News and Views from Motion Learning
Ticker News Interview - Leadership for Thriving Organisations
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.
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.
The Executive Dilemma - How to Transition from “Doing” to “Leading”
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
Why an executive coach is now a must-have for CEOs
Rachel Morris, co-founder and executive coach recently talked with Emma Jacobs of the Financial Times on the vital role that executive coaches play for CEOs, operating as an independent, confidential sounding board and much more.
Exploring Systemic Coaching
We’re all part of personal and professional systems, whether we are mindful of it or not. Visualising them, representing them and then discussing them can open up routes to greater awareness and understanding.
Rachel Morris and Kim Gieske discuss the value of adopting a systemic approach and share their own examples of its application.
Are you ready for coaching?
We all know there are times where having someone objective to talk to helps tremendously. Those moments when, through skilled conversation, complications and confusions begin to become crystal clear.
How do you know when you’re at one of those moments?
How do you choose an executive coach?
How do you choose an executive coach? How do you know the fit is right?
Rachel Morris, executive coach and partner at Motion Learning, shares her views on the signs of potential for a good coaching relationship and reveals some of the key qualities of any great coach.
15 Years of (Motion) Learning
Over the course of 15 years, we’ve never stopped learning at Motion Learning. Here are a few thoughts from our journey so far.
We weren’t completely unaware that to make a success of a business would take lots of energy, time and some good ideas, but to paraphrase, we certainly “didn’t know what we didn’t know”.
Personal Development Boards – AKA The Bench
Who do you turn to when you need advice, support or inspiration? Is it one person, or different people depending upon your need?
A personal development board, AKA The bench, is a group of people standing behind you, supporting you, keeping you on track, guiding, challenging and stretching you.
The Importance of Resilience
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.
Leading in Tough Times
What should leaders be doing to get businesses through 'tough times'? What really works?
Using a balance of your head, your heart and your gut instincts can take you a long way in a crisis, if you can get the balance right. Authenticity is also critical