Sabbaticals as a Career Fix

Sabbaticals continue to be fodder for the media as more and more executives are taking them and experts are talking about them. Here's a piece in the Wall Street Journal that is making the syndication rounds.

How One Executive Used a Sabbatical to Fix His Career

by Joann S. Lublin, Wall Street Journal Online 

One morning in 2005, Daniel H. Marcus awoke in a pitch-black hotel room. The executive-pay consultant knew he needed to see a corporate client, his third in three days in three far-flung cities. But for several minutes, he didn't know where he was or who awaited him.

"That doesn't bode well for my work," Mr. Marcus thought to himself. His memory lapse proved a blessing in disguise. With constant travel and 60-hour weeks pushing him close to burnout, the veteran partner at Mercer, a major human-resource consultant, decided he needed a sabbatical.

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