WEBVTT - Give yourself a roundtrip ticket

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that if you are planning to step away

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<v Speaker 1>from your job for a while, such as for a

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<v Speaker 1>leave or even just for a longer vacation, make a

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<v Speaker 1>plan for how you will re enter. This will make

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<v Speaker 1>life feel more calm and productive for you and for

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<v Speaker 1>everyone you work with. Today's tip comes from Lorena Ye.

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<v Speaker 1>Lorena is a senior partner at Mackenzie and the co

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<v Speaker 1>author of the book The Broken Rung When the Career

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<v Speaker 1>Latter Fails for Women and how they can succeed in

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<v Speaker 1>spite of it. Lorena was recently a guest on my

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<v Speaker 1>other podcast, Best of Both Worlds. When I interviewed her

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<v Speaker 1>for Best of Both Worlds, Lorena offers what I think

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<v Speaker 1>is wise advice for people preparing for a parental or

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<v Speaker 1>other extended leave. She advised that they pack a round

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<v Speaker 1>trip ticket. I love that metaphor. Most of the time,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't buy a plane ticket to another city without

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<v Speaker 1>having a plan for how we're going to get home.

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<v Speaker 1>You should take the same care with planning for any

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<v Speaker 1>leave from your job. You probably make a plan for

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<v Speaker 1>how you'll transition out, so make sure you also make

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<v Speaker 1>a plan for how you will transition back in. Lorena

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<v Speaker 1>pointed out that people, I mean, at least the sort

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<v Speaker 1>of folks who listen to my podcasts, are often very

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<v Speaker 1>responsible about preparing for leaves. They make sure all their

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<v Speaker 1>projects will be covered effectively in their absence, and they

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<v Speaker 1>tell their colleagues everything they need to know to avoid

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<v Speaker 1>mishaps while they are out. This is wise. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>want stress or drama, and you don't want your colleagues

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<v Speaker 1>and clients to be in a bad place while you

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<v Speaker 1>are gone. But Lorena points out that people also need

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<v Speaker 1>to think through what their return trip will look like.

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<v Speaker 1>She says it's important to be intentional about your re

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<v Speaker 1>entry before your leave even begins. When you are preparing

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<v Speaker 1>to leave, you will brief key colleagues on the status

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<v Speaker 1>of your projects and the people involved in them. You

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<v Speaker 1>may even write up notes. So on your return, how

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<v Speaker 1>will you get up to speed on what happened in

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<v Speaker 1>your absence? Will anybody be writing notes for you? You

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<v Speaker 1>probably wrapped up major projects before you began your leave

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<v Speaker 1>and provided instructions about your other projects and priorities. How

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<v Speaker 1>will you identify the top priorities you need to focus

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<v Speaker 1>on as soon as you return. You communicated with your

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<v Speaker 1>colleagues and maybe clients or customers to let them know

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<v Speaker 1>about your leave. How will you reconnect with the people

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<v Speaker 1>you work with and resume your work together when you

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<v Speaker 1>get back. In addition to thinking through how you will

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<v Speaker 1>address the tasks associated with your return, also realize that

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<v Speaker 1>it just takes time to pick back up after an

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<v Speaker 1>extended leave, so be realistic and block time those first

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<v Speaker 1>couple of days or even weeks for re entry activities.

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<v Speaker 1>Planning for the return trip is essential for an extended leave,

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<v Speaker 1>but even for shorter vacations, it pays to pack a

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<v Speaker 1>round trip ticket for yourself. I suggest blocking as much

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<v Speaker 1>as possible of the first day back for meetings, except

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<v Speaker 1>maybe a meeting with your assistant or your boss to

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<v Speaker 1>understand what happened when you are gone. This will give

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<v Speaker 1>you time to get caught up on what happened and

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<v Speaker 1>set priorities for the week ahead. It's helpful to pack

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<v Speaker 1>a round trip ticket on the personal front too. Be

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<v Speaker 1>sure you have groceries and clean clothes for your first

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<v Speaker 1>days back. Schedule time is needed for laundry or cleaning

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<v Speaker 1>the house, or grocery shopping or processing mail. Even if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't usually use grocery delivery or a lawn service

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<v Speaker 1>or a cleaning service, that might be helpful right after

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<v Speaker 1>time away. When you prepare for your re entry professionally

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<v Speaker 1>and personally, whether after vacation or an extended leave, you

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<v Speaker 1>avoid the stress that can happen if you re enter

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<v Speaker 1>without much thought. You set yourself up for success, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is a good thing. How have you planned for

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<v Speaker 1>successful returns after maternity leaves, sabbaticals or vacations. You can

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<v Speaker 1>let me know at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com

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<v Speaker 1>and to listen to my interview with Lorena Ye, go

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<v Speaker 1>to my website Laura vandercam dot com and search on

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<v Speaker 1>broken rung. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>listening and here's to making the moost of our time.

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