Summary: From an employee perspective, long weekends are the best, but from employer standards, they can be difficult, especially when you run a busy shop. It can be a tricky situation giving your workers the time off they both deserve and need and then asking them to jump in to a high level of creativity upon returning from a vacation, but it can be done. Here are some tricks that I have picked up and even implemented myself over the years to get all cylinders firing — right after grabbing that first cup of office coffee. When vacation comes, it comes for all of us, but as a manager, your vacation will partly consist of worrying about the workload waiting for you.

Summary: From an employee perspective, long weekends are the best, but from employer standards, they can be difficult, especially when you run a busy shop. It can be a tricky situation giving your workers the time off they both deserve and need and then asking them to jump in to a high level of creativity upon returning from a vacation, but it can be done. Here are some tricks that I have picked up and even implemented myself over the years to get all cylinders firing — right after grabbing that first cup of office coffee. When vacation comes, it comes for all of us, but as a manager, your vacation will partly consist of worrying about the workload waiting for you.