By Katie Halfhill, EBP, CMCA, AMS, PCAM Katie is an account manager at C&C Complete Services. Prior to entering into the contractor world, she spent 15 years managing community associations. Katie is also an active member on the Quorum Editorial Committee.
Namaste through Milkshake Day Keeping the Balance
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hen I first started working in community association management, there were cell phones, but that’s all they were…phones. And the phones ran off minutes and after your minutes were up, it cost extra. The world of convenient communication didn’t exist (yet). This meant that when I closed shop and headed
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home at 5:30PM, I was done until the next morning. Unfortunately, those days are over, and managers get the live feed from owners 24/7. The technological advances in cell phones make it possible for managers to be reachable all day, every day – sick, asleep, grocery shopping, on a beach, etc. And, even if you as the manager try not
to look at e-mails over the weekend, you feel you have no choice. So, what now? How can we keep great managers from burning out? First and foremost, everyone is different and has a different family life and different needs.
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