As the year draws to a close, it presents us with a lovely moment to pause and reflect. And in doing so, we’ve decided to turn our reflections into something meaningful.  

So, in our ‘Days of Christmas’ series we’ll share insights, recommendations and reflections that have inspired us this year.

In our recent webinar, coaches Rachel Morris and Helen Brooks discussed Imposter Syndrome and how to handle it. We had some great questions from the audience, which Rachel and Helen have taken the time to answer here…

Have you ever doubted your achievements or felt like a fraud, despite your successes? You’re not alone…

In the coaching room we see Imposter Syndrome affects leaders and high achievers across all industries, regardless of gender or experience. But the good news is that there are coaching strategies and tools to manage it and we want to share some with you… 

How can a coach help a senior leader manage and overcome imposter thoughts?

Read our case study of a recent situation in which Helen Brooks, Motion Coach, worked over a period of months with a leader as they overcame their doubts and handled the transition into a more senior role.

People often ask us “what is the one most significant thing that they could do to shift towards a coaching approach?”

We simply reply… “Tell less and ask more. Then listen to the response”

We’re been supporting coaches and communities via a not-for-profit since 2021, and now we want to tell you more about it.

Here’s an insight to Coach Community - Developing Coaches and Supporting Communities.

We’re excited for the future of this project!

We are often asked about the best ways to build a career in coaching.

We hope it’s useful to share the thoughts we’ve developed over 20 years in the industry.

This video by Rachel Morris, Executive Coach and partner at Motion Learning, explores “assertiveness”, which is really nothing more simple – or maybe complicated – than knowing when and how to state your own needs truthfully and clearly in a way that enables others to state theirs too.

This month we've been reflecting on what's inspired us this year and what will motivate us to sail through the festive season and into 2024.

We hope you find inspiration too, as we share our team’s thoughts this holiday season.

Why it pays to supplement formal learning programmes with coaching.

Coaching can be the perfect compliment to formal leadership and management programmes, multiplying your ROI whilst increasing the all-round capabilities of your leaders.

Listen to Rachel Morris discuss how group coaching can offer a multiplication of the return on investment of learning programmes with special guests Sophie Peaty and Sarah Shaw from The Body Shop.

Motion Learning's Rachel Morris speaks to Ticker News Insights host Mike Loder, on how to lead thriving organisations in any economic climate.

Drawing upon her experience as an executive business coach, Rachel shares insight into why C-Suite leaders hold the power to building a great culture.

Listen to executive coaches Rachel Morris and Bert Stemarthe, with their special guests Kristina Blahnik and Stian Westlake, as they discuss the challenge facing senior executives everywhere and reveal they tools and techniques that enable them to coach executives to lead

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.

We asked the team to offer some thoughts and suggestions for good books this winter, based upon what they’ve been reading. Here’s the typically varied selection.

What is back to work looking like for you?

We’ve been discussing the new reality amongst our team and getting a sense of the issues our clients are facing as we now contemplate the end of furlough and the return to the office.

Do You need a recommendation for some summer reading?

Although our opportunities for enjoying the classic summer reading experience, whether poolside or on the beach, may be curtailed this year, if you’re like us, you’ll still use some of your time to stretch your mind and take in a different point of view.

How do we find the balance between the flexibility and autonomy that many employees desire, with the need to regulate for the protection of those same employees?

Question and opinions on the current working landscape from Howard Rich, Motion Learning

Our recommendations for Christmas reading. See our thoughts on the following reads:

The Boys in the Boat

Ditching Imposter Syndromw

Nonviolent Communication

Working Out Loud

What does the future look like for coaching?

Having shared our clients’ and our colleagues’ views on how they have experienced remote coaching this year, we now want to think about some of the practical skills being brought to the fore, and look forward to a more varied coaching experience in the future.