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How Senior Leaders Use Sabbaticals as Career Strategy
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders are using sabbaticals not as a sign of burnout but as a deliberate career strategy. They examine the case of a Fortune 500 CFO who took a three-month sabbatical to study artificial intelligence at MIT, then returned to lead a major digital transformation. Lucas shares data from a 2025 survey by the Executive Leadership Council showing that 23% of C-suite executives have taken a sabbatical, and 78% say it accelerated their next promotion. Luna pushes back on the stigma, asking how to frame a sabbatical…
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