Klein Nienhagen Estate, Kroepelin, June 24, 2009

“Experience Change!” is the motto of the EAHAE’s Fifth Annual Conference.
Horse Assisted Seminars Convey Values in Times of Change.

The fifth annual conference of the European Association for Horse Assisted Education (EAHAE) will be taking place on the Klein Nienhagen Estate near the Baltic sea resorts of Heiligendamm, Kühlungsborn and Rerik, from September 11-13, 2009. The hosts are Gerhard and Karin Krebs & team, from G & K HorseDream GmbH, the pioneers of horse assisted further education, who moved to the Baltic sea last October.

The organizers are expecting around 80 trainers and seminar providers who are interested in, or already working with horses in management training in the field of human resources and personal development. The majority of those already registered for the conference, come from Germany, where approximately 40% of the EAHAE members originate. Further registrations for this seminar come from Europe, Australia and America.

The EAHAE was founded in 2004 and now claims 200 members worldwide. It is a non-profit platform for information, communication, education and certification as well as for research and publications. You can join the organisation as an associated member and after completing a certification seminar, you can become a full member. The EAHAE’s vision is to establish horse assisted training as part of management training for managers and teams in corporations and institutions, as well as in the field of personal self-development.

Since the last EAHAE conference held in Poland last year, the organization has taken a big step forward in realising its vision. This can be seen by the growing list of large, middle-sized and small companies that have taken part in horse assisted seminars in various countries around the globe. It is also shown by the increase in the various scientific writings on diverse topics concerning the content of horse assisted seminars.

Horse assisted trainings run by full members of EAHAE are based on a values and emotional learning concept that enables experiential and self-determined learning in Leading and Communication. Among other things, it is about building trust, believing in yourself and others, commanding respect and respecting others, recognizing and reaching goals, consciously approaching barriers and overcoming them, overcoming fears and asserting oneself – while at the same time working carefully with power.


The conference is preluded by a Horse Assisted Change Management Seminar
from September 10-11, 09. A Train-the-Trainer Seminar is held at the conclusion of the Conference, from September 14-15. 09. The cost of the
complete program, namely, from September 9 through 15, 2009,
including meals and accommodation, is €2580 (not including VAT).
The conference is held in English.


Detailed information concerning the conference and the seminars can be found on the Internet under www.eahae.org and www.horsedream.de.

Responsible for Content:
Gerhard J. Krebs

G&K HorseDream GmbH
Gut Klein Nienhagen
Ahornallee 11
D-18236 Kröpelin
Germany

http://www.horsedream.de
http://www.horsedream-international.com

Tel: 038292 820994
Fax:: 038292 820995
Cell: +49 170 327 8181
E-Mail: office@horsedream.de
 

Gordon Brown, Sir Fred Goodwin and many others leaders are struggling with the leadership challenges emerging from the current climate. Some are driven by greed, some by fear and many just running around like a headless chickens not sure what to do; they all have one thing in common they do not demonstrate a flexible leadership style that enables them to adapt to a rapidly changing environment, get buy in from their followers and lead strongly forward for the good of all.

So what do horses have to do with leadership; simple they are masters of sustainable, flexible and effective leadership. They have been demonstrating it for the last 5 million years.

Windsor Company Acorns2Oaks and German based HorseDream have partnered to bring a powerful and profound leadership development programme to the UK. Both ACORNS2OAKS and HorseDream have an impressive track record of bringing “Horse Assisted Education” to organisation throughout Europe. Their clients include Cisco Systems, SAP, Allied Irish Bank, CAP Gemini, Proctor and Gamble, Nokia, McDonald's, Generali, Würth Elektronik and  AOL Germany. This new partnership is the first of many spreading throughout Europe.

David Harris founder of ACORNS2OAKS says” The leadership learning from the horses is the most effective, flexible and sustainable available. Together with HorseDream we have taken many hundreds of corporate leaders through our programmes and we always get amazing learning and results. Organisations often come back again and again. The partnership with HorseDream means we can now provide consistent programmes to a high standard and quality throughout Europe. This is a very attractive proposition to European companies.” ACORNS2OAKSare the first of the “HorseDream” partners to run “HorseDream Partner Licensed Workshops” outside of Germany.

So what is “Horse Assisted Education ” (H.A.E.)

HAE is a powerful training modality that utilises the leadership skills of horses to enable people to learn these skills at a profound level. Course participants work with the horses in carefully constructed exercise to hone existing skills and develop new ones. The horses provide fast, simple feedback to the participant on their leadership performance. This facilitates very fast and profound learning.

About Acorns2Oaks

Acorns2Oaks are an organisation focused of delivering high quality, profound learning experiences for individuals and companies. Since 2003 they have delivered their Equine Guided Development programmes to over 500 people. These programs enable participants to learn effective, sustainable skills in leadership which are instantly integrated. What makes these programmes so special is the learning takes place with horses in safe, trusting  and open environments.

David Harris (Acorns2Oaks founder) , left his corporate role (MD of a large software consultancy) in 2002 to establish Acorns 2 Oaks  Coaching Limited. He is a Natural Horseman, NLP Master Practitioner, PCC Coach and leadership specialist. 

If you would like more information about this topic, or schedule an interview with David Harris, please call 01753-864561 or email info@egld.co.uk

Character Assessment with horses new developped

 In March and in May 2009 we tested and experienced the application of the basic exercises within the HorseDream Concept in a new developped character assessment. For this purpose we held two seminars, each with 8 participants: women and men in job-related reorientation, some of them with the intent of becoming entrepreneurs and starting up their own business. The seminars were part of a potential analysis which was conducted to find out the participants` personality traits, individual strengths and talents that are relevant for professional development.

 We created a chart with entrepreneurial characteristics, such as risk taking, self-discipline, capability for conflict management, leadership and many others. The characteristics we chose are significant not only for start-ups but for each kind of professional change, i.e. career entry, career advancement, repositioning in teams, change of job, etc..

 In five horse assisted exercises the participants had to meet new challenges, assume the horses` feedback and afterwards give feedback to each other. The horses perceived the slightest nuances in the participants` personal skills and reflected them accurately - and challenged every person adequatly to what she or he performed. Besides the individual rise of souvereignty, trust and respect in the participants - what happens in each of our horse assisted seminars anyway - we could monitor the personal skills of every person according to the chart as described above. For each personal skill that could be observed we assessed our observations on a scale between „weak“ and „strong“ - only if our team of three coaches came to a similar appraisal.

 In contrast to our horse assisted team and leadership seminars there were no theory models and no discussions in this character assessment, besides short feedback circles after every practical exercise. We took video recordings not for discussion but for documentary purposes only. Therefore the whole assessment for 8 participants, including the monitoring of the personal skills, could be conducted within 7 hours.

 Our experience shows that the horse assisted character assessment works well and delivers valuable results for the participants themseves as well as for the authorizing institution. Horse assisted character assessment is a new service for graduates, trainees, prospective entrepreneurs and for everybody in professional change.

 We like to share experiences in this topic with everybody who is involved in staff selection, personal and professional development and in relating programmes.

 HORSE & SOUL
Natural Leaders
Stephan Gerd Meyer & Team
Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 10
D-34131 Kassel

tel.: +49 (0)561 - 816 86 91
fax: +49 (0)561 - 310 34 85
mail: office@horseandsoul.de
web: www.horseandsoul.de
           www.horseandsoul.com

Veronika Barczak & Michael Weiß (both Licensed HorseDream Partners) did the first seminar with a complete football team in Switzerland. This is the article which has been published on the website of the football club:

Into the future - Der andere Weg 16.03.2009

1. Mannschaft im Seminar

Der vergangene Samstag, 14. März wird Spuren hinterlassen. Die erste Mannschaft des FC Weisslingen besuchte ein Teamentwicklungsseminar der speziellen Art. Die Unternehmensberaterin, Pädagogin, Supervisorin und Transaktionsanalytikerin Veronika Barczak empfang das (fast) komplette Team in Wängi. In fünf Übungen mit ihren Pferden und anschliessenden Analysen stellten die Fussballer fest, welche Ressourcen vorhanden sind, bisher aber nicht genutzt wurden.

Ganzer Bericht: http://www.fcweisslingen.ch/berichte/eintrag.php?id=86

Autor Olaf Irrgang

The first licensed HorseDream partners in Spain, Jane Beverley, and in Turkey, Yücel Kosal! And three new in Germany: Wilfried Grebe, Armin Probst, and Ursula Weidenbusch-Baist.

The next HorseDream Partner Workshop serial: August 3 - 14, 2009
Language: English

The next conference will take place in Germany. G&K HorseDream GmbH invites all members to Northern Germany (http://www.gutshofurlaub.de).

Motto of the conference: Experience Change. Focus will be on success stories about corporate  seminars with the help of horses.

Date: September 11-13
Pre conference Change Management Seminar: September 10-11
Post conference Train The Trainer Seminar: September 14-15

Watch the invitation video.

Further information will follow in January 2009.

After having attended the HorseDream Train the Trainer Seminar and four special 2-day HorseDream Partner License Workshops from January to September 2008 they are allowed to use the HorseDream brand in their own, independant horse assisted business. They are committed to working together, sharing know how, support and clients. The 11 new Licensed HorseDream Partners are:

Anne Kolling, Feedback by Horses, Germany
Bettina Städter, Zentaurus, Germany
Detlef Teuscher, APTF, Germany
Ilka Hempel Horseway, Germany
Martina Hitzler, Framganga, Germany
Matthias Zöller, MLZ Consulting, Germany
Michael Weiß, Weiß Trainings, Germany
Regina Höck, Germany
Veronika Barczak, Authentic Horse Arts, Switzerland

Certification in March & May 2008 courses:

Anita Shantilal, Germany
Gábor Suhai, Hungary

The next HorseDream Partner Workshop serial: November 28 - December 6, 2008
Language: English

EAHAE board members Gerhard Krebs and Dave Harris presented video footage and answered questions about EGE in Europe and the European Assocciation for Horse Assisted Education.

The 5th EGEA conference will take place in California 29-31 January 2009.

http://www.equineguidededucation.org
 

EAHAE board members Gerhard Krebs and Dave Harris presented video footage and answered questions about EGE in Europe and the European Assocciation for Horse Assisted Education.

The 5th EGEA conference will take place in California 29-31 January 2009.

http://www.equineguidededucation.org
 

Conference location and lodging:

Sielanka farm in Warka is about 50 km from the City Centre. Organizers will arrange buses to pick everybody up and take back from the airport/railway station.

Please visit: www.sielanka.pl

Agenda: The draft of the agenda will be sent in summer times. You can still propose your ideas for presentations.

Conference and additional expenses:

1) Conference fee 180 EUR + 22% VAT. The invoice will be sent in June.
2) Additionally: accommodation, meals and transport fee. The invoice for this part (about 120 EUR + 22% VAT) will be sent in September.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact organizers: conference@liderzy.com.pl

Register for the conference now

 

After having attended the HorseDream Train the Trainer Seminar and four special 2-day HorseDream Partner License Workshops directly after the EAHAE conference 11 Horse Assisted Education trainers got their HorseDream Partner License. They are allowed to use the HorseDream brand in their own, independant horse assisted business. They are committed to working together, sharing know how, support and clients. The 11 new Licensed HorseDream Partners are:

Thore Dohse, CONA Horse Assisted Education, Austria
David & Sharon Harris, Acorn2Oaks Coaching, England
Catherine Hind, Canada
Leslie Kagan, Kagan Associates, USA
Nikki Kagan & Anat Shalev, Horsesense, Israel
Barbara Rector & Kelly Morken, Adventures In Awareness, USA
Laura Turner, Epona, Scotland
Kerstin Weibull Lundberg, 3falls Coaching, Sweden
 

96 participants from 21 countries.
EAHAE Website Award 2007 went to CONA Horse Assisted Education, Austria.
The 4th conference will take place in Warsaw, Poland.

Conference Photos and presentations

"We had there our stand and the presentation: 'Horses in leadership trainings'. It last two days and we had opportunity to meet possible partners and clients."