PRINCIPLES OF HORSEPLAY™

WHY USE HORSES?

People have been working with horses since the beginning of time but it is only in recent years that horses are being used specifically for people development. Horses are amazing animals; they live in the moment, are intuitive and heavily reliant on their highly tuned instincts to survive.

HERD INSTINCTS AND LEADERSHIP

As prey animals horses are tuned in to the slightest inconsistency in their environment, they mirror back to us any incongruent behaviours we may not have been aware of. Being herd creatures when you put a group of them together they will immediately work to establish who is the leader, and where everyone else fits in to the pecking order. When a new horse joins the group, the process starts over until they are satisfied with the new order; and the process never stops.

Any humans who join them are considered part of the herd; the horses will want to know where you fit in! They give you immediate feedback on your behaviour and state of being. If you are calm, they will be relaxed; if you are hesitant, they will be nervous; and if you try to push them around, they may just push back!

We utilise these natural behaviours to enable you to go deep and fast into discovery about who you are being and how you relate to others.

Horses, unlike people, have no investment in the outcome, they don't lie, they have no egos or agendas. Horses simply are who they are, clearly, purely, without any need for things to be right or wrong. That's why the information they give us about ourselves is so powerful.

PROGRAMS:

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP Sessions: Come get 1-1 feedback from a horse about your leadership strengths and opportunities. Each session is 2 hrs. Investment: S$750 per session

TEAM WORKSHOPS: Bring your team of up to 10 pax for a ½ day or 1 day team development or leadership workshop with the horses here in Singapore. Investment: S$6,000 per day

HORSEPLAY TESTIMONIAL

"the importance of follow-up - I will never forget my session with the horse. After finally getting the horse to follow me, I continued to walk around the paddock without looking back. And the horse stopped. It made me realize that often I had given instructions to my team taking it for granted that they will follow. Unfortunately, they rarely did and much time was wasted back tracking - lost time = lost opportunities. Now that I am stopping regularly for a glance back at the team, I realized that not only are they following but doing so alerts me early in the game to any deviation that could occur. Actually the horse taught me a lot more - confidence in myself, and also to assume the authority that had been given to me"

- Vincere Coaching Client

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