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7 Tips To Have A Better Work-Life Balance – By Optimist Performance
Are you feeling stressed or burnt out? Maybe you don’t pay enough attention to your work-life balance? Breaking the harmony between our work and personal lives negatively impacts both the individual and the team. According to statistics, it can decrease employee...
How To Increase Productivity? 7 Tips From The Optimist Performance’s Team
Does it seem like you never finish your to-do list? Are you looking at how to increase your productivity? Sometimes, it looks like the more we work, the more we have to do and finishing everything seems impossible. In addition, remote working, technology and meetings...
LOOKING FOR BETTER OUTCOMES? LOOK AROUND YOU…
What are you doing to improve your outcomes? There are many things we can focus on to get better results. Previously, we talked about how focusing on our strengths helps us perform better. But do our relationships have an impact on our outcomes too? Studies show that...
Focus On Strengths To Drive Performance – By Ollie Phillips
Do you know what your strengths are? What about the people in your team? Are you aware of how playing to our strengths influences your performance? Although many studies have shown the benefits of focusing on people’s strengths, we still live in a ‘weaknesses focused’...
Time To Humanise The Workplace And Be More People-Oriented
Covid has prompted our most human side to shine. People have supported their communities through volunteer work, and companies have shown empathy and compassion. Will this shift the needle towards a more people-oriented workplace? This last year, the distinction...
Engage with your team through team building activities – By Optimist Performance
Does your team feel engaged? Are they delivering within their roles? Are they interacting with their teammates? Just because things are “going back to some kind of normality”, we shouldn’t assume that people feel safe, engaged or happy. Studies show that “More than...
To build a new norm, we need to accept failure – By Optimist Performance
Without question, this past year has thrown us all out of our comfort zone. Thankfully we are starting to see the light with the “new norm”. Now, it’s time to transform this new norm into a sustainable long term situation. The whole world has changed, and we have...
Looking at uncertainty, the Optimist way – By Optimist Performance
Dealing with uncertainty the optimist way is not about thinking that everything will be ok. It’s about deciding to put all your energy and effort into creating the best possible outcome with what you have. By definition, uncertainty is a situation where we don’t know...
Focus on employee loyalty – By Optimist Performance
Do you wish your team would act in the company’s best interest? Then you need to earn your employee’s trust and loyalty. We previously talked about employee engagement, and we spoke of the most significant components that affect their engagement. But aiming for...
Optimise the power of your thoughts – By Ollie Phillips
How much attention do you pay to your thoughts? Are you aware of the impact your thoughts have on your emotions and behaviours? At Optimist Performance, we believe in the notion: that thoughts influence feelings, and feelings affect our behaviours. We term this the...
Do You Work In A Dysfunctional Team? – By Jeff Wellstead
Written by Jeff Wellstead, Founder & CEO of Big Bear Partners, Ltd. When one of my peers bought Patrick Lencioni’s book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, for me, my first thought wasn’t a positive one. I immediately thought: “Gee, thanks…What I always wanted, a...
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...