Sabbaticals: A Way to Strengthen Individual & Organizational Capacity (April 2023)

Aloha!

In February 2020, after a healthy discussion about the purpose and the possible impacts, the Foundation’s Board approved a sabbatical of up to six weeks for me. In discussing the rationale for the sabbatical, we agreed that it offered benefits on two levels – for me as an individual who gets time away to reflect and explore, and for the Staff and Board who will have an opportunity to take on additional kuleana and to learn in my absence. We also thought it would help to surface any gaps in knowledge that should be addressed in the coming months before I eventually transition from my role as executive director. All that was great…I imagined what my journey might look like, and then there was COVID-19.

Despite the long delay and my planned departure from my role at the Foundation at the end of October 2023, the Board urged me to move forward on my plans to take the sabbatical. It is now official. I will be away from the office from April 24^th through the end of May.