It's Been a Long Haul. Take Time for a Restorative Stretch.

Summer is a chance for renewal—so go make memories that don't involve work.

The last two years have been long and stressful! First, we dealt with ensuring the health and safety of personnel. Today, supply chain disruptions and labor shortages dominate leadership conversations. Everyone I talk with is incredibly busy with work.

Are you mentally fatigued? Are your personnel at their breaking point? It seems today more than ever we hear about mental health and its impact on employees and their families. Great employers want to help. Therefore, they are offering personnel resources such as meditation courses, in-office yoga classes, virtual counseling and mindfulness apps for mental health treatment. Such perks are helpful, but they’re no substitute for a restorative stretch time off.

When I polled my LinkedIn followers on their vacation habits, the majority responded that they only take scattered days off when using their personal time. And some people do not have anyone to fill their shoes, so they are letting vacation days go unused.