Abstract
In today’s fast-paced business world, where there is a need to develop divergent thinking and a wider range of skills, organizations seek original ways to be successful. Accordingly, leadership development has seen several uncommon approaches. Equine-assisted learning programs which involve innovative, underutilized, and motivating techniques and strategies, provide a dynamic process of building and developing leadership skills through horse-human interactions. In this paper, after the history of horse-human relationships and interactions are examined, a literature review is conducted on developing research and using equine-assisted leadership development programs. Although the extant research shows that equine-assisted leadership development programs promote skills critical to being an influential leader, the present paper provides an insight into equine-assisted experiential learning on leadership development, provides an overview on what happens in a typical equine-assisted experiential learning session, and suggests practical implications for researchers and organizations.
Highlights
In today’s fast-paced business world, where there is a need to develop divergent thinking and a wider range of skills, organizations seek original ways to be successful
In today’s fast-paced business world, where there is a need to develop divergent thinking and a wider range of skills, organizations are looking for innovative ways to get ahead, and leadership development has seen several uncommon approaches (Gitsham, 2012; Rauen, 2017)
This paper offers an introduction to the theoretical foundations of equine-assisted leadership development
Summary
In today’s fast-paced business world, where there is a need to develop divergent thinking and a wider range of skills, organizations seek original ways to be successful. Since horses are excellent examples to guide a learning process that facilitates this (Bjönberg, 2015), human experiences working with horses provide an opportunity to develop sustainable changes in an individual’s awareness and actions regarding their leadership skills and authenticity (Gehrke, 2009; Lyle & Schlamb, 2017).
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