News and Views from Motion Learning
12 Inspirations for Christmas
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.
Parental Coaching: How to support expectant parents at work
Continuing her mission to champion the support for new parents in the workplace, our lead coach and co-founder Rachel Morris writes for HR Zone on the value of parental transition coaching.
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.
Revealed! What new parents really need from their employers
Join us as we reveal our new parental transition model
We're excited to host a live webinar ‘Revealed! What new parents really need from their employers’ where we’ll be sharing our insight on working parents that we think all HR, People Development and Leaders should hear!
Working mums should be out and proud of having it all
Women have for a long time been sidelined at work when beginning a family. In her recent article in People Management magazine, Rachel Morris explains why she believes that the era of ‘apologising’ must end, and why businesses should support mothers at this critical stage in their careers.
Supporting Yourself as a New Parent in the Workplace
Rachel Morris recently joined Toni Collis on the Leading Women in Tech Podcast to discuss parenting, the world of work, and how to mesh the two.
She discussed navigating the 3 phases of becoming a new mother in the workplace, and the helpful & actionable tips you need to set yourself up for a successful return to work.
The End of Command and Control
Rachel Morris’ latest piece in The Business Reporter argues that shifting employee expectations demand new skills from line managers, centred around embracing a coaching approach.
The Importance of Line Management Coaching
Rachel Morris’ latest feature in The HR Director explores how organisations can support line managers with the day-to-day realities of managing and the benefits of line manager coaching as an alternative to traditional training programmes.
Management Coaching is the Bridge
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.
Meet Michele Aptman
Michele Aptman is another wonderful addition to our international team and comes with a wealth of experience from organisations such as Google.
She is based in New York, USA, and works with clients in the US and across Europe.
Management Coaching - Multiplying the ROI of your Development Programmes
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.
Meet Helen Brooks
2023 continues to be an exciting year for Motion Learning, with another new member to introduce.
Helen Brooks is based in Melbourne, Australia, and balances a busy professional life with some deep thinking, unofficial taxi driving and wine tasting!
Meet Amy Funkhouser Watkins
As our business has grown, so has our team, and we’re delighted to say that we now have coaches in more than one time zone!
Amy Funkhouser Watkins is based in Seattle, USA, but provides coaching across time zones, and often joins us for meetings in a brilliantly positive mood at a time that others might consider way too early!
Positively Thriving - Rachel Morris Interviewed by Go Solo
In her latest interview our co-founder Rachel Morris shares the lessons we’ve learnt over the years about building a business and focusing on the important things from the very 1st day.
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.
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 - 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.
The World of Work Podcast - Discussing the Maternity Transition
Rachel Morris joined Jane Stewart on the World of Work podcast, to talk about the experience of maternity and maternity coaching. They explored the experience of maternity leave and maternity coaching and Rachel talked about our research and her views on how to best support people during maternity leave.
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