‘Most people live in a very restricted circle of their potential being,’ said the Father of American Philosophy, William James.

These boundaries are of our own making. They make us stay ‘safe’ and sometimes ’stuck’ rather than moving onwards.

Some of us self-select out of promotion opportunities and veto our own progression. We don’t put our hand up for opportunities, don’t ask for what we want and allow other people to make assumptions about what we are capable of. We worry about fitting in at more senior levels, that we can’t balance increased responsibility with family life, or that more aspirational environments won’t welcome us. We might be right – but we might not be!

What are you assuming that is stopping you from moving forward?

Workshop

In this fun but transformative session 90 minute session we will explore:

• Your career goals: what would these be, if you knew you couldn’t fail?
• Common thinking traps, using cognitive behavioural psychology, that inhibit performance, including: perfectionism, procrastination, black and white thinking, imposter syndrome and discounting our strengths
• Tools to think in a more positive way
• Less people pleasing, more focus on performance
• The myth of confidence: it comes from action, not the other way round

Outcomes

• A more rational, evidence-based of viewing ourselves and the opportunities available to us
• A more confident outlook so you put your hand up for opportunities.
• Revised career goals and an action plan for achieving them

Booster Session

Within three or four weeks after the workshop, we will have a booster session, usually of up to 1.5 hours, to ensure our thinking habits are being embedded and that we are continuing with the actions we need to take to achieve substantial change.

Presenter

Zena Everett is an executive coach and motivational speaker, specialising in career management. She helps her clients to raise the bar on their career ambitions, and to find and then do great work.

Click this link to see Zena in action and learn how small repeated actions lead to big shifts in confidence and performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WawSh33byLo

“Having spoken with Zena (and read part of her book) before she presented at the most recent South London Junior Lawyers Division’s event, ‘The Science of Confidence’, I was delighted that she was coming to speak with us and I thought that the event would be informative and interesting.

I was not, however, expecting the evening that unfolded. The talk was more of a discussion facilitated by Zena, where participants were encouraged to talk in pairs or small groups about our futures, identifying what goals we have and then how to achieve them. We talked about learning to recognise that nearly all of the seemingly insurmountable barriers to success are self-constructed and, through different thought processes, become surmountable. We put this into practice in our pairs and discussed our personal perceived barriers with our partners and discussed how they might be overcome. In fact, by the end of this exercise, there was not a single insurmountable barrier in the room!

Zena, through her open, relaxed and warm approach, managed to create a supportive, comfortable and trusting atmosphere; participants were fully engaged in the evening and many vocalised personal worries, opinions and concerns either in their pairs or to the whole room. It really was a special evening.  

Personally, I found it extremely refreshing to speak to someone that I did not know about my career, my aspirations and worries and to hear, from a completely objective party, that I could achieve what I wanted. I do not think that such frank conversations would have occurred without Zena creating the open environment in which to do so. I left the event feeling inspired and positive about my future and with some good ideas about how to work out precisely what my goals are and how to achieve them. I hope Zena will come back and talk to us again next year!”
Louise Taylor, Chair of South London JLD and Solicitor at AG.

“A chance to reflect but also think ahead to the future, within a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. I would definitely recommend attending an event with Zena”
Rachel Hyneman, Solicitor at Anthony Gold.

‘Zena’s talk was empowering and inspiring. Now I have a clearer focus of my goals and of my current abilities.’
Akilah Douglas, solicitor at Quality Solicitors.