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What to Do When You’re Covering for Colleagues — and Can’t Keep Up

Harvard Business

That’s potentially more email, more tasks, more meetings, and more searching for answers to questions about items outside of your normal day-to-day. These six strategies can help you strike that delicate balance. If possible, have one consolidated list of your deadlines and those you need to meet for others. Ask for help.

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How to Get Your Team to Use Their Vacation Time

Harvard Business

Use a few minutes in a team meeting to share some of the research on the benefits of vacation. A 2015 HBR article by Ron Friedman is a treasure trove of facts about the benefits to reaction time, creativity, and engagement. Take advantage of that creativity by scheduling an extra-long meeting with the person a few days after vacation.

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