The Power of Pause: Why I take career breaks and why you should too

A fellow executive came to me for advice. Her company was restructuring, and she had two choices—accept a role that felt meh... or take a package that would let her step away for a year. My response? Definitely don’t do the thing that resembles the grim reaper. And if it were me? I’d take the year off in a heartbeat before finding a new role.