by Zena Everett | Oct 24, 2026 | Zena Everett's Blog
From The Camden New Journal, article entitled ‘Send Johnson the bill for the Garden Bridge Fiasco’ With Halloween this week, I’ve decided to share some productivity horror stories. These are some of the UK’s most spectacular...
by Zena Everett | Oct 8, 2026 | Zena Everett's Blog
It’s the season to start preparing for your annual career review. They can be a bit lame. You discuss what you did, agree a few objectives, tick the box and carry on. Here’s how to turn your career review into a more fruitful conversation. Make it...
by Zena Everett | Sep 28, 2026 | Zena Everett's Blog
Has the ‘bring your whole self to work” message gone too far? Call me old-fashioned, but I think work is for our worky bits. It’s what we used to call being professional. Self-help gurus encourage us to bring our whole unfiltered selves to work: all our messy...
by Zena Everett | Sep 3, 2026 | Zena Everett's Blog
How long should each task take? If you don’t know, work will always feel harder than it needs to. I avoided a dull but important admin task recently — there are far more fun things to do in August than fill out a form for your accountant. Until my...
by Zena Everett | Aug 27, 2026 | Zena Everett's Blog
Dolly Parton’s 1980 movie Working 9 to 5 is a glorious lesson in toxic workplaces and gender inequality (way before these were even a thing). Three women are stuck with a boss who is lazy, controlling and spectacularly good at taking credit for...
