Take a look outside your window — go ahead. There’s no longer any snow on the ground (hopefully), and the leaves are finally back on the trees. But as the weather heats up, what else has made its return? You guessed it: laziness.

Not only will your employees become less productive during the summer months, but your data and backup disaster recovery (BDR) customers will also fall into a slump, dreaming of timeshares and fun-filled family vacations. Your job: redirect their attention to you — in a way.

As a managed services provider (MSP), as a trusted advisor, one of your objectives is to take the pressure off of your customers, but it’s also a good day if they’re able to indirectly assist you with your job.

Here are a few tips that we learned last year from Strata Information Technology, Inc. President Pete Robbins:

How do you avoid summer sloth? What measures do you take to keep your employees going during the summer heat?

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