Harnessing Your Power To Drive Forward

Fairly early in our work with Equine Assisted Learning we discovered theclose correlation between business relationships and the roles of horse driver harness and carriage. While being involved in the sport of carriage driving we became aware that many aspects of corporate structures managementdynamics as well as personal and team relationships parallel aspectsof carriage driving. For example the roles of a horse and driver can becomparable to the roles appearing in professional work settings i.e. workforceand leadership. Likewise the functions of harness and carriage parts can becompared to various functions of people and teams in business models.Analyzing the characteristics and inter-relatedness of the horse driver harness and carriage can yield profound insights into the natureof professional relationships and the impact on business success.In this manual we will show characteristics of harness and carriage parts.We will then demonstrate how to draw on some of the parallels between eachspecific harness and carriage component and the working parts of a business.Through working with the horse and carriage clients can become more awareof how they will have a greater chance for success when communication isclear staff are well-trained and equipment is in good working order.