by Zena Everett | Nov 27, 2024 | Zena Everett's Blog
What will you do differently next year? I was taught that it is trite to start an article with ‘in these volatile, unpredictable and challenging times,’ but in this case, I’ll make an exception. All we can control is where we focus our time and energy, and our...
by Zena Everett | Apr 11, 2024 | Zena Everett's Blog
Help! I’ve got a lazy colleague who doesn’t pull his weight. The only deadline he’s interested in is 5.30, when he’s out the door, leaving the rest of us to finish the work. He looks busy and is on Teams all day, but he doesn’t do much. This was...
by Zena Everett | Dec 13, 2023 | Zena Everett's Blog
I was lucky enough to be at the Global Peter Drucker Forum earlier this month, soaking up the latest leadership thinking. I’m brimming over with fresh ideas for you, but one moment that really stuck with me was a panellist who had the...
by Zena Everett | Nov 1, 2023 | Zena Everett's Blog
When a junior person wastes time, it usually results in other people having to pick up some of their work. When a senior person wastes time there will be far more long-term consequences because other people don’t have the strategic oversight they...
by Zena Everett | Oct 6, 2023 | Zena Everett's Blog
Read this before you organise the Christmas party all by yourself One of the ways HR departments judge the engagement of their workforce is by measuring what’s called discretionary effort. This is how people get involved above and beyond their regular...
