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Breaking bad habits: The driving factors you need to master – By Ruari Fairbairns
Do you sometimes feel like you have control of every area of your life except your drinking habits? Or maybe you feel like alcohol is getting in the way of reaching your full potential? You’re not alone. In the UK, it’s estimated that alcohol-related lost productivity...
How to handle difficult conversations in the workplace – By Optimist Performance
How do you handle difficult conversations? Do you try to avoid them? Or do you feel anxious and uncomfortable when thinking about it? The majority of people see conflict as a negative thing and don’t like having difficult conversations. However, the more we avoid...
Can leaders help with anxiety at work? – By Optimist Performance
Our jobs are or can be, for many of us, a source of stress and anxiety, and since in May we have Mental Health Awareness Week, we wanted to talk about some of the most common causes of anxiety at work and what leaders can do to help with it. What can cause anxiety at...
Styles of communication in the workplace – By Optimist Performance
Have you ever been in a meeting and thought “Why is this taking so long, this could have been sorted in an email”? Or maybe you thought “Why is he going over so many details? I don’t need to know all that.” We are all different, which means we all have different...
What do our Eternal Optimists say? – By Optimist Performance
At Optimist Performance, we are always looking for ways in which we can improve ourselves. What lessons we have learned and how we can use them to become the best version of ourselves and help others do the same. So, to celebrate International Women’s Day this year,...
Building an antifragile team – By Ollie Phillips
What would happen if I got hit by a bus tomorrow? I ask my team this question often (or rather, frame the scenario that I’m suddenly out of the picture and the business needs to keep moving forwards) with the aim of creating an antifragile team. If the last few years...
4 Tips to change behaviours successfully this year – By Optimist Performance
The holiday season is over, the new year has begun, and now is the time to take your New Year’s resolutions seriously. Whether you want to get healthier, start exercising, quit smoking, or start your own business, you will need to change some behaviours to make...
How to Stay Healthy When You’re Travelling for Work – By Optimist Performance
Are you travelling this Christmas? Maintaining healthy routines on the road can be a real challenge. It’s easy to be sedentary and turn to takeout when you need a quick meal. Plus, travelling can be hard on your body, disrupting your sleep routine and creating...
Look East to set your goals for 2023 – By Optimist Performance
With the Christmas holiday season just around the corner and 2023 fast approaching, now is the time to start thinking about your goals for the new year. As a people-based business, we’ve looked at different approaches and the science behind setting goals. In previous...
Avoid holiday burnout at the end of the year – By Optimist Performance
The holiday season is almost upon us, and even though it can be a magical time, it can quickly become a stressful time for many of us too. According to a survey from Slumber Cloud, one in three adults suffer from “holiday burnout”. The end of the year is definitely a...
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...