by Zena Everett | Jan 10, 2024 | Zena Everett's Blog
The shadow side of high achievers and the risky business of accidental managers. Deadline-driven, confident and highly competitive, people with Type A personality traits are real go-getters. But as with all strengths, you can have too much of a good thing. The cracks...
by Zena Everett | Dec 13, 2023 | Zena Everett's Blog
I was lucky enough to be at the Global Peter Drucker Forum earlier this month, soaking up the latest leadership thinking. I’m brimming over with fresh ideas for you, but one moment that really stuck with me was a panellist who had the...
by Zena Everett | Nov 1, 2023 | Zena Everett's Blog
When a junior person wastes time, it usually results in other people having to pick up some of their work. When a senior person wastes time there will be far more long-term consequences because other people don’t have the strategic oversight they...
by Zena Everett | Oct 6, 2023 | Zena Everett's Blog
Read this before you organise the Christmas party all by yourself One of the ways HR departments judge the engagement of their workforce is by measuring what’s called discretionary effort. This is how people get involved above and beyond their regular...
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,...
