by Zena Everett | Sep 13, 2023 | Zena Everett's Blog
Operation Director Curtis* had this problem when he was on one of my leadership programmes. It’s a common one, so I’m featuring it in this month’s article. Let me know if you’d have handled it differently. Ellie,...
by Zena Everett | Aug 24, 2023 | Zena Everett's Blog
As business ramps up again after the holidays, pick a point in the future and visualise what you want to have accomplished by then. I explain how Amazon use a Working Backward method for ultimate success and clarity. “Begin with the end in mind” is the second of...
by Zena Everett | Jul 4, 2023 | Zena Everett's Blog
Napping or thinking?Productivity is a systemic problem, not a personal one To some of us, increasing productivity means being more efficient so we can clock off earlier and recharge our batteries. Shareholders will be much more interested in how...
by Zena Everett | May 31, 2023 | Zena Everett's Blog
The unsavoury Phillip Schofield affair is more than celebrity gossip. It has some useful lessons for all of us. We really do need to be nice on the way up, or there’ll be plenty of ex-colleagues crawling out of the woodwork to give us a good kicking on the...
by Zena Everett | May 2, 2023 | Zena Everett's Blog
The UK’s deputy prime minister and justice secretary, Dominic Raab, stepped down last month after an independent inquiry concluded that his ‘consistently abrasive behaviour’ had in some cases amounted to bullying. Civil servants were so petrified of disagreeing...
