A transformational leadership training - why with horses, you may ask?
Let's look at some of the points why this innovative outdoor training can be an effective, results oriented method to build influential leaders in your company, capable to adapt to change and lead multicultural teams.
Organizations are dynamic entities, especially in the United Arab Emirates where changes are constant and rapid, and companies have to adapt to continuous development.
As such, these entities require leadership capable of managing transformations.
James MacGregor Burns (1978) first introduced the concept of transforming leadership, which was later extended by Bernard M. Bass, who also changed the name to "transformational leadership".
In short, the concept says that followers of a transformational leader feel trust, admiration, loyalty and respect for the leader and therefore are willing to work harder than originally expected.
Transformational leaders generally tend to show four main characteristics.
Keep in mind though that these are not just personality traits - becoming a transformational leader is about developing behaviors, strategies and actions, all grounded in leadership theory.
Transformational leader
offers followers something more than just working for self gain.
He or she provides followers with an inspiring mission
and vision and gives them an identity.
The leader transforms and motivates followers through his or her idealized
influence (earlier referred to as charisma), intellectual stimulation and individual consideration. In addition, this
leader encourages followers to come up with new and unique ways to challenge the status quo and to alter the
environment to support being successful.
These 4 "I"s - Idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individual consideration - are nowadays known as the four elements of transformational leadership.
And all 4 are required when we want to lead a horse:
As you can see in the above graphic:
If you would like to work with your leadership team on these strategies, and are interested in fostering a company culture that is based on the 4 I's, contact me for a non-binding conversation!
We can meet at the stable or have a phone call and discuss the objectives for your team, and assess if this is the right experiential training for your needs!
I look forward to hearing from you!
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