Studies show that horses increase the effectiveness and sustainability of your personal development.
Horses are exceptionally sensitive to the emotions of others and interpret the most subtle signals in facial expressions and body language – this is part of their survival strategy as a flight and herd animal.
They only trust their survival to the one who is credible, who leads authentically and congruently – then 600kg will follow without force in any threatening situation.
Exactly these special abilities of horses I use in coaching and training – the horse becomes a mirror of your personality. You discover how to inspire your team so that you can effectively master your challenges together. After all, you can’t force your team to do anything either.
Get into the act with horses, because:
"Tell me, and I forget. Show me, and I remember. Let me do it, and I understand“
Konfuzius
Classic management is outdated
- Because one head alone is not enough -
Do you experience this as well?
Our modern working world is too complex and fast-moving to be mastered by the manager alone. The knowledge and competencies of a single person are not sufficient to make the best decision at the necessary speed. Chains of command and decision making across all hierarchies take too long. By the time a decision is made and executed, conditions have long since changed again.
Classic command & control management methods from the days of assembly line work – such as target setting and bonus systems – are no longer effective in our VUCA world. This is because long-term agreed goals, extensive sets of rules and work organization by the management level hinder the necessary dynamics. Without personal initiative and motivation, only by following orders from outside, today’s complexity of work cannot be mastered.
Even more important: With the VUCA world also comes a change in the culture of our society. People today no longer want to be managed, but rather led at eye level. They want to be valued for themselves and their work, career is no longer the top priority – especially for Generation Z. People choose which manager they want to work for. Due to the skills shortage they have anytime the option of leaving the team and the company.
VUCA World
The New Normal
Classic management requires these preconditions
– Because VUCA doesn’t offer those, leadership must be lived differently today –
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.“
Albert Einstein
The modern working world needs new leadership skills
- The positive VUCA as answer -
Exceptional results in collaboration
- Master VUCA together -
Classic “command & control” methods are neither effective nor desirable today.
Only with short decision-making processes and self-organized teams can the speed and complexity be mastered.
Only with leadership at eye level, appreciation and empowerment will employees choose you as their leader.
In addition to cooperative leadership skills, this also requires personality development and a focus on values and mindset.
Knowledge is important, but it is not sustainable on its own.
Only trial and error and feedback will bring you forward in the long run.
With me as your experienced coach & trainer you will find your own way.
Together with my horse as a mirror, you will discover your natural authority for WE effectiveness in the team and competitiveness in the company.
Boring, ordinary & volatile or innovative, individual & sustainable.
Three ways to rediscover your leadership role in VUCA
- Let's talk which one you prefer -
Horse-assisted Leadership Training
3 Online-modules concentrated knowledge for a situational leadership style:
- Agile World & Leadership in Change -
- Selforganization and future competencies -
- Mindset and agile tools -
To the grand finale made live tangible by horses.
Horse-assisted Team Workshops
You and your team,
together in collaboration.
Discover what role everyone plays in our small herd consisting of your team and my horses.
Who is the joker, who is the teacher, who wants to lead and who prefers to run along.
Exclusive horse-assisted 1:1 Coaching
Space-time exclusively for you.
You and your individual topic in the focus
- of me and my horse.
Quick and effective on a specific topic
or long-term support for sustainable (personality) development.
It's your choice.
Your head start with my sound methods
- Innovative solutions instead of standard formula -
Let the horse tell you something!
Pictures say more than 1000 words They are sustainable and anything but boring
You can't force a 600kg horse to do anything it doesn't want to do. Pressure is not helpful - and not even necessary.
Just like with your employees.
My horse gives you impartial feedback about your leadership skills, your natural authority. You discover how others perceive you. In a safe environment you can immediately sense what really works - and implement it in your team from day one. You experience that pressure is not effective and what alternatives you have.
Competitiveness in VUCA
If you control everything, you are the bottleneck! Because one head alone is not enough.
By using the full potential of your team, letting them loose and trust, you will master the complexity and speed.
Through a positive culture of error, you allow your people to grow and use all their skills.
With approaches from Lean and Agile you can still steer the journey.
Ability to act in unforeseen situations
The constant changes sometimes make you a pawn in the game of circumstances.
Keep the the reins in your hand, by choosing from my variety of methods. It gives you the flexibility to use different approaches, both for contextual and interpersonal challenges. The experience with the horse gives you the confidence to try different things and also to discard them quickly if they don't work.
Team engagement that moves
Carrots and sticks were yesterday! They are counterproductive in creative-intellectual work.
Thrill your people by discovering their intrinsic motivation and leveraging it.
Give your team the space to contribute themselves, their ideas & opinions.
Their initiative will surprise you as soon as you have found the right place for them with psychologically based methods.
Less turnover & suitable backfill
Nowadays you apply - to your team! Highly qualified employees choose who they work for.
Appreciation, empowerment and participation promote loyality and commitment of your team. People who feel good go the extra mile before the deadline and are hard to steal by competitors. If there is a gap, you can use your new psychological knowledge to assess who fits best into the team.
Culture change in leadership: away from dominance, power and ego trip, towards appreciation, empowerment and participation - for a successful, future-save working environment.
You can count on us and our experience
- We individually support you on your way -
Dr. Karin Klimt, Coach & Trainer
After completing my doctorate in theoretical physics, I worked for 20 years as a specialist and leader at a globally operating IT company. I took on my first management position while still working parental part-time. I accompanied several agile transformations and led intercultural departments with teams at locations around the globe.
Since my trainings as a systemic and horse-assisted coach, I support innovative leaders on their way to WE-effectiveness with the team – for a leadership style that the team wants and the company needs for more competitiveness in VUCA. What differentiates me from others: I combine theory with practice.
Thaleia, Friesian & Co-Coach
My very best leadership trainer, who came to me completely untrained when she was 2.5 years old. She often pushed me to my limits, because if 600 kg don’t want to, you are powerless.
She taught me to be a leader in our herd of two, whom she is happy to follow – even in “dangerous” situations.
This is how you work with me
01- Arrange Discovery Call
Book yourself a free 45min conversation, just click and choose an appointment.
02 - Get to know via Zoom
We discuss your challenges and
test if the chemistry fits.
03 - Your offer
Together we will find the right method for your leap into a new leadership era.
04 - You choose
how you want to continue working with me.
A simple email is enough.
Innovative IT managers for whom command & control as a management style is no longer up-to-date.
Who want to go a different way - with the team at eye level - and choose unusual methods to do so.
