Summer is vacation primetime. People coming and going from the office can be stressful for everyone. In order to reduce the stress on yourself and those you leave behind at work, I thought I’d list some ideas for how to make sure your summer vacation goes smoothly. So before you check out this summer take a look at these 7 tips:
- Give people enough notice. It’s imperative to make sure you give enough lead time in order for those around you to plan accordingly.
- Coordinate with the rest of your team to make sure that you are all not out at the same time.
- Ensure that your regular duties have been transferred to other parties within your team so that they continue to get done. You don’t want to have things piling up on you while you’re gone or worse, you have to do them while you’re gone
- Take the time to transition the knowledge required to do those duties. You do not want the first call you get when you leave the office for your vacation to be, “Hey, how do I do that stuff you wanted me to do?”
- Make sure that your external stakeholders, clients, etc., have a point of contact that they can get in touch with you or information for whom they can get in touch with while you’re gone.
- Make sure that if there is a REAL emergency they can get in touch with you so you don’t have a complete mess when you get back.
- If it’s necessary that you check in while you are on vacation, make sure that you have a scheduled time and stick with it. You do not want your vacation to turn into a workcation.
As always I’d love to hear other people’s thoughts or any ideas for making the work to vacation transition easier.
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