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Setting boundaries so work doesn't spoil a vacation
WAPELLO COUNTY, IOWA, AUG 7 – Experts recommend setting clear work boundaries and using tools like automatic replies to reduce interruptions and improve psychological well-being during summer vacations, with leadership playing a key role.
- Given that laptops and smartphones enable remote access, Alexis Haselberger recommends structured handoffs to help many disconnect during the Northern Hemisphere's summer vacation season.
- Amid a culture demanding constant availability, Marais Bester warns that laptops and smartphones enable work from anywhere, making disconnecting on vacation difficult.
- Setting automatic replies and booking time off on the office calendar reduces work requests, advises Alexis Haselberger, time management and productivity coach.
- As a freelancer, she now informs current and potential clients she’ll be offline for a few days on her next beach vacation after work intruded on her 15th wedding anniversary trip and she packed her computer for an urgent assignment.
- When leadership models disconnection, employees are more likely to unplug on vacation, and Amy Biedenstein, senior vice president at Dayforce, recommends supporting this with corporate discount programs for travel.
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Setting Boundaries So Work Doesn't Spoil a Vacation
NEW YORK (AP) — For their 15th wedding anniversary, Katie Walley-Weigert and her husband decided to take a beach vacation with their young son. But the trip didn’t go as planned. Walley-Weigert wound up needing to pack her computer because of a work assignment she couldn't ignore.
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