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Archives for Planning a Sabbatical
Taking Advantage of Career Transition
Garrett from Hostel Dog shares his experiences that led him to his passion for travel…
Dashed Dreams While on Sabbatical. Don’t Let it Happen to You.
In her essay for the New York Times on Sunday, April, 4, 2010, Coming to Terms with My Sabbatical, Michele Mendelssohn mourns her sabbatical dream. Eight months into a career break that she won, she says, “my original plan now looks like a delusional fantasy. Though I have done many things on my list, I [...]
48 Hours Before Leaving on Sabbatical. What’s THAT like?
Sabbatical-goers reaching the last work week are in kick-butt mode. One’s professional reputation hovers between a final to-do list and an unforgiving time frame. Most have found their productvity in high gear for many weeks as they check and re-check their work coverage plans - and continue their work with a focus on leaving it in the best shape [...]
How to Prepare for Leaving Work: Insights From An Accountant’s Second Sabbatical
Upon returning to work after his second paid sabbatical, Plante & Moran partner Doug Wiescinski only had to reply to about 20 emails and no voice mails. He had been completely disconnected from work for four weeks.
Re-entry took “no more than a day or two” before being up to speed. His work coverage plan allowed [...]
Travel Preparations for Africa
Joseph Quaderer, a director at Morgan Stanley, is on a 6-month sabbatical teaching Ugandan high school students the necessary skills to start and scale social enterprises - financially sustainable organizations that also address important social problems. “While I’m going to Uganda to teach high school students the basic tenets of entrepreneurship…I know I’ll be doing a lot more learning than teaching,” Joseph says. In his series of blog posts for yourSABBATICAL, read about how his exposure to a culture completely different than his own brings a new perspective on life. “While corporate America is very rewarding and challenging, I knew that I wanted to dedicate a portion of my life to using my skill set in a more altruistic manner. Capitalism is a very important catalyst in the engine for social change and I knew my finance background could make a palpable difference in people’s lives.”
Career Strategist Renee Trudeau on Personal Retreat Sabbaticals
Renee Trudeau is a big believer in “hitting the pause button.” A career and life balance coach, owner of Career Strategists and author of The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal , Trudeau and her team work with mid- to senior-level professionals to help them integrate who they are with what they do. And, she says, people [...]