Encourage staff and managers to take their vacation time. Even a day or two of vacation can make a huge difference in employee motivation.
Now is the best time to plan the summer schedule and ensure that your employees are taking those earned and deserved vacation days.
USA TODAY (MAR 01 2007) published that some 51% of executives surveyed by Accountemps, Menlo Park, Calif., a specialized staffing service for temporary accounting, finance, and bookkeeping professionals, maintain they are more productive after a vacation than before
Now there is more proof that vacations increase employee productivity and even improve overall health, as the Travel Industry Association released its conclusions from studies of data that looked at the health benefits of vacation travel.
- On a scale of 1 to 5, travelers rate their overall health 1 full point higher while on vacation.
- Travelers say they get three times more deep sleep and sleep almost 20 minutes longer after their vacation.
- Even the anticipation of vacation travel generates an increase in positive feelings about oneapostrophes life as a whole, family, economic situation, and health.
- An annual vacation can cut a personapostrophes risk of heart attack by 50 percent
- Women who take more vacations are more satisfied with their marriages.
- More than half of employed Americans say they come back feeling reconnected with their family after vacation.
- Three out of four executives believe that vacations are necessary for them to prevent burnout or that vacations improve their personal job performance.
- Travelers experience a 25 percent increase in performance on vigilance tests after returning from vacation - travelers 45 or older show a 50 percent increase in performance.
- Two out of three executives believe that vacations improve their creativity.
Results indicate that annual vacations can improve health, quality of daily life, productivity, and commitment to family and the workplace.
Ann Lund is a travel specialist with http://www.travelglomerate.com who has been helping people plan leisure and business trips worldwide for nearly a decade.