Christina Hales’ Note to ARDA-WIN
By Christina Hale, Mobius VP Consulting Partner
The soaking Florida rain couldn’t dampen the fun of another ARDA WIN social! We at CustomerCount by Mobius Vendor Partners took great pleasure co-hosting with Lemonjuice to share our appreciation for you on the eve of International Day of Self Care.
Hearing from many of you that post-Covid era stress and anxiety continue to be difficult for your friends and families affirms a number of things we talked about. Most importantly, it underscores the positive POWER OF VACATIONS – an industry where you provide a service to people and families just like your own. And that is a big deal! And it is not just me who thinks so!
Check out this piece by the Harvard Business Review
https://hbr.org/2023/07/how-taking-a-vacation-improves-your-well-being
It is an important reminder that the mind, body and performance are all measurably improved for people who vacation regularly, one of the greatest benefits the timeshare industry offers its owners and their guests.
As we talked about, some of us a little bit older who grew up as part of a generation of play rather than a generation of phones now share the anxiety caused by the inability to take an earned vacation. For those of you interested in more information on this topic, here is a link to the book I mentioned: https://jonathanhaidt.com/anxious-generation/ .
That said, vacationing helps people relax and recharge, and it also helps their wallets. 48 percent of workers in the US predict that they will not be able to take their earned vacation days for various reasons – days that are a significant part of their compensation package on the job. The US Travel Association reported that in 2018, this amounted to 768 million days of unused vacation time, with more than 30% of it forfeited completely. In fact, it is estimated that the monetary loss by American workers runs in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Even more importantly, people who do not vacation regularly are eight times more likely to have heart problems. I don’t like those odds for myself or my loved ones, but I do deeply appreciate that you have engaged in a career supporting the power of vacation for people.
Cheers to you and please don’t let your practice of self-care be limited to just one day a year. You deserve better!
About Christina Hale
The best way to describe Christina Hale is as an average person driven to—and successful in—making an exceptional difference. A Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, she worked her way through college as a single mom before starting a career in journalism and economic development, and as a nonprofit executive for Kiwanis International, fulfilling a variety of C-Suite roles that included leading all Asia-Pacific and European operations and as chief communications officer and executive director for Kiwanis Youth Programs worldwide, including Key Club, the world’s oldest and largest youth leadership organization. A former state legislator for the Indiana General Assembly and the first Latina to run for statewide office in Indiana, Christina earned a reputation for effectiveness, bipartisanship and resolve. In 2021, Christina was appointed by President Biden to head the SBA Office of Women’s Business Ownership and serve as Senior Designee on the White House Gender Policy Council. She is the CEO of Hale Strategy, LLC, a consulting partner of Mobius VP,LLC
Christina’s best selling book on leadership can be found on Amazon:
Why Not You: A Leadership Guide for the Change-Makers of Tomorrow
