Sabbatical Planning

I recently heard from a faculty member who was really disappointed about how her sabbatical plan was working out. She had just realized that she’d missed her university’s deadline to apply for sabbatical, which set her back an entire year. In this blog post, I explain what you need to do before you start making your plan

After helping dozens of academics plan their sabbaticals (and having talked to dozens more about their sabbatical planning challenges), I’ve noticed the same questions and concerns emerge time and again. These questions come up regardless of institution type, field of study, or career stage. If any of them resonate with you, I guarantee you’re not

If you’ve read my blog or listened to my podcast, you already know that one of the things I say repeatedly is that there’s no one way to have a life-changing sabbatical. Each sabbatical looks different, because each of us needs something different from our sabbatical. At the same time, after working with dozens of

Sabbatical planning starts with identifying your sabbatical purpose Academics often think that sabbatical planning starts with a sabbatical application, but in my work with clients, we start by identifying the purpose of their sabbatical. This may seem odd, but it’s a critical step to ensuring you get what you want and need from your sabbatical.

Wondering what to do during sabbatical? You’re not alone. I talk to a lot of academics about their sabbaticals, and a question that often comes up is “What should I actually do on my sabbatical?” When people ask this, they’re often puzzling over what type of academic work they should plan to accomplish during their

Wait, sabbatical coaching is a thing? When I told my business mentor that I wanted to be a sabbatical coach, he said although he’d talked to hundreds of coaches over the past decade, he’d never heard of a sabbatical coach. You may be in the same situation. You landed on my website, heard my podcast,

There’s no clear roadmap for planning a sabbatical You earned tenure or promotion–congratulations! Now you have the opportunity and privilege to take a sabbatical, one of the best perks of being an academic. You’re so exhausted from the tenure track that it feels as though your sabbatical can’t get here quickly enough. You know you