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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...
The power of shared experiences – By Optimist Performance
“I wanted to become a doctor because I wanted to serve others…I’ve shared the lives of patients and staff members of the hospital, I've laughed with them, I’ve cried with them, this is what I want to do with my life.” - Patch Adams Movie When we look back on our...
Poor managers are bad for your health – By Ollie Phillips
"Poor managers are bad for your health". This was just one of the findings from CIPD’s 2022 Health and wellbeing at work survey, which identified issues such as including heavy workloads and ‘management style’ as major causes of stress in the workplace. The CIPD’s...
What does Pilates have to do with performance? – By Anaya Grover (Founder of Men Do Pilates)
Your productivity and performance are inextricably linked to how stressed you are. Working in a high-pressure environment is extremely stressful and can create an acute stress response in our nervous system called flight or fight mode. For our ancient ancestors, the...
Disconnecting while on holiday – The ultimate guide – By Optimist Performance
Once again, it's that time of year when everyone scrolls through images of sunny beaches and longs to be there. However, genuinely disconnecting is not as easy as we may think. Most of us continue to respond to emails, check in on our teams, and obsess over current...
How to use time management skills to prepare for your holiday – By Optimist Performance
Time management is always important, but when holiday leave is fast approaching and our mountain of work doesn’t seem to be getting any smaller, managing our time becomes even more critical. According to a recent study, 82% of respondents said they work while on...
Are you allowing productivity within your team? – By Optimist Performance
Productivity becomes increasingly vital in a fast-paced workplace where we seem to be getting busier by the day. Just do a quick search on the internet and you’ll find about a thousand different tips on how to increase it. However, productivity is a highly personal...