by Zena Everett | Feb 8, 2018 | Uncategorized, Zena Everett's Blog
Are you sick of wasting precious time in pointless, long, unplanned, badly facilitated, waffling, unstructured, distracted, ego-filled, hi-jacked, delayed and all round screamingly frustrating meetings? People constantly complain to me about the amount of time they...
by Zena Everett | Jan 17, 2018 | Uncategorized, Zena Everett's Blog
A fed-up 50-something Finance Director wrote to me recently, saying that she keeps getting turned down for new roles ‘because of her age’. I asked her what evidence she had that her age is the reason for the rejection and if the problem possibly lay...
by Zena Everett | Nov 22, 2017 | Uncategorized, Zena Everett's Blog
I still doubt myself every single day. What people believe is my self-confidence is actually my reaction to fear.”—Will Smith All of us are susceptible to negative thoughts like this at some point in our careers. They are like giant banana skins waiting to trip us up....
by Zena Everett | Nov 6, 2017 | Zena Everett's Blog
I listen to employers moan about their youngest workers, but what’s their side of the story? We talk a lot about leadership in organisations, but we’ve forgotten how to manage. Millennials leave organisations because (unlike their older colleagues) they don’t...
by Emma Fletcher | Oct 6, 2017 | Zena Everett's Blog
I’m an Executive Coach and help my clients to understand exactly what their career goals are and the steps they need to take in order to achieve them. The next stage of the process is to ensure that their most precious asset, their time, is used effectively in...
by Zena Everett | Sep 27, 2017 | Zena Everett's Blog
Interview skills: take a tip from the movies to make a powerful lasting impression The impact you make at the end of the interview is just as important as the one you make at the start. Here’s some advice on how to get it right. Savvy candidates prepare their opening...