News and Views from Motion Learning
And…. Pause…
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.
Working Mother Book - Arriving Soon!
Rachel Morris' new book Working Mother is arriving soon!
Working Mother offers simple, practical tools for each stage of this complex but rewarding life change, allowing you to become the coach you need by your side every step of the way.
Find out more and Register for the online Launch here!
A Gift of 20 Questions
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”
How to start your career in coaching
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.
5 Minute Coaching Tip - Assertiveness - Using Your Voice With Skill
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.
5 Minute Coaching Tip - Learning at Work
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.
5 Minute Coaching Tip - Identifying and Using your Values
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.
5 Minute Coaching Tip - Harness the Power of Flow
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.
5 Minute Coaching Tip - Build a Support System
This 5 minute coaching video by Rachel Morris, Executive Coach, explores how to build the right support team around you and the roles that these people could fulfil to give you additional perspective and advice. If you’re feeling alone, particularly if you’re in a senior position, this video has advice and actions to help.
5 Minute Coaching Tip - How to Gain Control
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.