12th November, 2009
Inspirational Equine Coaching for Coca-Cola
This month we had the pleasure of facilitating a truly inspirational Coaching Programme for Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd. using Horses and here is what they had to say:
"Our learning and development team are currently rolling out a coaching programme across the Company. A key element of the programme relates to Coach Congruence (authenticity). Whilst much has been written about congruence, translating this material into a meaningful experience for delegates has long been a barrier which I have found difficult to overcome. Until a recent experience with Successfactory that is. Successfactory truly delivered an inspirational programme that allowed the team to work with Horses. The challenge of how to relate and to gain the trust of such a wonderful complex being, whose world is very much in the moment, its behaviours truly congruent with its emotions, I found inspiring and I may add humbling, on so many levels. Engaging congruently with the horse meant getting into its world, attempting to see things as it was currently seeing things and empathising congruently with that; only then did I see that the barrier was my trying to work with the horse, when the real issue was gaining the trust of the horse, so it was prepared to work with me. A truly special and moving experience I will never forget."
Brian Robbit MA. MAC. MBACP
European Learning and Development Manager (GB)