“What a great experience!  Who would have thought that horses are such clear communicators.  Constantly providing feedback but in a nonverbal way. In my years in Senior Management, I thought I knew what consensual leadership was until I actually experienced it in this application.  I realize now, my experience was only brushing the surface.  In my situation, this experiential leadership course provides the space to integrate your personal and professional leadership skills to identify your Authentic leadership as a way of clarifying and living your vision in a very balanced approach. Humans share the same nonverbal communication skills as the horses - we just need to tune into ALL of what is being communicated in our interactions. So much of this experience is so easily transferred into our every day work/home lives.”

Sharon Todd
Sharon Todd Consulting

 

 

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In these FEEL sessions, the horse becomes the metaphor for how we lead our life and perform at work.  Just like people do, horses respond to a Leadership style – but unlike most people, they are able to provide us with honest and clear feedback about our current strengths of leadership and areas for improvement. 

Given this, what’s most important to note is that horses make great coaches because they have no investment in the outcome of our relationship with them. They don’t lie; they have no egos or master plans.  Horses simply are who they are.  That’s why the information they give us about ourselves is so powerful.  They are perfect mirrors for us to see how we create our current reality.



Horses easily close the gap between where we say we are going and what we are actually doing to get there.  They give participants the opportunity to feel what it’s like to experience true engagement built on trust and respect.

Modern humans are literally mesmerized by words, yet psychologists have determined that less than 10% percent of communication is verbal.  Internet relationships, computer games and cell phones promote reliance on language and surface appearances.  Most education and training concentrates on this small portion of our communication.   The remaining 90% is largely neglected, so Facilitated Equine Experiential Learning first and foremost expands nonverbal intelligence.

Vast amounts of information arise from behaviour, emotional import, intent, -and more subtle energetic exchanges. These qualities are so grossly downplayed in post-industrial society that people are losing their ability to function fully and authentically in the moment.

Value of Horse Coaching:

  • Explore how emotional intelligence impacts leadership
  • Develop essential skills for building an authentic team
  • Learn how to create clear roles and responsibilities while staying connected and grounded in results
  • Identify habitual limiting behaviours enabling you to step into a new awareness
  • Develop powerful alternatives to help you move towards your goals
With these new skills, your team can develop their own unique leadership style, allowing them to display their curiosity and imagination, and identify and let go of old judgments.  They will learn how to be less reactive and perceive more choices, leading to improved inter-departmental relationships.  Working with horses, your team will experience first hand how body language is a primary source of communication.