Zena Everett

Do you feel like a slave to your inbox and your smartphone? Overwhelmed? Do you go home after a too long day, feeling exhausted, but frustrated that you have made very little progress?

Most of us spend our days responding to urgent needs … other people’s urgent needs. Our priorities are ruled by our in-box, not the other way round. We respond to what (or who) is screaming in front of us, not what we know we should really be doing in order to achieve our own objectives.

We are Crazy Busy. We confuse being efficient with being effective.

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. That means that they could get as much done by the end of Monday than their steady-state peers did in a whole week.

McKinsey said that if we could all just increase the time we spend in flow by 15 – 20%, overall workplace productivity would almost double. When did you last do some deep thinking, highly productive and uninterrupted tasks?

Outcomes

• More control over how to achieve your priority tasks (such as planning, winning business, building relationships)
• Better communication with internal stakeholders to get more important things done more quickly
• Less procrastination, perfectionism and people pleasing
• Improved personal effectiveness, energy and wellbeing
• Shorter internal meetings (feedback is that my techniques have cut them short by an average, one third).
• Techniques to manage your inbox so it doesn’t manage you
• Go home earlier, with more stuff done and learn to switch off
• Be five times more productive than you are now – so five times more successful

Our brains are our greatest asset. How well do you take care of yours?

We rely on high functioning brains to make decisions, grasp complex problems and come up with creative solutions quickly. At the same time, we have to regulate our emotional response to maintain a resilient, flexible mindset.

24/7 demands mean many of us neglect our powerful brain/body/gut connection. You wouldn’t drive your car without adequate fuel, water, oil and an annual service; do you treat yourself with the same care?

This fascinating and fun masterclass will combine concepts from neuroscience, organisational psychology, and cognitive-behavioural coaching to help you train your brain and promote your neuroplasticity, resilience, and wellbeing.

OBJECTIVES

• Understand the brain/body connection
• Learn how to solve problems, focus and make better decisions by taking care of your brain and body
• Manage the boundaries between work and home
• Focus on priorities and remove distractions

Do you show up as a creature of emotion or a creature of logic?

Successful people understand their own feelings and the feelings of others around them.  They manage their moods, put themselves in other people’s shoes and build rewarding relationships.  95% of us think we are emotionally intelligent like this, but less than 15% are. We expect our leaders to balance the ‘neural see-saw’ with logic on one side and social skills like empathy and intuition on the other.

It’s easy to lead like-minded people, but what about people on a totally different wavelength?  Can you control your instinctive fight-flight-freeze response with people that stress you out or annoy you?

Soft skills like these can be hard to learn but they are career game-changers. The good news is that high EQ isn’t just for superhumans.  Boost yours with these practical techniques and frameworks and watch your relationships thrive.

Practical session, suitable for leadership and all-hands events