Work/Life Integration To Weigh On Executive Retention Risks
Much has been written and researched on the emergence over the past decade of work/life balance and its influence on career management decisions and employee retention.
The results of ExecuNet's recent Executive Retention Report research, conducted jointly with Finnegan Mackenzie — The Retention Firm, reveal that although concerns about work/life balance have abated in the dismal management-hiring environment of the past 18 months, talented executives won't overlook work/life balance when it comes to assessing new career opportunities.
Yet the concept of work/life balance for senior-management executives itself may be somewhat of a misnomer, especially given the demands on their schedules and the increasing influence of technology as a communication- and decision-enabler.
ExecuNet Editor-In-Chief Robyn Greenspan, a leading voice on executive career management issues, contends that it is actually work/life integration rather than balance that will factor into executive decisions about whether to stay in or leave their existing leadership roles.
Greenspan says executives' sense for how they can effectively integrate their management responsibilities with their own personal lives/schedules will, in many cases, help guide their career decisions in 2010 and beyond.
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