Archives for Company Sabbatical Programs
The Single Best Practice for a Company Sabbatical Policy that Rocks
Let’s say the company announces a new program to allow time out from work – a sabbatical program. Immediately after a shock and awe moment, employees have a few questions. Do you know what they are? They want to know: Do I get to go? For how long? Will I be paid? Can I do […]
Dear Company, Your Sabbatical Program Makes Employees Worry. Please Fix This.
Ron leaves his workplace at the end of next week for a six-week paid sabbatical provided by his company. The opportunity to live in Germany with his wife and young son in the small town of Bonn has been well planned. He’ll attend language classes, travel and also call on a couple of prospective clients. […]
CBS Segment, “More Professionals Taking Sabbatical,” Features yourSABBATICAL.com
A recent survey found 16-percent of companies now allow unpaid sabbatical leave. Human resource consultant Dan Ryan says sabbaticals are growing in popularity, partly because expectations on the job have intensified. The pace of work now, especially after the economic downturn, is very frantic and the sabbatical is a very innovative way for companies to hang […]
A Sabbatical Program Launches and No One Wants to Go. What’s Up?
In an initial consulting conversation this week with Jennifer, an individual who is gathering information to design and implement a sabbatical program for a global company, Elizabeth and I re-emphasized the importance of the roll out of any sabbatical program. “What you don’t want to have happen is to launch a sabbatical program and then […]