may be.
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Why we do it: At Climate of Change we believe the way our businesses treat people and the planet matters. Starting a business is hard. Building a system is hard. We aim to make it a little easier to see the big picture and help your business structures align a bit more closely.
Our Values:
What we value most says a lot about us personally and professionally.
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Sustainability: Process should work now and carry your business into the future. Resource impacts should never slow you down.
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Collaboration: Working together to find the most proficient solution.
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Patience: We take the time to find the right solution the first time.
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Future Focused: Ensure we find the solution that doesn't just fit your business now, but is once you can grow into.
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Vision focused: Never give up what you want most for what you want in the moment.
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Respect: We promise none of our meetings could ever ben an email and we will use your time as wisely as we use our own.
45 min
Free
More About Me
Erin Joanna Thames, Founder
Erin Thames, MPH, PMP, is the founder of A Climate of Change, a consulting firm that helps business owners and entrepreneurs increase their efficiency and impact. With a background in public health and project management, Erin is well-equipped to help her clients maximize their potential and reach their goals. As a consultant, Erin is passionate about helping her clients improve their operations, streamline their processes, and maximize their resources. Additionally, she provides guidance on how to be better stewards of the environment and how to make more sustainable choices.
How we work
Step 1: Need a change? Schedule a time to talk with us!
Step 2: Discovery- Chat with A Climate of Change to determine your business’ needs, gaps, goals, etc, and whether we would be a good fit.
Step 3: Solution and planning: After your onboarding call, we will work together to create a solution, as well as a plan to get the work done with as minimal interruption to your day to day work as possible.
Step 4: Implement: This is where the work is done
Step 5: Say See You Later- Just like Mary Poppins, we are here when you need us, and we let you go to thrive and prosper all on your own when the work is done. We will check in from time to time and come back if you ever need us again for something else.
How to tell if A Climate of Change is right for your business:
Whether your business is still in the planning phase or you've been operating for a few years, chances are, something in your daily business is causing a bottle neck. Its not a criticism, its just a natural part of running an organization! Additionally, odds are, if you're reading our webpage, you know that you need help with something, but maybe just not sure what it is yet.
We could be a good fit if…..
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You are looking for short-term support for project lasting less than two business quarters or 6-months
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You know that your business has great potential, but may need an outsider’s perspective
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You have identified pain points, gaps or other problems, but are not quite sure the best way forward to solve them
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You are a start up (we LOVE start ups) and you're unclear how to fit all the pieces together
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You read anything on this website and thought to yourself, "Yes, i need that!"
We may not be a good fit if….
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You are looking for somebody to do all of the work to implement your solutions. We will roll up our sleeves, but we see this as a partnership and we want to get the work done together
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You have a project or solution that will take 18-months or longer to complete
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You are looking to sell or merge your business in the next 18-24 month
Our Qualifications and Certifications:
Explaining the letters after our names and a few other formal educational pieces we have obtained
Project Management Professional
PMP
Project Management Institute
Portfolio Management Professional
PfMP (pending)
Project Management Institute
PMP is an internationally recognized certification that demonstrates a professional’s expertise in the field of project management. By leveraging our expertise, we can help businesses understand the importance of having PMP certified professionals, and how it can benefit their organization.
A PfMP certification recognizes project portfolio managers with advanced experience and skills in managing and aligning a portfolio of projects and programs to achieve organizational strategy and objectives¹². It is a prestigious and elite distinction that only a few thousand professionals hold worldwide.
Masters of Public Health
Health Policy
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Strategic Leadership
Healthcare Concentration
Cornell University
An MPH in health policy degree that focuses on health-care systems and their affect on the health of populations. It teaches the skills to analyze the impact of health and non-health policies on health outcomes, plan and manage public health programs in various settings. An MPH in health policy focuses on how to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of health services, and systems.
A certificate in Strategic Healthcare Leadership by Cornell University is a professional development program that is designed to help senior leaders in healthcare organizations to improve their strategic skills and lead their teams and initiatives to success. It consists of a series courses that cover topics such as aligning healthcare products, services, and strategies, building and implementing a strategic plan, leading organizational change, and making strategic decisions.