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Leadership Strategy - Horses teach the first step of Emotional Intelligence for effective leadership

By Jean Starling · 16 years ago

My horse, Minnie is sleek and black with eyes that dart left and right watching my every move. She is standing stiff and tense by the round pen wall, waiting for me to begin our ...

Leadership - Horses teach the meaning of Follow-ship..do you know how to lead so they will follow?

By Jean Starling · 16 years ago

Working with horses taught me Inspirational Leadership—leadership that seeks to inspire others by who you are as well as what you do. Large, powerful animals, horses can easily overrule you if you attempt to dominate ...

Leadership Development - Can horses teach you about leadership development?

By Jean Starling · 16 years ago

Leadership development is a term that includes many personal self development skills and professional skills that get lumped into the term leadership development. Having been a leader all my life in many different venues I ...

Leadership - Are you in a fog when it comes to leading your team and your own business leadership?

By Jean Starling · 16 years ago

Leadership isn't an exact science and is uniquely carried out by each individual leader according to the leader's own style, ethics, background and the situation. This week while taking a walk in the snow and ...

Leadership Strategy - Do you know the secret to overcoming resistance to your leadership?

By Jean Starling · 16 years ago

My black quarter horse mare, April is challenging my leadership skills today. I'm asking for what should be a very simple action; go around on the lunge line in a walk, trot and lope. When ...

Leadership is not a position

By Jean Starling · 17 years ago

Instead Leadership is a way of being. Customer Service Manager.. Inventory Manager.. Supply Chain Vice President.. Business Consultant... Instructional Designer... V.P. Of Manufacturing ...CEO and CFO... Project Manager These are all positions and in these ...