What is the impact?
Participants consistently rated the Explore and Walk porgrammes as the best in depth and impactful learning that they had taken part in. The average score for “how likely are you to recommend this programme to others” was 9.8/10.
Why organisations and teams continue to use Explore and Walk:
“As part of our reorganisation so we could help our 16,000 people to be more effective, we worked with James to create a development programme for our new Divisions. The programme subtly embedded the Explore and Walk principles throughout all the sessions, which culminated in a highly successful two day residential programme. The relationships and leadership that have developed have helped us to more and better outcomes” – People/ OD Lead
“Explore and Walk inspired me to change how I do work and how I manage people by using outdoor nature for some team meetings. We had a brief check in (you haven’t arrived until you’ve spoken) and decided to use an action learning format to focus on one issue. We couldn’t believe how easy it was to solve a 25 year problem just be taking ourselves out of the confines of four walls. This was probably the most successful meeting I have attended in all my years as a manager. We bonded in a way that we had never done before; we work so much better now and we are achieving so much more by moving in our meetings” – Huw, Senior Manager
“I experienced Explore and Walk as a participant as part of our developing the Senior Management Team in our organisation. It was so powerful. It decluttered my mind. I got to know, like and trust my peers in ways that had never been possible before – we still reflect happily on the memories of being together. I felt so inspired that I brought the approach into my region. James helped to support my management team with sessions to understand, experience and use the approaches. It has been transformational for everyone.”– Rob, Regional Head of Operations
…and the impact on individual participants:
“Explore and Walk helped me to escape my hamster wheel of being continuously ‘on’. I learnt so much about myself, how using mindfulness gives me control and be present, by daily walking and connecting with the great outdoors. My mental wellbeing has never been better and I have never looked back. I have set up a fortnightly group at work, just half an hour, using mindfulness session to help myself and colleagues. This course and James literally changed my life” – Dawn
“Explore and Walk reconnected me with nature which helped me connect with myself. I noticed things I had never noticed before: the different colours of sand; the noise of the wind and the stillness out of it; the feel of fresh air in my lungs and face” - Kate
“Since Explore and Walk, I have embedded being kind to myself first, so that I lead my team to be kind to themselves. Every day, no matter the weather, I take my dogs and watch the sun rise and set, with the peace of the waves, the wind, the rain and the warmth, I enjoy nature at its best. Most days, I dip into the sea to set my equilibrium. It has prepared me to make the challenging and chaotic decisions that had to be taken during the pandemic. It has enabled me to breath during the terminal illness and death of my mother and it has helped me to carry on doing the best I can” – Chief Executive
To discuss how we can help bring Explore and Walk into your world, contact james@mortawel.co.uk and download a brochure here.