Archive for the ‘Life Continuum’ Category

Lessons in Loyalty

Posted by Nina on October 1st, 2008 under Corporate Performance, Leadership, Life Continuum, Nina Simosko  •  3 Comments

Approximately 25% of employees do not feel loyal to their current employer and 20% say they are likely to leave their current position to change jobs within a year, according to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey of HR professionals and hiring managers. Although I am not completely surprised by these figures, the percentages are nonetheless disturbing [...]

Professional BusinessWomen of California

Posted by Nina on May 2nd, 2008 under Conferences, Life Continuum, Nina Simosko, Women  •  4 Comments

This past week, I had the good fortune to attend the 19th Annual Conference of The Professional BusinessWomen of California conference. According to the organization, “The annual conference is PBWC’s main forum for women leaders to mentor and role model, foster upward career mobility and gain instant access to a large network of other [...]

A Little Misnomer about the “Work-Life Balance”

Posted by Nina on March 26th, 2008 under Life Continuum, Nina Simosko Tags: , ,  •  10 Comments

Since the 1970s in the U.K. and the 1980s in the U.S., the phrase “work-life balance” has been used to shine a spotlight on presumably unhealthy behaviors of working men and women as it relates to the neglect of families, friends, personal time and the like in favor of work-related activities. Many studies of this [...]