Today’s Solutions: September 23, 2026

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Why managers struggle with coaching and what the research says to do instead

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Ask any organization whether they invest in coaching, and you'll almost certainly get a yes. It's a stated priority, a line item in leadership development budgets, a topic in management training. And yet, when researchers go to measure how managers perform Read More...

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5 habits that separate growing teams from stagnant ones

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The strategy is fine. The team is capable. But at the end of the quarter, the needle hasn’t moved. Julie Turpin, Chief People Officer at Brown & Brown, says this pattern almost always traces back to the same thing: habits. “Results that stick are Read More...

The Optimist View: “Career C

The Optimist View: “Career Choreography” ー Navigating the professional world with Ken Lindner

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt The world of work is very different for many of us than it was a year ago. For many of us, we are returning to offices after a year of being away, and for many of us the careers that Read More...