Next Stage Equine Facilitated Coaching
36 Stage Road B2T1C3 Enfield, NS, Canada

Balanced Leadership Series starts again in September. Participants who joined us in the first series.... LOVED it. Are you: Someone who has been promoted to a leadership role because of your strong technical skills yet feels challenged on the people front? In the first 5-7 years of your career and want to advance?... Often frustrated by situations or by people who fundamentally disagree or don’t align with your thinking or way of doing things? Wanting to understand your leadership style and grow your skill as a leader? If so.... How about joining us to explore leadership in a novel way? Come discover the five roles of Socially Intelligent Leadership. A colleague has said.. it is becoming more and more obvious that people join or leave an organization based on its leaders and leadership style. Good leaders need to know about these roles. They need to know when to assume each one. They need to know when to behave with a little more of this and a little less of that. I like understanding these roles because the objective is not to be 100% of anything all of the time rather to be a balanced leader. The next series starts in September. We have limited spots available. Come by yourself or bring your team. We’d love to have you along.

Check out this offering for Balancing the Essential Roles of Leadership in a Virtual Workplace. So pleased to be able to offer this with fellow Eponaquest Instructor, Pirjo Kemppainen. Starts on May 31st. Working virtually creates unique challenges and offers an opportunity for us to examine the ways we interact with others to enhance relationships, positivity and productivity when we do not have the opportunity to physically come together. We'll use the Socially Intelligen...t Leadership framework of the Five Roles of the Master Herder by Linda Kohanov to create an opportunity for coming together to find new ways to support others while working from home. Registration is limited so reach out early. Looking forward to sharing this creative space with you.

Horses are waiting for spring..... And we've moved some of our programs online via ZOOM in preparation for the time when we can get together. Stay tuned.... an exciting announcement coming this week.

Here at Next Stage we are listening to the advice of our Public Health Officials and staying home and are not doing any on property work right now either cause we want you to stay home too. That does not mean we cannot do anything though. I will be offering an introduction to the Five Roles of the Master Herder ONLINE. Six online sessions and then when the restrictions lift.... a final day on site for the wrap up. ... The Five Roles of the Master Herder is a socially intelligent leadership model based on the work of Linda Kohanov. Essentially, to be masterful leaders we need to understand and balance the five roles: leader, dominant, nurturer/companion, sentinel and predator. And we need to use power in a non-predatory and healthy way as we use these roles effectively. You can take a professional assessment at https://masterherder.com/professional-assessment/ BE SURE TO print your results so we can chat privately about them. Here's the deal.... the online sessions will be about 1.5 hours via ZOOM and they will be FREE. Sunday mornings from 1030 till 1200 beginning one week from Sunday coming.... start April 12. The on site session will have a modest fee HOWEVER you are not committed to do the on site just because you sign up for the online. Just send a private message if you are interested in starting with the online. Registration is limited to 15. See you via ZOOM. Stay home so you and yours can stay healthy. Gail

Ah but these are interesting times. Next Stage EFC is paying attention to the CoVID 19 situation as is the rest of the world. With respect to our May and June programs, we will be watching what unfolds carefully to see if these programs can run as scheduled. Depends on what our Public Health experts advise. Stay tuned. As for new programming.... the Parents Workshop that was soon to be announced, we are postponing that for now. We continue to do our development work and wi...ll have an announcement about a new program coming in the fall. Assuming of course, that the pandemic is over. On a personal note....It is time to take care of one another. Our Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Robert Strang, is on top of this. He is working with other experts and you can rest assured, other experts in Canada to ensure a reasonable, measured and appropriate response. Having had the opportunity to work inside government and watch him and our professionals firsthand when H1N1 was alive and well, I have confidence in our public health system. We must pay attention to what our government and public health officials are asking of us. Wash your hands often... cough into the sleeve, remember others as we shop and prevent the over purchasing, limit contact in public gatherings, ensure your elderly neighbours have what they need, stay out of our emergency departments unless directed there by 811, stay home rather than travel internationally. Self quarantine if you've travelled. All very sound public HEALTH advice. Thank you to our Nova Scotia team. We'll be back when the time is right. See you then.

Have a listen to hear about an upcoming workshop and video series exploring emotionally and socially intelligent leadership - The Five Roles of the Master Herder: Leadership Redefined. If you are curious about how you might take your leadership to the next level and are looking for a different way to explore your growth, then this workshop might just be for you. Check it out

Parents........Here at Next Stage we are in the process of introducing an equine facilitated coaching and learning program especially for you. So a question for you..... What are your top priorities in learning how to enhance your skills in parenting? This program will be feature a multi-week offering beginning in early April. We'd love to build on our existing curriculum by incorporating your ideas. ... Feel free to share the post with others you feel might be interested.

Check out this article co-written with Carmen Theobold featured in the Institute of Professional Managers fall and winter editions. Check it out at www.workplace.ca/newsletter/pdf/pdf1567015645.pdf and http://www.workplace.ca/newsletter/pdf/pdf1577454913.pdf... The two part article is on socially intelligent leadership and the roles we need to master as leaders in order to be able to be effective. We will be offering a workshop in Bondi Village, Muskoka, on May 16, and 17th. We’d love to see you there. Space is limited. Contact Carmen at [email protected]

Well we are half way through the Women in Transition Series. Despite the chilly morning we had time outside with Bosko who, as usual, in his own unique and gentle way helped us navigate a new experience. Thank you big boy.

Our Women in Transition Series starts tomorrow with a full house. Excited to begin this series.

I love it when a plan comes together.... Carmen Theobold of True Presence Horse Sense and I offered an equine facilitated workshop in Oro Mendonte, Ontario this past weekend. Enough Said - Just Listen........ was all about that. Listening with your whole body. Everything from the facilitation partnership with Carmen and the horses, the setting, the weather, and the wonderful women who came together to support one another in an amazing growth experience.....thank you.... This workshop will be offered in Nova Scotia in the near future. Watch nextstageefc.com for details. And of course details will be posted here.

The WITS Women in Transition Series has just a few spots left. Excited to be starting this on Sunday September 29. Reach out if you'd like to create community with other amazing women.

Women in Transition Series begins September 29th