Pamela Hartigan, co-author of The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World, is blogging a 5-part series about social enterprises on the Harvard's Center for Public Leadership blog .

You can read her first two posts:

1. Time and Leverage

and

2. Learn from the Experts - They're Not Who You Think

Or check out her book .

Book review excerpt:

Capitalism is a very mutable, flexible beast, and what we re seeing is social entrepreneurs addressing some of these social challenges in profoundly different ways than traditional nonprofit organizations, said John Elkington, co-author with Pamela Hartigan of The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets that Change the World, a new book that was handed out last month to attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. --The New York Times, February 24, 2008

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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I saw an article about sabbaticals in the newspaper the other day, and it mentioned this book: Escape 101: The Four Secrets to Taking a Sabbatical or Career Break Without Losing Your Money or Your Mind. Looks like an interesting read.

Learn more about the Rasmuson Foundation Sabbatical Program. From the Rasmuson site:

"The Rasmuson Foundation Sabbatical Program is designed to provide time away from the job for nonprofit leaders to engage in activities for personal renewal or professional growth. The Foundation believes that nonprofit CEOs/executive directors better serve their organization when they have extended opportunities to reflect on their work, gain insight into what they want to accomplish in their careers, learn better ways to run their agencies, and renew their personal energy."

Read Dennis McMillian's articles about the program and taking a sabbatical:

Are You Really Going to Do It?

What I Did That You Should Consider