度假讓工作走開

????你正在整理度假要帶的行李，但家人看到你把電子設備也放進行李箱，挨著潛水通氣管和防曬霜，不由白了你一眼，心想，“不是吧，難道你又要把整個度假時間花在工作上嗎？”當然，家人感到不悅無可厚非，因為這也是他們的假期，他們盼望著你跟他們一起開開心心地玩。（你是不是還記得開心的感覺？）但如果公司同事希望能在你度假期間每天與你聯絡，你該怎么辦？以下幾點供你參考。

1. 要絕對信任團隊，不要總是放心不下，問長問短。

????金融和會計招聘機構羅伯特哈弗管理資源公司（Robert Half Management Resources）新近進行的調查顯示，超過半數（51%）的首席財務官表示，他們在度假時能夠完全放下工作事務，根本不打算過問。而在兩年前的一項類似調查中，這么說的高管只占到26%，大約是現在的一半。

????羅伯特哈弗公司高級行政總監保羅?麥克唐納德說：“我們觀察到了一個持續性的趨勢，越來越多的高管在度假時能夠完全拋開工作?！边@意味著經理人對自己團隊和工作流程的信心更強，因此也能更加放心讓其他人接手工作。

????他表示，徹底拋下工作休假帶來的一個附加好處是，“短期內賦予團隊信任，讓他們在沒有你參與的情況下自行運轉，這能幫你甄別能力突出的員工，為接班人計劃和提拔工作找到候選人?！?/p>

2. 徹底放松后重返工作崗位會充滿活力，效率也更高。

????看到你樹立的榜樣后，周圍的同事們也會這么去做。麥克唐納德稱：“經理人去度假會釋放出一個正面信號，員工們也可能會照著做?！?/p>

????位于帕薩迪納市的公司培訓國際機構（Corporate Coaching International）的總裁羅伊斯?弗蘭克爾說：“度假對獲得上佳的工作業績來說很重要?！痹摴镜闹亓考壙蛻舭ê娇蘸教旃韭蹇讼５埋R?。↙ockheed Martin）、華納兄弟公司（Warner Brothers）、迪士尼（Disney）和天合汽車集團（TRW）。他說，“只有度假回來后感覺心曠神怡、精神振作才會對工作業績有好處?！钡绻貋砗筮€是像之前那樣埋頭于瑣碎的日常工作，度假就完全沒有作用。

????徹底放下工作也會對健康大有裨益。弗蘭克爾引用學術研究結果表示，如果女性每年擁有兩次或者更多無工作休假，罹患心臟病的風險僅有不休假女性的一半；而休假充分的男性死于心臟病的風險將降低32%。

????弗蘭克爾補充說，如果你認為放棄休假能夠證明你對公司來說不可或缺，那么請三思，因為“從不休假對職業生涯并不會起到助推或破壞的作用。職業生涯是一場馬拉松而不是沖刺。我們得為此保持一個健康的體魄?！?/p>

3. 海濱別墅、高爾夫球場或者其他任何公共場所的無線網絡都不可靠。

????So you're packing to go away for a few days, and your loved ones are giving you the stink eye as you slip electronic devices into your suitcase right next to the snorkel and sunscreen.Oh no, you're going to spend the whole vacation working — again — aren't you?Understandable, of course: It's their vacation too, and they'd really like to have some fun (remember fun?) with you. But what if people at work expect to hear from you daily while you're away? A few points you could drop into the conversation at the office:

1. You trust your team implicitly, so constant check-ins are unnecessary.

????More than half (51%) of chief financial officers say they'll make a clean break from the office while on vacation, with no plans to check in at all, according to a new poll by finance and accounting recruiters Robert Half Management Resources. That's nearly double the percentage (26%) who said so in a similar survey two years ago.

????"We're seeing a continuing trend of executives unplugging completely while on vacation," says Paul McDonald, a Robert Half senior executive director. "It may indicate that managers have a stronger level of confidence in their teams and processes and, as a result, feel more comfortable leaving others in charge."

????A side benefit to a hands-off getaway, he adds: "Placing trust in a solid team to carry on without you for a little while can help you identify strong candidates for succession planning and promotion."

2. You'll come back energized — and more productive — if you take a real vacation.

????So will colleagues, inspired by your example, who get away completely. "Managers send a positive message when they disconnect, since employees may be inclined to follow suit," McDonald notes.

????"Vacations play a big role in superior job performance," says Lois Frankel, president of Pasadena-based Corporate Coaching International, whose clients include heavy hitters like Lockheed Martin (LMT), Warner Brothers, Disney (DIS), and TRW. "But you only get that benefit if you return relaxed and refreshed" — not if you come back as preoccupied with the daily grind as you were when you took off.

????Getting away from it all is good for your health as well: Frankel points to academic research showing that women who take two or more non-working vacations annually cut their risk of heart disease in half, compared to women who take no vacations; and men who take real time off are 32% less likely to die of a heart attack.

????If you think skipping a real break will help you prove how indispensable you are, Frankel adds, think again: "Unused vacation time never makes or breaks a career." This is a marathon, not a sprint. Stay fit for it.

3. The WiFi at that beach house (or on the golf course, or in any other public place) is not secure.

????One reason why so many bosses these days feel okay about not checking in, Paul McDonald observes, is that, "with the prevalence of wireless networks and mobile devices now, they know they can be reached easily in an emergency." Great, but public WiFi connections and cloud-based file-sharing systems are a picnic for hackers and other cybercrooks, and a nightmare for your IT department.

????"Often, managers away from the office do not follow the same security procedures that are required of the rank and file. They'll use a password like 'password 123' or they'll send and receive unencrypted documents from a coffee shop or an airport," observes Chip Tsantes, a principal at Ernst & Young. "It's ironic, when you consider that executives usually deal with the most confidential information."

????Tsantes worked on an eye-opening new Ernst & Young study about the security risks of mobile technologies. He's also seen a fair number of disasters, including one where a client's "confidential information was not only mined [by hackers] from a public file-sharing system, it was indexed on search engines." Oops.

????To prevent that, he says, "Check in with your IT department before you go on vacation to find out what the rules are, and then follow them. Often, companies have good procedures in place, but people go around them because it's easier or quicker. Don't do that." Or better yet, just to be 100% safe, you could avoid working on vacation altogether. You're welcome.