Small business employee sabbaticals increase retention, according to Elizabeth Pagano and Michelle Rupp, who joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the the idea of employee sabbaticals, plus tips and best practices.

How small businesses can consider offering sabbaticals to employees as an alternative to layoffs during a slow economy. Barbara and Elizabeth Pagano explain to Jim Blasingame how this works.

How creative do employers have to get to acquire and keep good talent? The mother and daughter team of Barbara and Elizabeth Pagano join Jim Blasingame to talk about the concept of allowing employees to go on sabbaticals for up to four weeks, as a way of motivating them to value their employment.

Barbara and Elizabeth (mother and daughter) join Jim to talk about what they learned about themselves by taking a 2000 mile sailing trip together, and they talk about how we can apply what they learned in our small businesses.