November 24, 2010

Today, send a note out to your staff and tell them you want to close the office early to give them a head start on the long holiday weekend. It doesn't have to be a half-day, just maybe 3p ... a couple hours early.

Tell them only when everything that is outstanding is in, copy for the long weekend is in, and everything is covered for the long weekend, you'll close the office.

One tip: Leave the front desk and phones open. Ask for a volunteer who covers the phones to stay through end of the day and in exchange, he/she can take an entire half-day at another time. Someone will.

The little things go a really long way ... do it.

Happy Thanksgiving!