Zena's Bio
“I really found this session beneficial. The content and delivery was brilliant. I will be recommending this to everyone in my business!!”
Productivity Drag masterclass, Henley Business School.
WHY BOOK ZENA?
Zena Everett is the author of three books: Mind Flip: Take the Fear out of Your Career, the award-winning Crazy Busy Cure and W H Smith Travel’s Business Book of the Month, Badly Behaved People
She has a global leadership coaching and speaking practice, with a reputation for evidence-based content and practical takeaways delivered in a very entertaining way – and no guff. She talks about prioritisation and leadership skills in an overwhelming AI age: the gap between what our businesses need us to do and what we really do.
Zena has presented to many hundreds of business audiences, from bankers to blind and shutter manufacturers and management consultants to marquee entrepreneurs. She works with enabling functions like HR, Finance, Marketing, Comms, Legal and IT, because they particularly need to maintain a laser focus on their priorities. She is also an enrichment speaker onboard Fred Olsen cruise ships, inspiring audiences to build fulfilling lives with no regrets.
Zena was a finalist in the Speakers’ Awards 2025, hit a top score of 98.5% satisfaction rate for a Crazy Busy session with Ireland’s Executive Network, and delivers annual keynotes for prestigious organisations like the London Business Forum and the National Sales Conference. She is a speaker for Vistage, the world’s leading executive coaching organisation.
A recruitment entrepreneur and Cranfield Business Growth Programme alumna, Zena sold her business in 2007, then studied an MSc in Organisational Psychology and Career Management and other post graduate qualifications in psychological coaching and leadership (including at MIT Sloan Business School). She has coached on the Executive MBA Programme at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and is a member of the Associate Faculty at Henley Business School.
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What a fabulous speaker Zena is! Really engaging, lots and lots of hints and tips – it was a really good session.
Many thanks for a brilliant ,well presented address. I enjoyed it very much and the feedback is exceptional.
Thank you for a wonderful presentation today. The team was very engaged and contributed a lot of great information in the chat and the breakout sessions. The content was very relevant, and your presentation and facilitation skills are excellent. I’m certain there will be some “a-ha!” moments that come out of our debrief.
Zena is a highly regarded coach. She is insightful, practical but focused on leadership/strategic career goals. Zena doesn’t miss a trick, she will focus on everything you say, unpick it all, challenge, and then, as a true coach, get you to the right, impactful, life changing answers.
Zena was an outstanding coach when I did my EMBA at the University of Oxford’s Said Business School. She helped to shape and articulate my thinking on my future goals and aspirations. I highly recommend her services to any executive that requires a business coach.