How to teach your team to take paid time off

How to teach your gruppe to take paid time offHow to teach your team to take paid time offWelcome toWorks a Beach.Throughout this content series, were helping our readers get the most out of their summer and spend more of their time lounging rather than catching up on emails.Today, were looking atyoumanagers. You guys are in charge of making your team gets a breather andnotburn out. But are you actually convincing them to use those vacation days? Managing a team can be tough, confusing, and you may not always feel like youre getting it right. But thats okay, thats what were here for.Weve come up with our own managers manual for getting your team to take some muchYour team is probably hesitant about requesting time off because you dont take time off. Set an example by openly speaking out vacation days, and finally getting your own PTO. This will relieve the tension, and encourage them to follow your example.List Out Tasks to be Completed Before PTOHere at CC, we call this a hot list. A hot list is made up of all tasks that must be done before an employee heads out on vacation. This will help them better complete everything by a deadline if they know that theyll be able to enjoy their time off at the end of it. Its a win-win situation.Have a Streamlined SystemIs your system for requesting days off currently out of touch? If you dont have a streamlined process and requesting time off is too much of a hassle, your team probably just doesnt want to verstndigung im strafverfahren with the inconvenience. It may be time to invest in vacation tracking software or having a designated team member deal with tracking time off. Scrambling through emails or old documents isnt fun for anyone, and if you make it easier for your team itll also be easier for yourself.Be Clear with ExpectationsYou must, and absolutely must, lay down the law and tell your team what you expect of them before taking time off or during their time off. If you need them to direct all emails to a fellow colleague, let them know. If there is an important call during their absence, let them know if theyll need to dial-in or who they need to get call notes from. Also, make it clear which tasks theyll have to handle immediately upon their return. Knowing all of this will help them plan their vacation better and have everything else go smoothly for everyone.Assign Owners to Tasks While on PTOTo follow up on the above, you need to let your team know that someone will have to pick up where anyone whos on PTO left off. If the employee who will be absent prefers a certain co-worker to handle their workload, have them let you know of that too. On the other hand, be sure to pass assignments onto someone who can actually handle it, and wont drop the ball.Plan Around Schedules One thing you need to be cautious of is having too many employees out at once. You cant have two team members from the same department gone for vacation on the same days. This will only make the remaining team members suf fer an excessive workload and its honestly just unfair. If you plan carefully around everyone elses schedules, everyone will be happy. Trust us.This article originally appeared on CreateandCultivate.com.