Equine Guided Leadership Development

Nick Zeniuk and his horse Guess have taught each other a lot. She came as a rescue horse off the track via a couple of homes. He is a retired executive from Ford. They are teaching each other how to be present, sense more than say, connect, converse by patiently learning how to communicate until they reach a place of agreement. Considering that only 7% of our conversation is actually verbal it makes sense to learn with a master of non-verbal communication...a horse. Horses are highly intuitive, and sensitive to subtle signals. They react to incongruence each in their own way and are very attentive and responsive to your energy.

The new leadership paradigms demands leaders who can listen with their senses well beyond words. We listed being present, increasing sensitivity, understanding how your energy impacts others, trust, and congruence as the easy to note qualities learning from horses draws out.

Equine assisted learning is a different way to draw out the skills that people have but have forgotten to use in the day to day rush and focus on action rather than receptivity. Leadership programs exist around the world with each horse bringing their talent to the table to match the participant's need.

There is tons to learn in this area. My curiousity has lead me to Linda-ann Bowling in Langley, B.C. Canada www.equine-imity.com who referred me to Barbara Rector in Tucson www.adventuresinawareness.com who referred me to her friends in Germany at www.horsedream.com and to Louanne at Horses Help who referred me to www.teachinghorse.com in Oregon.

After the SoL Consulting Convergence was over, we visited Horses Help in north Phoenix and learned a lot from Louanne who gave us her time to show us how the conversation takes place and what is involved.

More than leaders benefit. Youth at risk, people needing therapeutic recovery for a variety of reasons are being assisted by horses to heal, grow and attune their skills to the NOW. Barbara Rector has a facilitation training program coming up in August for those who can see themselves contributing in this way.