{"id":27656,"date":"2019-05-30T19:29:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T00:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesv4.aligntoday.com\/blog\/align-while-away-business-habits-for-peace-of-mind\/"},"modified":"2019-05-30T19:29:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T00:29:55","slug":"align-while-away-business-habits-for-peace-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aligntoday.com\/blog\/align-while-away-business-habits-for-peace-of-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Align While Away: Business Habits for Peace of Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the passing of Memorial Day, summer has officially begun. The weather is heating up, the kids are finishing school, and the beach, lake, and pool beckon. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, for leaders at growing businesses, the concept of taking a summer vacation may create more headaches than it eliminates. The responsibility of fighting fires constantly and worries about progress on critical initiatives can make it impossible to fully relax. <\/span><\/p>\n

This situation is clearly unhealthy and unsustainable. A CEO unable to step back from the day-to-day of their business won\u2019t be able to spend valuable time connecting with family, focusing on personal improvement and continuing education, or creating a long-term vision for their business and their life. <\/span><\/p>\n

How can leaders manage to relax while still ensuring the continued functioning of their organization? The answer comes down to transparency and accountability!<\/span><\/p>\n

This past week, the Align team was at 2019 Spring Scale Up Summit in Atlanta, a multi-day conference for leaders at growing mid-market companies. Attendees networked, listened to talks by management thought leaders, and brainstormed new initiatives to take back to their teams. The event also provided a rare in-person gathering of many Align users<\/span><\/p>\n

In my conversations with our customers, I was struck by how many CEOs credited their team\u2019s usage of Align with providing them the confidence to take time away from their company to be at the conference. \u00a0\u201cA year ago, we would not have been able to take this trip. Align gave me the peace of mind to be here,\u201d one CEO told me. <\/span><\/p>\n

But how could business software create that elusive peace of mind? I\u2019ve distilled it to three components of Align that any organization, whether using Align or not, can use to create the accountability and transparency that enables vacations and time away from the office. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n