Optimistic Insights
Whether you’re an experienced leader or just starting out, Optimistic Insights offers practical leadership advice, expert strategies, and personal development tips to help you thrive.
From team building to overcoming challenges and fostering a positive mindset, we cover the essential topics that today’s leaders need to succeed.
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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 –...
Can your leadership style help reduce employee turnover? – By Optimist Performance
Are you losing your best talent? The employee turnover rates have increased by 7.7% in the last four years in the UK and it will continue to rise in 2024. So, what can you do to stop your best employee from walking out the door? Are you familiar with the saying...
Tips for Planning Your Next Team Away Day – By Optimist Performance
Team away days are essential to improve communication, boost morale, and spend some fun time outside of the office. Being together in a more relaxed setting can also enhance the team’s sense of belonging. With the holidays around the corner, we wanted to share some...
10 Ways to optimise performance reviews – By Charlotte Wathan
Having been on both ends of performance reviews, I admit I’m not a huge fan of them to date or at least, not of “one-off” annual performance reviews. However, executed well, with a long-term vision for all parties, I think they can be a really useful tool for growth...
Simple Ways To Recharge Effectively as a Busy Person – by Optimist Performance
It’s too easy to neglect self-care when you’re at the top of your game running a business or managing a team. You put your work before everything else, including your health, personal life, and all-around well-being. However, taking time off to recharge is vital to...
Breaking bad habits: The driving factors you need to master – By Ruari Fairbairns
Do you sometimes feel like you have control of every area of your life except your drinking habits? Or maybe you feel like alcohol is getting in the way of reaching your full potential? You’re not alone. In the UK, it’s estimated that alcohol-related lost productivity...
How to handle difficult conversations in the workplace – By Optimist Performance
How do you handle difficult conversations? Do you try to avoid them? Or do you feel anxious and uncomfortable when thinking about it? The majority of people see conflict as a negative thing and don’t like having difficult conversations. However, the more we avoid...
Can leaders help with anxiety at work? – By Optimist Performance
Our jobs are or can be, for many of us, a source of stress and anxiety, and since in May we have Mental Health Awareness Week, we wanted to talk about some of the most common causes of anxiety at work and what leaders can do to help with it. What can cause anxiety at...
Styles of communication in the workplace – By Optimist Performance
Have you ever been in a meeting and thought “Why is this taking so long, this could have been sorted in an email”? Or maybe you thought “Why is he going over so many details? I don’t need to know all that.” We are all different, which means we all have different...