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: Great leaders respond, not react, in crisis by Tom Zender

Published in the Phoenix Business Journal on April 15, 2020

How do great leaders react to crises?

They don’t. They respond. So what is the difference? Simple – reactions are without thought and tend to fail, and responses are thoughtful and lead to more successful ou...

All of Tom’s Phoenix Business Journal columns can be found at

The Bottom Lines 2020:
52 of the Best Lessons in Leadership
New!

This new book is the fifth 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.

Click here to learn more

Click here to get your copy on Amazon

Tom released his third book in early 2018, “The Bottom Lines 2018: 52 More Memorable Lessons in Leadership” - available on Amazon in print and as an e-book.

He published his fourth book in January of 2019, “The Bottom Lines 2019: 52 More Important Lessons in Leadership" - also available on Amazon.

Clients

Tom Zender serves small, medium, and large clients in the Phoenix area, such as:

Arizona State University

Intelemark

Goodwill Industries

Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI)

ABT Financial Consultants

Maricopa County Community College District

Infinity Solutions

Workers’ Compensation Company of America

Labor Systems

Local Motors Corporation

CyberSponse Inc

Torque Trends Inc

National Association of Professional Organizers

Unity

Endorsements

"Tom articulates well the principles necessary to create a business culture and value system that provides the supportive environment for individuals to successfully collaborate, innovate, and deliver great results."

Fred Anderson, former CFO of Apple Computer

"Tom’s understanding of both business success and spiritual values has led him to the knowledge that the two are not separate entities - they are two sides of the same coin, and he deftly shows their integration."

Deepak Chopra, bestselling author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

"You were a distinct asset to General Electric. Your ability to communicate is outstanding."

Kenneth G. Fisher, former Vice President of General Electric

"Tom Zender masterfully raises the consciousness and confidence of people and their organizations."

Jack Canfield, bestselling author of The Success Principles; co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series

"Through a powerful marriage of theory and application, Zender shows us how the very principles that govern nature, and even life itself, can guide business and management as well."

Gregg Braden, bestselling author of Fractal Time; former director of Technical Operations at Cisco Systems, Inc.

"Tom helps us to see what is already inside us, and what has guided successful businesses throughout the ages."

Sam Yau, Chairman of Esalen Institute; former CEO of National Learning Corporation

"Zender explains how to leap ahead of the field by taking the most important leap of all: recognizing the power of your inner spirit to create breakthroughs you might not have ever thought possible."

Marianne Williamson, bestselling author of Return to Love