Penny Zenker

Focusologist, Best-Selling Author, Business Strategy Coach

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Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Penny Zenker 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, Zenker 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, Zenker 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. Zenker 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.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 02/13/2024.

Penny Zenker Speaking Topics

  • 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

Penny Zenker Videos

  • The “Take Back Time” Formula with Focusologist, Penny Zenker ...
  • Penny Zenker - Stop the Tug of War with Time
  • Penny Zenker: "Energy is EveryThing -Interactive"

Penny Zenker Books

  • The Reset Mindset: Get Unstuck, Focus on What Matters Most, and Reach Your Goals Faster
    The Reset Mindset: Get Unstuck, Focus on What Matters Most, and Reach Your Goals Faster
  • The Productivity Zone: Stop The Tug Of War With Time
    The Productivity Zone: Stop The Tug Of War With Time

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Penny Zenker is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Reset Mindset: Dynamic Leadership: Navigating Change & Challenge with Ease, Own Your Focus: Achieve More Impact with Less Effort, The Energy of Thought: Building a Reset Mindset, Reset Your Leadership Communication: Create a Common Language to Work Through Challenges and Innovative Leadership: Think outside the Box to Achieve the Seemingly Impossible. The estimated speaking fee range to book Penny Zenker for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Penny Zenker generally travels from Philadelphia, PA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Dr. Jackie Freiberg, Coyte Cooper, Ph.D., Liz Nead, Jones Loflin and Tanya Dalton. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Penny Zenker for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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