Archives for November, 2009
Rent a Boomer . . . and Other Workplace Changes by 2019
By 2019, Generation X – born from 1965 to 1978 - will have spent two decades seeking a nod from the Boomers holding senior decision-making jobs. But a little over nine years from now, that will end. Janet Reid, managing partner at Global Lead, a consulting firm that advises companies like PepsiCo and Proctor & […]
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Dan Clements on Sabbaticals with Kiddos
Dan Clements is the author of Escape 101: Sabbaticals Made Simple. He and his wife have taken several sabbaticals – the most recent was a 5-month career break to rural Paraguay, South America with their five-year old daughter. Dan was kind enough to share the following insights on taking sabbaticals with children. I sure love […]
Lotto Ticket of Time, Not “Surviving Rough Year”, Sparks Gratitude
While I hate to lambast a respected journalist, and best-selling author, I will. When Peggy Noonan declares that this Thanksgiving serves up a “new gratitude,” she proceeds to offer up her thoughts as well as her friends’ ideas for what deserves gratitude. Their ideas stink. Declarations, Noonan’s column for the Wall Street Journal, Still Here After a […]
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Get the Most Out of Your Life: Run Away (then come back)
In conversations for the past three days, the phrase, “run away” has predominated my vocabulary with interesting results. I’ve done more than just use the phrase in passing; I’ve suggested it to people as an outright solution for any woe. If the person was having a rough day at work, Tropical Storm Ida had made […]
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Traveling to Uganda
I went to Africa to teach, but I knew I’d be doing more learning than teaching. - Joseph Quaderer
Sabbatical Checkpoint - Life is Bigger
I love the quote ”the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” This truth perfectly illustrates my journey. It has been approximately 3 months since I started my sabbatical journey and I am still so excited and thankful to God for the opportunity. One thing for sure is that my sabbatical is […]
ARCO’s Sabbatical Bonus
Since 1992, a small construction company in St. Louis has offered its 250 employees even more than a sabbatical. After every five years of service, ARCO Construction Company’s employees get a 4-week paid break and a $3500 travel bonus.
Jazz Great Sonny Rollins’ Legendary Sabbaticals
The 79-year-old saxophonist known as “the greatest living improvisor” in jazz knows the value of pushing “pause” in a career that requires unlimited amounts of creativity and talent. On the lengthy sabbaticals Sonny Rollins has taken from playing, he devoted himself to solitary practice, studied Zen meditation in Japan, and even withdrew to a monastery […]
Seek Renewable Energy? The Feel-Good Test Yields Answers on How to Spend Your Time on Sabbatical
A sabbatical without a plan is a vacation. And while you might think that just getting “away on vacation” will fill your energy bowl – you are mistaken. A planned, career break with goals gets you closer to rejuvenation. But if you seek sustainable, energy renewal to bring back to your life and career, your […]
Crack the Code: Three “Trends to Watch” Identified by Working Mother’s Best Company Selection Panel
Want on Working Mother’s 100 Best Companies List next year? Or perhaps, your company achieved the honor but now wants to stay on the list. Move up? You say you’d sell your grandmother to make that happen? Whoa now. Let’s consider keeping Granny. Rather, design a career sabbatical program to align with “trends” they’ll be […]
Sabbaticals at a Small PR Firm
Standing Partnership’s 24 staff members are eligible for a two-month paid sabbatical after seven years of employment. Because a three- to five-year turnover is pretty standard in the communications industry, the program gives the firm several extra years to build relationships with its team members.
Sabbaticals Decoded: Defining What We All Want
Working Mother Magazine honored this year’s 100 Best Companies at the 2009 WorkLife Congress in NYC last week. Elizabeth, co-founder of yourSABBATICAL, and I were invited to present and facilitate a session, Career Sabbatical Programs that Retain, Recruit and Develop Talent. Along with participants wildly interested in having a sabbatical program at their companies, some attended […]