The Leadership Challenge

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The Leadership Challenge

• From Horse Sense to People Smarts

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Presenters

• Nancy Lowery
• President, The Natural Leader
• Dr. Fred Jacques
• Principal, Jacques Associates Inc.
• Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Session Overview

• Overview of Programs Based on the Leadership
  Challenge Model using Horses and Natural
  Horsemanship Techniques as the Instructional
  Guide
• Links to Emotional Intelligence
• Approaches, Tools and Techniques Used
• Potential Applications for Leadership Learning

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Instructional Frameworks

• The Leadership Challenge Model
• Model the Way
• Inspire a Shared Vision
• Challenge the Process
• Enable Others to Act
• Encourage the Heart
• Emotional Intelligence
• Natural Horsemanship
• Co-Facilitation/Matched Expertise

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Links to the Five Practices

• Model the Way by clarifying their own goals and
  style as a leader and using that knowledge to
  form a working relationship with their equine
  partner as they perform a variety of basic tasks.
• Inspire a Shared Vision by clarifying their
  objectives and finding a way of communicating
  that to their equine partner so that they jointly
  achieve their objective.
• Challenge the Process by confronting established
  patterns in their own approach to leadership and
  their basic beliefs to find new ways to work with
  a constituent their horse! and overcome their
  own fears to challenge themselves and their
  equine partner to achieve progressively more
  challenging tasks.

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Links to the Five Practices

• Enable Others to Act by discovering ways to
  enable their horse to work with progressively
  less direct input from their human partner,
  through a process of trust building and
  non-verbal communication to achieve a variety of
  tasks
• Encourage the Heart by determining how their
  equine partner wants to be recognized and
  acknowledged and finding consistency in their own
  approach as a leader, so that clear messages are
  sent as to what behaviours are desired and how
  much their partners success is appreciated.

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Emotional Intelligence

• The ability to be aware of, to name and to work
  effectively with the full range of emotions that
  we experience as we try to lead
• The ability to be able to read, interpret and
  respond to emotions in others
• Multiple research studies have linked EI to
  success and effectiveness as a leader
• In the Activities, participants experience and
  deal with emotions in real time not a
  simulation and learn how to interpret them and
  adapt their leadership approach accordingly

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People, Horses and Emotions

• A horse doesn't care how much you know until he
  knows how much you care.
• Pat Parelli

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Natural Horsemanship Principles

• Like leadership concepts there are many different
  practitioners
• It all boils down to effective communication -
  clear consistent
• It requires attitude, knowledge experience
• Like leadership it may appear simple, but
  something that is simple is not necessarily easy

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Walk-Through of Program

• Classroom Orientation
• Introductions and Recording of Individual
  Learning Goals
• Overview of Session
• Overview of Leadership Challenge Model
• Overview of Emotional Intelligence
• Preparation for Activities with Horses
• Discussion of Awareness Tools

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Walk-Through of Program

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The Awareness Wheel Adapted from Miller,
Wackman, Nunnally, and Saline
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Walk-Through of Program

• Observing the Herd The Big Picture
• Physical Overview and Orientation
• Linkages and Similarities to Individuals and
  Teams at Work
• Safety Orientation
• Basic Personal Safety Working with Horses
• Selective Assignment of Horses to Participant

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Walk-Through of Program

• AM
• Activity One Walking the Talk
• Activity Two Take Your Horse for a Walk
• Activity Three Walking with a Purpose
• Periodic Debriefs Hold Your Horses
• Lunch Break with Guided Reflection

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Walk-Through of Program

• PM
• Reflecting on Values
• The Walk of Trust
• The Round Pen Leadership Essentials
• Guided Reflection
• Review of Learning Goals

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Learning Outcomes

• You're not working on the horse, you're working
  on yourself.
• Ray Hunt

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Learning Outcomes

• Enhanced Self-Awareness
• Assessment of Leaderships Strengths and
  Communication Style
• A Unique Form of Multi-Rater Feedback
• Greater Clarity, Confidence and Courage
• Positive Input to Leadership Goal-Setting

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Questions?
www.TheNaturalLeader.ca www.JacquesConsulting.com