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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Are you looking for fulfilment? Look at your motivation – By Ollie Phillips
We can do so many different things to succeed, but above all, there is one essential point: Your Motivation. Even the most reliable person needs to have a WHY. The one thing that drives each of us to wake up every morning and give our best even if we encounter...
5 Focus Points For Leaders
One lesson we have all learnt this past year is that change is the only constant. And while the fundamental pillars of leadership haven’t changed, circumstances sure have. Leaders need to adapt to these new circumstances and be prepared to focus on what matters to the...
6 Challenges of Leadership and Tips to overcome them
What do you struggle with as a leader? What are the main challenges you are facing? We constantly deal with different challenges, both in our personal and professional lives. But it’s how we respond to them that makes a difference. Being resilient, having a growth...
3 key responsibilities of a leader
What makes a great leader? What’s their most important job? A leader, by definition, is a person who leads and influences a group of people. So, the most important focus for a leader should be the PEOPLE in their team(s). Sometimes this can be easily forgotten, even...
Flexible Working: Interview with Lauren Lindsay
Last week we had an interview with Lauren Lindsay on our podcast “The Growth Show”. She is not only an expert on talent recruitment but also a big advocate for remote and flexible working. During the interview, we discussed many different aspects of flexible...
Maximise the potential of remote working
How are you preparing for the near future when we can go back to the offices? How serious are you about remote and flexible working? We are hopefully on the last mile of this lockdown situation. It looks like we will soon enough see easing up on the measures. But is...
Culture of Trust: A Key Point of Remote Working
What are the biggest challenges of working from home? Well, at the moment we can name a lot of them, but probably they are more linked to the pandemic situation rather than remote working. If we think for example about work-life balance or feeling lonely and...
5 Tips to stay productive and positive while working from home
How are you coping with the working-from-home situation? Are you managing to stay positive and productive? This new way of working has real potential and can be very positive but it also comes with some challenges. Especially considering that what was supposed to be a...
Are you adapting your leadership skills to the new situation?
We are living in a constantly changing world. This means we need to be evolving with it if we don’t want to become obsolete. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results”. - Albert Einstein This notion of...
TEAM BUILDING: ONE OF THE MAIN FOCUS OF A LEADER
Do you pay enough attention to team building? Why is it so important? Team Building Definition: the action or process of causing a group of people to work together effectively as a team, especially by means of activities and events designed to increase motivation and...
Why do you need to focus on Employee Satisfaction
People who are happy and satisfied with their jobs work harder and stay longer in a company. So, higher employee satisfaction increases productivity and performance. At the same time, it will decrease the turnover rate of the company, which means less investment in...
How to stay positive even in difficult times
We are back in lockdown, and the situation seems even harder than before. While we understand how difficult the circumstances are, as Optimists we want to take the opportunity and try to help to keep morale high. At the moment we are all dealing with all the changes...