06/07/2023

Sabbaticals Can Stem Burnout and Build Resilience

The value of having a sabbatical policy

Sabbaticals have long been thought of as an academic privilege, but a growing number of companies offer them, especially since the pandemic.

D.J. DiDonna, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and founder of The Sabbatical Project, has interviewed hundreds of workers who've taken them and studied organizations that offer them.

From his research and his own experience on a sabbatical, DiDonna shares the surprising impacts that extended time off—paid or unpaid—can have on workers, teams and the overall organization. And he explains how organizations can make sabbaticals work both financially and culturally.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Harvard Business Review.