When you’re running your own business or your team, it can be difficult to take some much needed time off. By following the steps below, you will be able to enjoy a stress free vacation; ready to conquer the challenges ahead.
- Give Adequate Notice: When you play such a vital role within your business, you will need to give ample notice of your planned leave, ensuring that the rest of your team is ready to take over while you’re away.
- Assign a Temporary Leader or Manager: This is a brilliant opportunity to let one of your team members step up, take on more responsibilities. Allowing a member you trust to take-over during your vacation time, could be your next step in transitioning from operator to owner.
- Assign Responsibilities: You have your own skill-set that is unique to you, so you might not be able to entrust one person with all of your responsibilities. However, you should be able to delegate most tasks across your team. Implement a performance review of your team members in order to match the right tasks to the right members. This is an excellent way to instill trust, and build confidence in your team.
- Set the Communication Process: Some members might be hesitant to communicate, so it’s vital that you set clear communication protocols between your temporary replacement, and your team members. This is also the right time to set boundaries around your availability across communication platforms during your absence.
- Hire Additional Help: If you believe that your workload is too much for your team to handle on top of their respective responsibilities, Hiring a virtual assistant to help with smaller or tedious tasks is worth considering!
- Remove Temptations: If you want to truly relax, you will need to remove all work-related distractions that might interrupt your “rest period.” Take the time off, turn email notifications off, and remove any applications that might distract you from enjoying yourself.
- Relax and Enjoy your Stress-free Vacay!!!
