by Nina | May 22, 2008 | Corporate Performance, Nina Simosko
My post on Comfortable Misery seems to have struck a chord with a number of people. Chris Young connects the impact that comfortable misery has not only on the individual but also on the company that they work for. Chas points out that it pays to do work that you love...
by Nina | May 16, 2008 | Glass Ceiling, Leadership, Nina Simosko, Women
I read an interesting quote today that highlights just how much progress we have made in our collective thinking about women in leadership positions. The quote, from a rather interesting source was in regard to the consideration of the appointment of a woman to the...
by Nina | May 13, 2008 | Corporate Performance, Leadership, Nina Simosko
misery at work Originally uploaded by milktummy When it comes to jobs, far too many people are in a state of comfortable misery. This is the state wherein, according to Daniel Johnston’s book Lessons for Living, “you are miserable, but you have gotten used to it.” We...
by Nina | May 8, 2008 | Glass Ceiling, Nina Simosko, Women
Tom Davenport recently published a list of the Top 50 business gurus for the Wall Street Journal. The Top 5, measured in terms of Google hits, media mentions and academic citations were: Gary Hamel — leading strategy guru and author of Leading the Revolution...
by Nina | May 7, 2008 | Conferences, Glass Ceiling, Nina Simosko, Women
Let the bidding begin. . . Originally uploaded by MarSea According to the Department of Labor, women represent 46% of the labor force. Forty percent of women work in management, and interestingly, women accounted for 51% of all workers in the high-paying management,...
by Nina | May 2, 2008 | Conferences, Life Continuum, Nina Simosko, Women
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...
