We've learnt so much over the last 20 years of work, from each other and our team, from our clients and from our coachees.

But if we had to pick just one thing, the single most important lesson we've learnt, is that the single most impactful thing you can do today, and everyday, to help cope with daily life, is to consciously pause more.

In this video Rachel Morris, Executive Coach and Partner at Motion Learning, explores how we become aware of gaps in our understanding, skills and competence and the mindset and techniques we can adopt to bridge these learning gaps in the workplace.

Watch this short video by Rachel Morris, Executive Coach, to explore your understanding of your core values and why living by your values can be the key to feeling happy and fulfilled, inside and outside of the workplace.

In this 5 minute coaching tip, you’ll discover the power of psychological Flow and how you can harness it at work and in life for peak performance and a great sense of achievement. Executive Coach Rachel Morris explains the principles and benefits of knowing when you’re in Flow, plus practical tips on how you can avoid distractions to engage your state of Flow.

In this video, Rachel Morris, Executive Coach, shares a coaching exercise that can help you filter what is and isn't within your control to enable you to reframe these tasks to make them manageable and gain perspective. If you’re feeling overwhelmed this video can help.

Just over 3 years ago we went to see Martin Seligman share his views on Happiness and Positive Psychology in London. We think it’s worth sharing again our notes and reactions to his talk.

Martin Seligman, the “father of positive psychology”, was in London, sharing his views on happiness with over 900 people in a packed venue, where at least 60% of the audience, according to Martin, were engaged in the topic! The other 40% were too busy indulging in sexual fantasies, apparently…

Are you clear about the factors which motivate you; is it the pleasures in life or a need to achieve before the inevitable occurs?

It’s neither cake, nor death, which drives us on, but instead a combination of pleasure, engagement and most importantly the opportunities we have to make a contribution, according to Martin Seligman, one of our favourite gurus.

Although the concept of the Mentor has been around since the time of Homer, it seems very much of the moment. But why should anyone become a mentor? And what does it involve?

The idea of mentoring seems to be having its moment in the sun, with both commercial and public sector organisations investing much time, energy and resources into mentoring programmes.

We’re often asked about the nature of mentoring. We always recommend considering it, whether formally or informally, as a way to support leaders and managers.

Our view at Motion Learning is that mentoring is a relationship in which experiences are shared and questions asked and answered for mutual benefit and growth. Here’s our factsheet on mentoring.

Demonstrating resilience, overcoming barriers and hurdles, and bouncing back are more and more frequent topics of conversation in our work with clients.

We’ve spent a lot of time over the last couple of years talking to our clients and our network about resilience and it's not hard to understand why. A recent study on reactions to the current global economic crisis highlighted the range of reactions and depth of emotions that are stirred up by the uncertainty we all currently face.