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Does your leader create chaos? The toll of working for people who love drama

Does your leader create chaos? The toll of working for people who love drama

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...
Look before you Leap – the right way to do the first 100 days

Look before you Leap – the right way to do the first 100 days

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...
Was Eddie Jones the most obnoxious boss ever – and are you too agreeable?

Was Eddie Jones the most obnoxious boss ever – and are you too agreeable?

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...
Do you perceive conflict where there is none?

Do you perceive conflict where there is none?

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...
The thirty stage interview process and other mind-numbing bureaucracy

The thirty stage interview process and other mind-numbing bureaucracy

by Zena Everett | Nov 4, 2024 | Uncategorized, Zena Everett's Blog

Senior candidates at one global tech company have to undergo a thirty stage process before a hiring decision is made.  This is a classic example of  productivity drag: the sludge in the system that gets in the way of getting things done.  It’s...
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