by Ollie Phillips | 9 Sep, 2024 | News & Blog
“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...
by Ollie Phillips | 6 Mar, 2023 | News & Blog
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,...
by Ollie Phillips | 25 Apr, 2022 | News & Blog
As Stress Awareness Month comes to an end, it leads me to reflect on stress and the journey I have been on throughout my career. The topic of mental health and stress should not be taboo. We should feel empowered to be open when it comes to verbalising issues...
by Ollie Phillips | 23 Aug, 2021 | News & Blog
Should the main focus of a coach be the performance or the person? Should a coach’s worth be measured only by the performance of the person they coach? The Tokyo Olympic Games has been an exhibition of examples that, in our opinion, help to demonstrate great...
by Ollie Phillips | 2 Aug, 2021 | News & Blog
How well do you know yourself? Do you practise self-reflection? We are quickly moving towards the end of the year, and we think that this could be the perfect time to start our journey of self-reflection. As Margaret J. Wheatley said, “Without reflection, we go...
