by Emma Fletcher | Jun 19, 2017 | Zena Everett's Blog
Losing a job through redundancy (or a general election) is rarely a pleasant experience, no matter how welcome the pay-off. We tend to take it personally, regardless of the logic or the number of other people involved. How can they do this to ME? After all I have...
by Emma Fletcher | Mar 29, 2017 | Zena Everett's Blog
You joined an organisation to work for an amazingly charismatic, high achieving and powerful Boss. They made you feel special, making great efforts to get you on board and sharing their ambitious vision for the future with you. You were flattered, even a little...
by Emma Fletcher | Jan 22, 2017 | Zena Everett's Blog
If you knew that you were at the top of your game and would succeed at whatever you set your mind to, what would you aim for this year? Now that most of us are back in the swing of things after the holidays, I thought it would be useful to take a moment to pause and...
by Emma Fletcher | Nov 28, 2016 | Zena Everett's Blog
It’s peak networking time. Some people are natural networkers, but as recent research has found that up to 45% of us claim to feel shy some of the time, the chances are that many of us avoid networking if we can get away with it. Business networking is a...
by Emma Fletcher | Oct 12, 2016 | Zena Everett's Blog
In a ten-year study conducted by McKinsey, executives reported that they were five times more productive when they worked in a state of optimal concentration called flow. As author Steven Kotler points out, that means they could get as much done by the end of Monday...