The Pre-Vacation Handoff
Hand off everything before taking time off
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I am taking real time off: [DATES AWAY, WHAT I OWN WEEK TO WEEK, WHAT COULD ON FIRE WHILE I AM GONE, WHO COVERS WHAT]. Build the handoff: every responsibility assigned to a named person with the authority to match (not 'watch it' - decide it), the two or three things only I can do and whether they can wait, the escalation rule (what actually justifies contacting me), the pre-trip decisions to make now so nothing queues, and the re-entry plan for my first day back. Write the coverage doc the team gets.
Inputs needed
- ■Dates, weekly responsibilities, fire risks, coverage people
What good output looks like
Every item has a named owner with decision authority; only-me items have a wait-or-act answer; escalation rule is narrow and explicit; re-entry planned
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