The Crazy Busy Cure for Recruiters with Zena Everett

2021-08-19

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In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by expert Leadership Coach and author, Zena Everett. Zena has a rare cocktail of entrepreneurial, head-hunting, organisational psychology and coaching experience. In her early career, Zena founded and developed a recruitment business, and became increasingly interested as to why some candidates were more confident and successful than others. To explore this interest further, Zena sold the recruitment business and pu...

In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by expert Leadership Coach and author, Zena Everett.

Zena has a rare cocktail of entrepreneurial, head-hunting, organisational psychology and coaching experience. In her early career, Zena founded and developed a recruitment business, and became increasingly interested as to why some candidates were more confident and successful than others.

To explore this interest further, Zena sold the recruitment business and pursued a master's degree in organisational psychology and psychological training.

In Zena’s latest book, The Crazy Busy Cure, she draws from her many thousands of hours coaching and speaking to people about productivity blockers and how to shift them.

In this episode, Alison and Zena discuss time management and productivity in the context of the recruitment industry; covering key areas and providing expert advice, this episode is not one to be missed.

Timestamped guide:

0:46 - Intro

04:16 - Why did the world need your book

09:03 - Can you give us in brief the benefits of finding a cure for this, and any examples or anecdotes that you can think of?

13:28 What are your biggest techniques and tips?

19:52 - People would argue that recruiters are in a different position from other people who can control more of how they spend their time. How would you respond to that?

23:06 - Now, in your book, can you also use an acronym for managing your diary, can you explain exactly what you mean?

29:34 - Do you have any practical advice for people on how to handle those persistent low level interruptions that, in fact, are about other people's priorities rather than your own?

32:13 Is there anything else you wanted to highlight from your book before we wrap up?

If you would like further insight and advice on time management and productivity, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Zena directly:

👤 https://www.linkedin.com/in/zenaeverett/

If you would like to purchase The Crazy Busy Cure, you can do so on Amazon here:

https://amzn.to/3j08Hdp

For bulk orders, please contact Zena directly.

To find out how Alison Humphries expertise can help elevate your recruitment business, get in touch today: alison@recruitmentleadership.co.uk

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