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Why doesn’t feedback work? 7 Tips to maximise feedback – By Optimist Performance
How good are you at giving or receiving feedback? When used correctly, feedback can be a crucial element for success in your team and organisation. Did you know that 65% of employees would like to receive more feedback than they currently do? Also, 98% of employees...
Coaching Leadership Style: How to use questions to empower your team
Would you like to improve your team’s performance and engagement? Can you imagine working with an incredible team who feel empowered to do their best work? You can adopt a coaching leadership style that use questions to empower every person in the team, including...
How to achieve effective communication in a remote working environment?
What are the biggest challenges of effective communication while working remotely? How can we improve our communication with our team members? Remote working has changed the way many of us communicate as teams. And so, effective communication is now more critical than...
Do you practise active listening as a leader? – By Optimist Performance
Communication is vital for leaders in all kinds of organisations; how we talk to others, what we say, and how we say it really matters. But talking is just half of the communication process; the other half is listening. And to do so effectively, we need to practise...
7 Qualities Of Engaged Employees And How To Increase Engagement
How do you recognise engaged employees? How can you improve their engagement? And why should you care about it? Research suggests: Companies with engaged employees are 17% more productive. Companies with high employee engagement are 22% more profitable. Teams who...
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...