by Zena Everett | Jul 2, 2025 | Zena Everett's Blog
Careers theory used to be all about the importance of a plan. I’ve lost count of the number of career presentations I’ve seen over the years that warn of the dangers of drifting without one. Many warnings include a version of the popular Alice in...
by Zena Everett | Jun 2, 2025 | Uncategorized, Zena Everett's Blog
Hi Zena. Our Creative Director is notorious for producing high-stakes pitches. They mobilise teams to work all weekend and inevitably blow the clients’ socks off when they present on Monday. They get great glory for producing a rabbit out of...
by Zena Everett | May 1, 2025 | Zena Everett's Blog
The pressure to create a massive impact in the early months of a new role is largely confined to the history books. Of course there is one person currently grabbing headlines for how he has spent his first 100 days in office. You may feel that his performance proves...
by Zena Everett | Apr 22, 2025 | Zena Everett's Blog
I’ve written about some bad bosses in my new book, but former England rugby coach Eddie Jones takes the biscuit. In his autobiography scrum-half Danny Care said that under Jones’s leadership, players felt like characters in a dystopian novel. Jones...
by Zena Everett | Feb 20, 2025 | Zena Everett's Blog
It’s easy to get stuck in our own story, perceiving conflict when none exists. Even when we try to keep a professional lid on our behaviour, our subconscious mind is still tick, tick, ticking, often making irrational guesstimates, and reacting to others from lopsided...
by Zena Everett | Feb 3, 2025 | Zena Everett's Blog
Pop tarts don’t benefit us in any way, although I’m sure they taste great. There is a work equivalent of pop tarts: low value tasks with no benefit, involving extra layers of touch points and bureaucracy. Is your...
