In this presentation, I try to show how Natural Horsemanship can allow you to become a better people leader.

1. Natural Horsemanship
and People
Management
Paul Robard
November 19

4. A bit of personal Background
› Had no clue nor interest in horses prior to 2003
› Trained in KY for 15 weeks (2006-2007)
› Horse breeding business in UK

6. Bonding with horses

7. Control on the ground
Ground control

8. Looks
obvious,
right?

9. Natural HOrsemanship –
concepts and background
› Talking to horses, is it really possible?
› Different flavours
› Big business
› Different marketing approaches

10. Horse Whisperer:
Hollywood versus
reality

11. Other types of
whisperers

12. Lifting the veil of mystery
› Basic rule for every horse
› EAT
› POOP
› BE LEFT ALONE
› How do horses communicate?
› So how do we get them to do what we want?
› ALPHA versus the rest of the HERD

13. Are all horses the same?
› What are the characteristics that differentiate horses?
– RACE
– SEX
– AGE
– HISTORY
ONE SOLUTION FITS ALL DOES NOT WORK

14. Diversity in the breeds

15. Does size
matter?

16. How do we make horses do what
we want?
› Methods out there
› Power Approach
› Bribing
› Fooling ourselves
› If all else fails, must be a bad horse, right?
› Solution: Use psychology to maximize the
effectiveness of your message
NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP

17. Natural Horsemanship – What’s
involved?
› Talking is not an option
› MOTIVATOR (pressure) – Body Language
› REWARD – remove pressure
› Use basic need of the horse to our benefit
REWARD = BE LEFT ALONE
› So what does this mean in reality?
DO WHAT I WANT and I WILL REWARD
YOU

18. Equine interactions

19. Herd dynamics
› Everyone wants to be with the alpha
› ALPHA = LEADER
› ALPHA moves, rest follow
› So how do I control the herd/group?

20. HOw does this relate to human
interaction?
› Basic concept of PUSH/PULL
› How do we get an individual to do something?

22. Characteristics of a good alpha
(equine or human)
› Consistency
YES means YES means YES means YES
› Control the amount of ‘pressure’
› Use minimal amount of pressure (motivator) to get the
wanted result
› Take care of the Herd/Team
› Try to be someone who the team respects and looks up
to
› Lead by example
Don’t expect from the team what you are not willing to do yourself

23. What have I learned regarding people
leadership?
› Know your team members
› What makes them ‘tick’?
› Find rapport/connection
› Accept people’s limitations up to a certain point
› Not everyone can be the best
› Use the minimal amount of ‘pressure’ (MOTIVATOR) needed to get
the wanted reaction and then find the correct REWARD
› Take care of your team
› Try to be someone who the team respects and looks up to
› Very much dependent on the corporate culture