Penny Zenker
- The Focusologist- We need to focus on what deserves our time, not what demands it. We have to relearn and recommit to focus. Penny shares how to do that. Penny
- Podcaster of Take Back Time
- Penny brings three decades of experience to bing proven strategies backed by research, psychology and real-world application.
- A leading voice on change, resilience and leadership
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Pennsylvania
Penny Zenker Speaker Biography
Penny Zenker (AKA “The Focusologist”) is a sought-after international speaker, 2x bestselling author, and former C-Suite executive of a global top-five research company. Over the past three decades, she has built and sold multiple multimillion-dollar companies—including an award-winning tech firm she founded.
Throughout her career, Penny has been responsible for hundreds of employees and millions of dollars in turnover, initiating huge organizational changes and business turnarounds to service their competitive advantage. She has worked with countless CEOs, leaders, and teams to develop the strategies and critical skills needed to create healthy cultures, huge profits, and sustainable growth.
Today, Penny speaks to organizations around the world about how to navigate change, challenge, and uncertainty with greater ease, creativity and focus. She helps people and companies reach their potential and achieve seemingly impossible goals. Penny has shared her expertise with industry giants like Deloitte, Pfizer, SAP, Samsung, and NASA, and been featured by NBC News, ESPN, FORBES, INC., and many more.
She has written two best-selling books: The Reset Mindset (USA Today Best Seller, Success Magazine Top 10 Business Books), redefining our approach to how we work, live, and lead, and The Productivity Zone to help people stop their tug of war with time. Her popular TEDx talk, The Energy of Thought has surpassed one-million views worldwide. And her podcast, Take Back Time, ranks in the top 2% worldwide, reflecting her commitment to helping others regain control of their focus and achieve peak performance.
The Reset Mindset: Dynamic Leadership : Navigating Change & Challenge with Ease
75% of all transformation efforts fail, and only 12% of executives believe their people have what it takes to lead in the Digital Age. The problem isn’t the unprecedented rate of change, it’s the way we manage people, projects, priorities, and stress. How do we become more resilient, innovative, and adaptable?
In this revealing, thought-provoking, and actionable presentation, productivity expert Penny Zenker draws on her three decades of founding, running, and scaling multimillion-dollar enterprises to reveal three steps we need to take if we want to solve complex problems and reach our seemingly impossible goals in rapidly changing times.
You’ll learn how to:
- Overcome resistance to change by adopting a Reset Mindset
- Build future leaders with greater autonomy
- Make better, faster decisions
- Simplify complex problems and stay focused on the right things
- Block out distractions, so you can focus on what matters most
Own Your Focus: Achieve More Impact with Less Effort
In a world of rapid change, managing our time has never been harder. In fact, 59% of workers report feeling depleted, drained, and distracted. In the face of multiple competing priorities, how do we make time work for rather than against us?
After three decades spent founding, running, and scaling organizations, and interviewing hundreds of successful business leaders, Penny Zenker (aka “The Focusologist”) has learned that we can redesign the way we work, lead, and live by reconnecting with the bigger picture, challenging the status quo, and establishing systems that support our greatest priorities—one reset moment at a time.
You’ll learn how to:
- Identify your top distractions and what they’re costing you
- Make more Reset Moments to stop compounding stress
- Apply the 80/20 rule to eliminate competing priorities
- Use gatekeepers to protect and direct your priorities
The Energy of Thought: Building a Reset Mindset
Is it really possible to slow down time? No, but we can think and act faster than we do today. How? By better managing the energy of our thoughts, which in turn drive our feelings and actions.
In this impactful, enlightening, and unforgettable talk, Penny Zenker, bestselling author of The Productivity Zone, inspires us to treat “every day as game day”, so we can refocus, think and act more strategically, and achieve the results we want.
You’ll learn how to:
- Uncover negative thought patterns holding you back
- Apply four fundamental principles to reframe any unproductive thinking
- Minimize challenges to improve productivity with a “Reset Mindset”
Reset Your Leadership Communication: Create a Common Language to Work Through Challenges
Relationships are built and destroyed through communication. Taking ownership for how we communicate with others and receive what they have to say improves our relationship skills, leadership skills, and ultimate success.
In this thought-provoking, enlightening, and practical talk, former C-Suite executive Penny Zenker shares a three-step process for aligning with others on our priorities, collaborating with purpose, and objectively working through challenges together.
Audiences will learn:
- The five fundamentals of communication
- Emotional intelligence secrets, and their impact on how we communicate
- How to establish a common language to make faster, better decisions
Innovative Leadership: Think outside the Box to Achieve the Seemingly Impossible
Stress has been shown to stunt creativity, and 97% of managers think tactically because they’re too busy to think differently. How can a shift in mindset help us embrace rather than resist change and find fresh approaches to new challenges?
In this captivating, impactful, and actionable talk, former C-Suite executive and tech entrepreneur Penny Zenker shares how our perceived constraints can actually be the catalyst we need to overcome obstacles and achieve the seemingly impossible.
Discover how out-of-the-box thinking can open us up to new perspectives, enhance our creativity, and unleash our personal, team, and organizational potential.
You’ll learn how to:
- Shift your focus, so you begin to see constraints as catalysts
- Think more creatively to breakthrough bottlenecks
- Achieve seemingly impossible goals in times of rapid change
