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Do you bring "play" into your leadership? You’ll usually hear me talk about how important it is that leaders stay calm under pressure and regulate emotions to avoid unintentional negative impacts on relationships and results. I call it the Power of Presence.

What is an adaptive challenge? One where our current skills, mindset, behaviours and experience may not be what we need or what will help us reach our goals.  

Recently I was invited as a guest of Murray Wright on his Leadership Moments Podcast to have a conversation about conscious leadership and how the EAL program support us to be more aware of ourselves and how we impact others, to be more present and make more conscious choices and decisions rather than reacting from old patterns of behaviour.

Today’s blog has been written by Marion Leger after her experience of the 6 week leadership development coaching program. Marion was a delight to work with as a client, so curious, so open to challenge herself and her typical ways of thinking and behaving.

“ Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally.” Jon Kabat-Zinn

The following is a chapter in a new book called NOT DOING, by Diana Renner and Steven D'Souza. My chapter is called PRESENCE and shares a story about my own personal experience of learning about myself by being with the horses.

I have had a very busy second half of this year when I took on a role to support a business that is going through significant transformational change.  I have been working out of Sydney between 3-5 days a week for the past 5 months, and returning to Byron Bay on weekends.

Those who read my blog, and watch TV may have noticed a familiar face on today’s episode of The Biggest Loser Transformed!

Gordon feels most at home in corporate boardrooms and city wine bars. It was a big leap of faith for him to try out my Equine Assisted Learning Executive Coaching program. And here he now was standing in a field in Byron Bay surrounded by four horses who were completely ignoring him.

I was talking today with Holly, who came along to a group Equine Assisted Learning session specifically for women that I co-facilitated last year in Byron Bay.

Trust lies at the heart of a functioning, cohesive team and only happens when team members are willing to be present and authentic with one another. In this case, it didn’t happen ... so there were valuable lessons to be learned by everyone.

It was “Kate’s” first Equine Assisted Learning experience and she had little previous contact with horses. During the safety briefing she admitted she was feeling a little uncertain but wanted to use the session to explore a theme in her life: she was saying yes but meaning no.

Being present is the greatest gift you can give yourself and those around you. Yet research shows that for the majority of our day we are not focussed in the present moment. 

I’ve just returned from the most amazing working holiday in France, travelling with a herd of 50 semi-wild horses through the Pyrenees mountains.

In my last post I began the story of Inga and Alhandro. Inga is an experienced horse person. But for people inexperienced or fearful of horses, I would normally take time to familiarise them with horse behaviour and safety guidelines. I always work with horses who are happy, healthy, curious, and free to express themselves.  They are sensitive and curious relational beings.

I’m feeling excited at launching this blog with the purpose to share with you stories about my Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) sessions, my client’s responses and insights (with their permission of course!), and how the lessons from the horses can inform and support change in both personal and professional lives.