Welcome

CEO Mentoring, Business Coaching, and Leadership Development are a productive relationship in which an experienced expert guides the profitable expansion of a business by building upon the existing strengths of the CEO and their organization.

CEO Mentoring, Business Coaching, and Leadership Development focus on deep listening to the CEO in order to best help them:

  • Design Effective Strategies
  • Accelerate Growth
  • Build Sustainable Success

Tom also serves as an interim CEO, a part-time CEO, and a board member of publicly held companies.

Tom’s clients are CEO’s with good companies who want to Accelerate Growth and achieve Sustainable Success. He uncovers blockages to expansion, energizes the vision and recommends creative actions for new growth. Tom is the CEO’s trusted guide, sounding board and devoted support.

Background

Tom Zender’s unique capability as a CEO Mentor, Business Coach, and Leadership Developer integrates his successful background of leadership roles at General Electric and Honeywell, senior vice president in NYSE and NASDAQ listed corporations, CEO in small-medium businesses, startups, and a global nonprofit organization, plus:

  • Board member of NASDAQ and Toronto Stock Exchange listed corporations
  • Sustained evolution to his higher values and purpose in business and life
  • Bestselling author of business books about leadership and management
  • Weekly columnist for the Phoenix Business Journal
  • Mentor to faculty and students at Arizona State University

News to Use

Leadership Lesson: Forget the rules. What is your “inner ethic” as a leader? by Tom Zender

Published in the Phoenix Business Journal on May 24, 2019

Hmm? You mean doing the right thing? Maybe. How about doing the best thing? Keep reading. If you think that ethics and morality mean the same thing, there is an important difference. 

Morality is an exter...

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All of Tom’s Phoenix Business Journal columns can be found at Tom's Phoenix Business Journal column
The Bottom Lines Series of Books

The Bottom Lines 2019:
52 More Important Lessons in Leadership
New!

This new book is the third in Tom Zender’s popular, The Bottom Lines: 52 Lessons in Leadership series of books. Drawn from his weekly columns in the Phoenix Business Journal, these books utilize Tom’s long experience as a successful leader at General Electric and Honeywell, a senior VP in NYSE and NASDAQ listed companies, and the CEO of midsize, small, startup, and nonprofit organizations. Easy to read, it is packed with immediately useful, practical business wisdom – and a touch of humor.

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Tom released his third book in early 2016, “The Bottom Lines 2016: 52 Unforgettable Lessons in Leadership,” for sale on Amazon and other sites.

He published his fourth book in January of this year, “The Bottom Lines 2017: 52 More Motivating Lessons in Leadership,” available on Amazon.