Join Gestalt Equine Therapist Duey Freeman and Executive Team Coach Michelle Claffey for an Experiential Equine Workshop on Relational Leadership, Team, & Family Dynamics.
At Duey’s ranch on Lookout Mountain in Golden, Colorado, you will learn critical skills for improving relational connections and leadership in your business, team, and family by connecting with yourself, each other, and horses.
** This is a boots-on-the-ground group experience. You will not be riding horses and do not need any prior knowledge or skills or even boots. Sneakers work!
This relational equine-assisted approach is transformational
and could be for you and for your clients willing to embark on this developmental journey to boost how they work together and propel their business and mission forward. Experience it for yourself!
In the leadership polarity of Tasks & Relationships, we, as a society, lean heavily on Tasks at the neglect of Relationships essential for thriving.
Leadership teams are often overly focused on the tasks and deliverables and struggle with relationship and team dynamics. Family businesses add another layer of complexity, balancing the Family Vision & Business Vision creates additional tension to navigate for harmony and success.
This workshop offers a transformative first step in relational leadership and team approaches, using equine-assisted exercises to learn skills for improving business, team, and family dynamics.
Teams that do this relational work together, learn, heal, and grow together, and leave transformed with greater trust, connection, and compassion.
Meet Your Facilitators
Relational Leadership is...
leading, so that others want to follow, with consistency and dependability from a grounded place of maturity, authenticity, and connection. This involves leading with both structure and kindness and developing emotional and relational awareness and capabilities on the level required for authentic, inspiring, confident, courageous, and powerful leadership and teaming. True emotional and relational awareness grows from getting out of your head, connecting with your whole being (physically, emotionally, energetically, and spiritually), returning to the core of who you are and who you are becoming, and aligning your thinking, feeling, and acting with your intellect, emotions, instincts, and intuition.
Relational Leadership incorporates the following principles:
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Leading so others want to follow
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Leading from a grounded place of Maturity, Authenticity, and Connection
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Compassionate Accountability
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Inspirational Leadership Voice and Vision
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Facilitation of healthy and productive "Hard" Conversations and Conflict Resolution
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How to be in Relationship with oneself and others
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How to Lead and Follow
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Leading with Structure & Kindness
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The distinction between Power and Control
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Leadership Presence, Energetics, and Influence
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Relationships and Team Dynamics
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Building Connection, Integrity, and Trust
Noticing, paying attention, and creating conscious awareness to drive new choices and transform from the inside out!
2025 Relational Leadership
Equine Experience
** Limited to 12 Participants **
** Rendezvous Conference Attendees Only **
Thursday, July 31st, 2025 at 2:00 - 5:00 PM MST
Duey Freeman’s Ranch, 589 Parkview Ave, Golden, CO
Stay tuned for future offerings or to book a private experience for your leadership, business, or family team.
This transformational workshop blends relational leadership coaching with equine-assisted learning, offering an experiential approach to improving relational connections and leadership in your family, team, and business by connecting with yourself, each other, and horses. This hands-on experience will help teams navigate leadership challenges, improve communication, and enhance team unity.
Key Takeaways:
✔ Deepen self-awareness and team dynamics
✔ Learn how to lead so others want to follow
✔ Explore the distinction between power & control
✔ Develop leadership presence and relational, emotional intelligence
✔ Strengthen trust, connection, and accountability