Optimistic Insights
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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...
How to Stay Healthy When You’re Travelling for Work – By Optimist Performance
Are you travelling this Christmas? Maintaining healthy routines on the road can be a real challenge. It’s easy to be sedentary and turn to takeout when you need a quick meal. Plus, travelling can be hard on your body, disrupting your sleep routine and creating...
Look East to set your goals for 2023 – By Optimist Performance
With the Christmas holiday season just around the corner and 2023 fast approaching, now is the time to start thinking about your goals for the new year. As a people-based business, we’ve looked at different approaches and the science behind setting goals. In previous...
Avoid holiday burnout at the end of the year – By Optimist Performance
The holiday season is almost upon us, and even though it can be a magical time, it can quickly become a stressful time for many of us too. According to a survey from Slumber Cloud, one in three adults suffer from “holiday burnout”. The end of the year is definitely a...
What are the benefits of executive coaching? – By Optimist Performance
Time spent with an executive coach can pay dividends. As a business owner or manager, much of your working day will be spent on the day-to-day tasks which keep the business going. We’ve already discussed how it can be lonely at the top for business leaders. But...
Optimising your organisational structure – by Optimist Performance
Creating long-term and sustainable change within a business sometimes needs an approach that goes back to the very basics. Organisational structures provide the building blocks of every company. From sole trader to global conglomeration, every entity comes with its...
3 key ingredients for effective collaboration between teams – by Optimist Performance
Do different teams within your organisation work well together? Are you fostering a true culture of collaboration at work? 86% of employees in leadership positions blame lack of collaboration as the top reason for workplace failures. In addition, companies that...
How to make your team-building event a success – By Optimist Performance
After months of separation, isolation and remote working, web searches for ‘team building’ are reportedly up by 24 per cent. But while companies use team building to bring people together and help build productive relationships, there seems to be one huge catch… A...
How to build your team for success – By Optimist Performance
Are you having difficulties maintaining your team's culture as it grows? Is hiring and retaining employees increasingly challenging for you? Today’s market is more competitive than ever. Coupled with a cost of living crisis and a UK economic downturn which is already...
How to be comfortable with feeling uncomfortable – By Ollie Phillips
It’s a scary fact that chronic stress is considered one of the leading causes of major disease. Contrary to the airbrushed and edited curations of Instagram influencers, life and work can be messy. Best laid plans can be brought down in seconds when life throws a...