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Our Services: Equus Coaching

Ready for a truly transformational leadership coaching experience? Working with a horse gives you immediate, unbiased feedback on how you’re showing up as a leader, plus a safe space to experiment and try something different.

Whether you’re a seasoned leader who’s invested in their professional growth or you want to step into your leadership, this form of coaching fast tracks your growth. Expect honest feedback and embodied learning. And the best part? You get out of the office and reconnect with yourself.

Equus coaching pairs you with a horse as a coaching partner for a somatic learning experience in nature. Don’t worry—your human coach (me) is still there to facilitate and guide the entire journey! You’ll finesse your collaboration and communication skills, balance your energy, gain confidence, or learn to set boundaries—all in a setting away from your inbox, everyday habits and routines, and connects you with something that’s much larger than yourself, both literally and figuratively. And did I mention that it’s blissful level fun?

Please note that all Equus Coaching takes place on the ground. It does not involve horse riding, and no prior experience with horses is necessary.

Why horses?

If you’ve never worked with horses, you might feel a little hesitant or unsure how they can help you. Equus coaching can be incredibly powerful because horses are experts at mirroring back to us how we show up. When we’re not communicating clearly, showing up with the wrong energy, or sending mixed signals, horses reflect that back to us immediately. Here are a few of the reasons why horses can be so effective as coaching partners:

Horses know nothing about being polite, telling a story, or politics
When you’re working with horses, you must stay focused on the present moment—no ruminating on the past or anticipating too far forward!
Their feedback is direct, unbiased and judgement-free, and their reactions help you understand how you show up in the world
They can teach you how to connect with your authentic self, true purpose and intentionally create the life you want

What can you expect from equine-assisted leadership coaching?

Be prepared for an impactful coaching experience in nature that requires your full attention and presence. Because working with horses is a full-body, sensorial experience, you can expect to learn in a way that feels truly transformative. Many clients report achieving “aha moments” much faster than in a traditional coaching setting and retaining that learning more easily. And a delightful bonus?–Getting out of the office and connecting with nature is an experience most participants cherish and sorely miss in our hectic work lives.

We will use this time to explore coaching topics that help you develop your leadership and transform your life. Here are a few examples of what we might cover:

Developing your authentic leadership style
Exploring modern leadership principles
Growing your confidence
Collaborating more effectively
Shifting unwanted patterns
Communicating more clearly
Setting boundaries more confidently

My past coaching clients have used our time together to:

Identify and change stubborn patterns in their work and family life
Get feedback on how they show up as a leader and adapt their leadership style
Develop their voice
Prepare for a new role
Discover what a more authentic future would look like for them
Explore how to deal with difficult stakeholders
Explore what’s holding them back
Tackle their perfectionism
Develop confidence in their leadership
Manage burnout

Horses can be incredibly effective coaches for all aspects of life—not just the leadership topics I’ve outlined above. If you’re interested in Equus coaching to explore something that’s not listed here, please get in touch to discuss how we might work together!

How does the coaching arrangement work?

As a certified Equus Coach©, I offer 1:1 Equus Coaching sessions. These are in person, at a stable or ranch, and you will interact with horses on the ground. No riding is involved, and you don’t need any prior horse experience.

Most people find value in multiple coaching sessions, but you can book a taster session to find out if Equus Coaching is right for you.

We can either arrange the session with my horses (conveniently located 30 mins north of Central London), at one of my partner locations near you (e.g. in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, Seattle, New York or Germany), or I can help connect you to a local Equus Coach© in your area.

If this interests you, I encourage you to schedule a call to answer any of your questions or book a taster session with me.

Find out more about how I coach leaders with horses.

Ready to step out of the office a little longer? We are currently designing executive retreats.

Not sure if Equus coaching is right for you?

We also offer traditional leadership and transformation coaching to help you expand your leadership, mature your practice, support your transformation journey, or help clarify your next career move. You can find out more here or book a discovery call with Martina.

Consulting

Have you experienced difficulty collaborating, making decisions, or creating alignment around goals? If you’re ready to reflect on how all of the parts of your company come together to deliver customer and business value, Northshore can partner with you on org design. Together we’ll help you evolve your operating model—your structure, decision-making, ways of working, and capabilities—to support your strategic goals. Learn More ➔

Workshops + Retreats

To support your growth as a leader, we have crafted retreats for emerging and senior leaders to learn and connect with your peers.

We offer a wide range of workshops aimed at building capabilities in your organisation to learn new approaches and techniques. Topics include: Practice Leadership, Product Discovery, Assumptions & Experiments, User Journey Mapping and Outcome-based Goal Setting.

We facilitate tailored workshops to help you solve problems, create alignment and make decisions.

Thought + Practice Partnership

If you’ve pinpointed a specific problem—whether you need a sounding board and thought partner or help building out a practice within your organisation—you may benefit from one of our thought and practice partnership options. These tend to be shorter engagements that centre around one well-defined problem or project. We can serve an advisory role or roll up our sleeves and help you create job descriptions and career paths or hire your first leader. Learn more ➔