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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...
What do our Eternal Optimists say? – By Optimist Performance
At Optimist Performance, we are always looking for ways in which we can improve ourselves. What lessons we have learned and how we can use them to become the best version of ourselves and help others do the same. So, to celebrate International Women’s Day this year,...
Building an antifragile team – By Ollie Phillips
What would happen if I got hit by a bus tomorrow? I ask my team this question often (or rather, frame the scenario that I’m suddenly out of the picture and the business needs to keep moving forwards) with the aim of creating an antifragile team. If the last few years...
4 Tips to change behaviours successfully this year – By Optimist Performance
The holiday season is over, the new year has begun, and now is the time to take your New Year’s resolutions seriously. Whether you want to get healthier, start exercising, quit smoking, or start your own business, you will need to change some behaviours to make...