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How to keep pushing through when starting a business – By Optimist Performance
Starting a business is a journey full of excitement and ambition but sometimes, the road to opening day is bumpier than expected. Generally speaking, we need to focus on our well-being since that alone can affect performance. However, this can be hard when there’s one...
How Our Eternal Optimists Transform Lives through Coaching – By Optimist Performance
At Optimist Performance, we're proud of the impact our coaches—whom we fondly call Eternal Optimists—have made in the lives of individuals, teams, and organisations. Through personalised 1-on-1 coaching, they've helped clients navigate challenges, develop intentional...
How can executive coaching help leaders? Talking to Lara Milward – By Optimist Performance
“The ideas that coaching is a spend rather than an investment, or a nice to have, not a need to have, are two of the biggest misconceptions about executive coaching.” - Lara Milward. This month, we talked to Lara Milward, one of our Eternal Optimists, about executive...
Well-Being: The human behind the performance – By Optimist Performance
Did you know that 13.7 million working days are lost each year in the UK because of work-related stress, anxiety, and depression, costing £28.3 billion a year? As leaders, we are not only dealing with numbers or performance, but we are also dealing with the human...
Play to Your Potential – What Does It Mean for Your Business? – By Optimist Performance
Imagine the England Rugby Team stepping onto the pitch, each player ready to give their all. The team’s success doesn't hinge solely on each member performing their specific role, but rather on each player utilising their unique strengths to benefit the whole. Owen...
How can experiential learning enhance your team’s performance? – By Optimist Performance
Are you practising great high-performing team behaviours with your team? Practice makes perfect, as the saying goes. At Optimist, we believe that using experiential learning allows teams to practise high-performing behaviours to enhance the team’s performance. What...
Unlocking Team Potential: Enhance Team Performance with Spotlight Diagnostics – By Optimist Performance
Can we effectively lead our teams without understanding them? One of the hardest aspects of being a leader is that we are dealing with people, and each of them is different and has different needs. So if we want our teams to perform at their best, we first need to...
Ego Check: Navigating Authenticity and Resilience – By Optimist Performance
As we approach the quarter mark of the year, we thought we’d take time for self-reflection. How have you been showing up in your role at work? Welcome to this month's Optimistic Insights, where we'll delve into the intriguing topic of ego in leadership and the journey...
Unlocking Personal Growth in Work: Lessons from John Grisham’s Journey to 300 Million Copies Sold – By Optimist Performance
Life is a journey of self-discovery, a winding path that leads us to uncover the depths of our personalities and aspirations. Along the way, we take on various roles and responsibilities, each contributing to our understanding of ourselves, our professional lives, and...
Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Executive Presence for High-Performance Team Leadership – By Optimist Performance
In the ever-changing landscape of leadership expectations, the traditional model of executive presence (EP) is undergoing a transformation. Sylvia Ann Hewlett's recent article, "The New Rules of Executive Presence," sheds light on the shifts in leadership traits...
Unlocking High-Performance Leadership: Insights from Elite Sports – By Optimist Performance
At Optimist, we proudly distinguish ourselves with a compelling truth: a significant number of our high-performance coaches boast illustrious careers in elite sports. Now, you may be curious about the significance of this fact. In this article, we delve into this...
Gamification in Leadership: Powering High-Performing Teams – By Optimist Performance
In today's fast-paced and dynamic work environment, fostering inclusive and high-performing teams is more crucial than ever. Companies are constantly seeking innovative approaches to keep employees, to keep them motivated, and to create a high-performance culture –...