Archives for October, 2009
Four Sabbatical Lessons from Stefan Sagmeister
A good amount of attention has been paid to Stefan Sagmeister – on the social media sites, including the TED community – for his inspiring (although not unique, as we on this site know) year-long sabbaticals that he takes every seven years. The famous designer has taken two year-long sabbaticals. The first was in 2001 […]
With 42% Dive in Top Talent’s Loyalty (insert alarm sound), What Does the Future Hold?
Imagine cutting your workforce then losing your best people? New data shows that top talent in many companies already have one foot out the door. But with eight pragmatic interventions outlined in this just-released book (October 12th), a company vying for “employer of choice” can hold tight to a bright future and beyond. The source: […]
Solitude: It’s Often What’s Needed, But Are You Even Capable of It?
In 2006, then-struggling American indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon left North Carolina with a broken heart and retreated to his father’s remote cabin in Northwestern Wisconsin. There, he recorded the songs that would become Bon Iver’s debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, playing all the instruments himself. In isolation, Vernon says, he was able to […]
No Matter Your Generation: Sober Up and Forget Retirement
How long will you live? Stop dithering and find out. This calculator will change your life -http://calculator.livingto100.com/calculator or change the way you think about work and retirement. No matter how old or busy you are, you’ll anticipate that number popping up at the end - the one that tells you (based on genetics, health, stress, […]
In Happiness “Negotiations”, Men and Women Need a New Way of Working
“Happiness” was the topic of discussion among seven friends this past Sunday. We were eating breakfast around a table in a cabin in the middle of North Carolina’s Nantahala National Forest. Four men, three women. Three couples: one married nary a month; another to be married soon; the third - talking about it. And an […]
Majority of 2009 Working Mother 100 Best Companies Offer Extended Leave
Of the companies on this year’s Working Mother 100 Best Companies list, 83% of them allow employees to take leaves, paid or unpaid, of six months or more and return to a comparable job. This includes leaves taken for any reason outside of parental or medical leaves, like sabbaticals. We’ll be leading a “Next Big Thing” roundtable discussion - all about sabbaticals - at Working Mother’s WorkLife Congress in New York City, October 27-29.
Off on Sabbatical Without a Good Work Coverage Plan? Here’s What They’re Saying About You.
Who will do your work while you’re away on sabbatical? While some people plan carefully for this aspect of a successful career sabbatical, just as many don’t. As a result, here are some of the worst things people will have to say about you in your absence: He just dumped his work on us without […]
Sagmeister on Sabbaticals
If you don’t know about TED’s “ideas worth spreading”, then you absolutely must. If you haven’t been invited to its invitation-only global conferences, I am feeling your pain. Renowned for album covers, posters and his recent book of life lessons, designer Stefan Sagmeister invariably has a slightly different way of looking at things. He views […]
Want Everlasting Change? Then Design a Sabbatical To Suit Your Need
We’re often asked about the staying power of sabbaticals. Can a sabbatical experience change a person? Yes. How long will the person be different? Forever and ever. Not every sabbatical holds this status. If you lolly around and fritter away the time doing stuff that doesn’t mean very much to you, you’ll stay about the […]
Jim Blasingame - Small Business Employee Sabbaticals Increase Retention
yourSABBATICAL’s Elizabeth Pagano and Michelle Rupp, owner of NRG Seattle, join Jim Blasingame on his radio show “The Small Business Advocate” to discuss the the idea of employee sabbaticals, plus tips and best practices.