by Zena Everett | Jul 23, 2024 | Zena Everett's Blog
Burnout is defined as a ‘state of vital exhaustion’. You feel like you have run a marathon in a wet fur coat. The demands of work, which sometimes seem unreasonable, are compounded by long sedentary days spent in front of screens. Here’s some...
by Zena Everett | Jun 5, 2024 | Zena Everett's Blog
I’ve been running two leadership programmes recently and the topic of mental health days has come up in both. Participants said that people in their teams routinely take days off when they felt stressed or overwhelmed. The pandemic normalised...
by Zena Everett | Dec 15, 2021 | Zena Everett's Blog
Successful people control their emotions. There’s no excuse for bad behaviour. Emotional intelligence is the ability to tune into your own feelings and the feelings of others. Learning these soft skills is as important as learning the...
by Zena Everett | Feb 16, 2021 | Zena Everett's Blog
The end to the latest lockdown is in sight but we aren’t there yet. Here’s how to plough on: Give yourself a break Workers in the UK have increased their hours by more than 25% in the pandemic according to research by NordVPN Teams. You are...
by Zena Everett | Jan 11, 2021 | Zena Everett's Blog
It’s a new year and you are probably full of great intentions, or at least you were until the latest lockdown. Me too. I’m making my own kefir. Let’s see if that’s still happening by February. How can we build our reserves of positive energy so we can cope,...
