Atle's blog

Atle Vårvik is MOT’s founder and creator. He has been passionate about people and life since he was a young boy. Atle is a former Olympian speed skater. He is married to Sigrun and together they have two sons, Kristian and Johann. In this blog he is sharing his reflections and experiences.

12. APRIL – A HISTORICAL DAY

Friday 12. April the new statutes of MOT Foundation were approved by the MOT board in an extraordinary board meeting. This means that MOT Foundation and MOT Norway are formally split into two separate and independent units. A historical day!

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25 YEARS SINCE THE IMPORTANT DISAPPOINTMENT

It is today 25 years since the 5,000 meters speed skating race in the Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. 13thFebruary 1994 people were ecstatic about Johann Olav Koss’s Olympic gold on the 5,000 metres distance. We were three Norwegian competitors and Kjell Storelid won the silver medal. A crowded and enthusiastic arena cheered me forwards, even […]

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MOT Norway is independent

Friday 11.01.2019 was a historical day with MOT Norway becoming an independent organisation. Watch this recap of the magical moment at MOT camp. https://vimeo.com/310998799              

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First steps for MOT in New York

Magne Vårvik and Regine O. Hatten continues their journey to make MOT grow globally. The past few days they’ve had interesting meetings in New York with more potential door openers. They met with business leaders, Columbia Prep School and the Consulate General. It is very inspiring to hear that there are so many people out […]

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Energy giving body language. The best recruitment ever!

This week Sigrun and I had our whole day session at MOT-camp about MOT’s identity, values, principles and mission, during MOT Norway’s basic education and value-based leadership development.   About 40 participants attended and 50 % of them were MOT-coaches and the other 50 % was school and municipality leaders. It was a great to […]

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