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Leadership Events 2009
Past Leadership Workshops and Other Events at Horse Sense
- Is Your Message Getting Through? Communication Mini-Workshop, July 2009
- CAYLA: City of Asheville Young Leaders Association Youth Leadership Workshop, June 2009
Is Your Message Getting Through? A Communication Mini-Workshop
Offered in collaboration with
CultureQuest Consulting, the workshop offered participants feedback
about their communication styles, and a chance to practice new skills.
Participants also received an individualized Communications Style
Profile.
Here's what participants had to say:
The Horse Sense "environment is perfect & rich," and the experience was "enlightening, fun, & enriches your communication style."
--Angie Yates, Highland Lake Inn
"This is an amazing program that is outside the box of traditional teambuilding/training."
"This was incredibly eye-opening as far as learning how my actions worked with the horses in creating better relationships."
--Diana Kostigen, Pegasus Image Design
"This is a wonderful way to have teachers who are non-judgmental!"
--Jaan Ferre, Intentional Design
CAYLA: Youth Leadership Workshop at Horse Sense
Recently, the City of Asheville Young Leaders Academy (CAYLA) came out for a day of leadership development. Students were given an opportunity to discuss what both good and bad leadership means to them, and what good leadership looks like.
Through a series of activities with the horses, the youth were given a chance to try out various leadership styles with the horses. Horses are natural followers, looking for natural leadership. Each youth was given the chance to find their own unique leadership style, and to get feedback from the horses in the process. During the day they practiced leading the horses & their peers, while reading & responding to the non-verbal communication of the horses & other participants. It was a unique and insightful day for these future leaders!
Here's some of the feedback from their experience:
"This experience taught me a lot about adapting to different personalities and/or egos." --Tyler
The horses helped me learn to "try to see someone else's perspective."
"The horses taught me to "stay open-minded & kind." --Andrea
Working with the horses taught me that "I should be more considerate of others."
Working with the horses taught me "how to look at people's body language and [what] that can teach me about how to approach people." --Anice
Horse Sense is honored to work with such an impressive group of
future leaders.