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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Resilience, It’s About Bouncing Forward – By Optimist Performance
Resilience Isn’t Just About Bouncing Back, It’s About Bouncing Forward. Written by Jim Steele. Jim Steele is one of our Eternal Optimists — a dynamic voice in performance psychology and leadership. With decades of experience coaching high-performing teams and...
AI: A Call to Evolve, Not Compete By Optimist Performance
At Optimist Performance, we believe that future leadership isn’t about resisting change but embracing it. The rapid rise of AI isn’t something to fear—it’s something to leverage. AI is already shaping the way we work, learn, and connect. But don’t panic - this change...
The Power of Delegation, Mindset and Positive Change – By Optimist Performance
The Power of Delegation, Mindset and Positive Change In today’s fast-paced business environment, effective leadership is not about doing everything yourself. Leaders who try to take on every task risk burnout and miss opportunities to inspire positive change. Instead,...
Culture, Strategy and Change: The Key to Thriving in Disruptive Times – By Optimist Performance
Culture, Strategy and Change: In today's rapidly changing business world, organisations must be able to adapt quickly to remain competitive. Whether driven by technological innovation, market shifts, or global events, change is inevitable. But how companies respond to...
Make Time To Do Your Best Work – By Optimist Performance
In today’s fast-paced business world, where distractions and overwork are constant challenges, one thing is clear: making time to do your best work is not just a luxury — it’s a necessity. Whether you’re a leader, an entrepreneur, or a team member, the ability to...
Why Does Learning Something New Feel So Hard – By Optimist Performance
Why Does Learning Something New Feel So Hard, Frustrating, and Even Painful? At Optimist Performance, we believe that growth comes from pushing past discomfort and embracing challenges. However, learning something new—whether it’s a skill, concept, or mindset—often...
High Performance in People – By Optimist Performance
Why High Performance in People is Key. In today’s fast-paced business world, success goes beyond meeting targets—it's about fostering high performance in people. When individuals and teams consistently perform at their best, they drive innovation, improve results, and...
How to adapt your coaching leadership style with Spotlight profiles – By Optimist Performance
Are you being the best leader you can be? Being a leader is not an easy task, but do it right, and you will make both your team and business thrive. As leaders, we are constantly dealing with people, and since every person in our team is different, it makes sense that...
How to keep pushing through when starting a business – By Optimist Performance
Starting a business is a journey full of excitement and ambition but sometimes, the road to opening day is bumpier than expected. Generally speaking, we need to focus on our well-being since that alone can affect performance. However, this can be hard when there’s one...
How Our Eternal Optimists Transform Lives through Coaching – By Optimist Performance
At Optimist Performance, we're proud of the impact our coaches—whom we fondly call Eternal Optimists—have made in the lives of individuals, teams, and organisations. Through personalised 1-on-1 coaching, they've helped clients navigate challenges, develop intentional...
How can executive coaching help leaders? Talking to Lara Milward – By Optimist Performance
“The ideas that coaching is a spend rather than an investment, or a nice to have, not a need to have, are two of the biggest misconceptions about executive coaching.” - Lara Milward. This month, we talked to Lara Milward, one of our Eternal Optimists, about executive...
Well-Being: The human behind the performance – By Optimist Performance
Did you know that 13.7 million working days are lost each year in the UK because of work-related stress, anxiety, and depression, costing £28.3 billion a year? As leaders, we are not only dealing with numbers or performance, but we are also dealing with the human...