EASY CHANGE SEMINAR

People support what they themselves create

HORSE-LED ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE - IN BRIEF

What is it?

An 8h o-site seminar were people can shape the destiny of their company through a practical
experience. It is based on the AI (appreciative inquiry) change method. The horses will help the
team brainstorm, build and test their design. The horses will take and amplify the emotional
state of the people and create the emotional link between people and the change they propose.

When should you consider it?

Whenever there is need for change, transformation, growth - all the time!

Who is it for?

All members of the company - it shapes the future for all of them.

Main benefits

More than acceptance of change, people attach emotionally to change. Plus, what they
experience, stays with them for a lifetime.

A recent McKinsey
survey of business
executives indicates that
the percent of change
programs that are a success
today is

30%

EASY CHANGE SEMINAR

After a day of open and positive interactions between management team

members and between the team and the "doctors" , weve finally understood
everything is up to us, that in fact "we are a strong team, free to create value"
and all we need is positive energy and engagement. We left there with a changed
mindset, dierent energy.....in addition we've got many gifts; gifts received from
colleagues and oered with joy, gifts from our doctors - the horses, gifts from
the team of facilitators. Sometimes you need somebody to show you the near
future...then everybody knows what to do. Thank you HorseEye for turning us
around and showing us what lies behind us!

Simona Scutaru
HR Country Manager
Federal-Mogul Motorparts

BEYOND THE DUALITY OF POSITIVE & NEGATIVE

PROBLEM & SOLUTION; SYMPTOM & CURE
Appreciative Inquiry serves as a wellspring for transformational change.
It supports organisation-wide learning and renewal in the following
ways:

Through widespread inquiry, it helps participants perceive the

need for change, explore new possibilities, and contribute to
solutions.

Through customised interview guides, it focuses on

moments of high performance in order to ignite transformative
dialogue and action within the organisation.

Through alignment of the organisations formal and informal

structures with its purpose and principles, it translates shared vision
into reality and belief into practice.

EXERCISES WITH HORSES: HOW A SYSTEM REACTS TO APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY PRINCIPLES

1. The Constructionist Principle
Proposes that what we believe to be true determines what we do, and thought and action emerge from relationships. Through the language and discourse of day to day interactions,
people co-construct the organisations they inhabit. The purpose of inquiry is to stimulate new ideas, stories and images that generate new possibilities for action. Horses will show
us that words create worlds.

2. The Simultaneity Principle

Proposes that as we inquire into human systems we change them and the seeds of change, the things people think and talk about, what they discover and learn, are implicit in the very
first questions asked. Questions are never neutral, they are fateful, and social systems move in the direction of the questions they most persistently and passionately discuss.
Horses will react instantaneously to our actions, inquiries, they will give unbiased feedback; Inquiry creates change - the first question is fateful

3. The Poetic Principle

Proposes that organisational life is expressed in the stories people tell each other every day, and the story of the organisation is constantly being co-authored. The words and topics
chosen for inquiry have an impact far beyond just the words themselves. They invoke sentiments, understandings, and worlds of meaning. In all phases of the inquiry eort is put
into using words that point to, enliven and inspire the best in people. We can choose what we study, horses will help us adjust our perspectives from unknown before angles.

4. The Anticipatory Principle

Posits that what we do today is guided by our image of the future. Human systems are forever projecting ahead of themselves a horizon of expectation that brings the future powerfully
into the present as a mobilising agent. The more positive and hopeful the image of the future, the more positive the present-day action. Image inspires action, we will navigate the
image of the future we have build together with the horses, discovering opportunities and complexity points.

5. The Positive Principle

Proposes that momentum and sustainable change requires positive aect and social bonding. Sentiments like hope, excitement, inspiration, camaraderie and joy increase creativity,
openness to new ideas and people, and cognitive flexibility. They also promote the strong connections and relationships between people, particularly between groups in conflict,
required for collective inquiry and change. Through their authentic, collaborative nature, horses will create a positive atmosphere where positive questions lead to positive change.

WHAT IS IT EXACTLY?
A seminar where horses are the real facilitators that help you create your company
future. Participants will discover their core strengths and facilitators will help
them dream and design their future.

Participants will experience in the arena several categories of hands-on exercises

around the topics of:

leadership

thinking out of the box (but not too much!)

considering new perspectives

innovation and creativity

goal orientation

team communication

working towards common goal

Did you know that the

main project success factor
is: user

engagement?

WHAT WILL YOU GET OUT OF IT?

User Engagement & Personal
Leadership
By exploring moments of past success, you uncover
stories about times when people were most engaged,
eective, successful and connected.
Thus you bring to the surface those key elements that
made them feel engaged and in charge and you bring that
engagement into the present.
And based on this newly regained involvement, you build
bridges to the task at hand.

Easy Change Management

We are hard-wired to be suspicious of change - its our
evolutionary key asset that brought us so far.
So when change is imposed or comes as a surprise, which
is often the case in organisations, resistance or at best,
inertia sets in.
The principles of AI used in the seminar invite people to
be part of the change, thus:

they themselves support change

they own the change and

they commit to it

WHAT WILL YOU GET OUT OF IT?

Team Culture Focused on Positivity

Developing Strength

Culture is a co-construction, shaped by language, stories,

practices and relationships. The quality and tone of the
language, relationships and stories will determine whether
the culture is harmonious, creative and productive, or
hostile, de-energizing and destruction, or somewhere in
between.

When anything seems out of place, we define that as

a problem or weakness and set out to solve it. By
default, we are acculturated to focus first on the
things that need fixing and often, we fail.

Though this seminar, the team involved will learn how to:

look for the best in any situation, interaction or project

foster inclusiveness

get the energy up

develop emotional resilience

bring projects faster to successful completion

Through our seminar methodology, we do the

reverse: set out to find the bright spots - find
out what is already working, thus bringing attention
to: team and personal strengths and to what worked
already in various other projects.

Read about Bright Spots

in this McKinsey & Co article:
Making the emotional case
for change

ISSUES OR STRENGTHS?
Where some are looking for issues

We are looking for armative topics

Customer dissatisfaction

Customer delight

Debilitating bureaucracy

Inspiring democracy

Cross-functional conflict

Cooperation without boundary

Low morale

High motivation

High Turnover

Magnetic connection

Grievance reduction

Enthusiastic engagement and positive energy

The task of
leadership is to create an
alignment of strengths in
ways that make the
organizations weaknesses
irrelevant. Peter

Drucker

THE 5D CYCLE OF THE APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY

WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE? EMOTION + HORSES

Emotion

because is the only seminar where you learn from actual

experience, which is bound to generate strong emotions (who
wouldnt be impressed when dealing with a 500kg horse?).

emotions set the learnings in the long-time memory, thus you

never forget

emotions help develop EQ

Horses

oer you honest, instantaneous feedback; horses do not lie,

judge or aspire to climb the corporate ladder.

communicate entirely through body-language. They do not fake.

perceive and respond to only to the real you.

+ THE COMPANY GAIN

Depending on your chosen appreciative topic for the
seminar, your company could achieve:

easier organisational change

own design of your organisations future

happier employees & less turnover

real buy-in and support from the teams

new and positive work and collaboration habits

better communication

a day of wonderful, memorable fun! :)

Note: When booking a seminar, well hold a debrief session before to ensure what you want to
appreciatively inquire into as a team or as a company, and we tailor the seminar accordingly. Nothing is
cookie-cutter!

PROGRAM & LOGISTICS

one full day (9:00 to 18:00)

10-20 participants
hands-on exercises with horses (not on horseback)
classroom debriefing and facilitation
participants will be filmed and comment on their exercises
lunch will be provided
materials will be provided

Dress code: the practical exercises will take place in an indoor riding
arena. We recommend leisure clothes with closed shoes or sport
shoes, adapted to the season or weather.
No previous riding experience required!
No phones or computers allowed - but then again, you wont feel the
need to check them - youll be 100% engaged.

WHAT WILL PARTICIPANTS EXPERIENCE (AGENDA)?

DEFINITION* - choosing the appreciative topic for the inquiry and preparation
PRINCIPLES OF APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY - group exercises with horses with an accent on what we want more of in our organisation
APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY INTRODUCTION - classroom debates based on the filmed exercises above
DISCOVERY 1 - interviews
CONSOLIDATION of interview highlights
DISCOVERY 2 - group work on consolidating organisational Life Giving Forces and sharing stories
INCLUSION AND INDIVIDUAL ATTACHMENT to the organisational Life Giving Forces
POSSIBILITY STATEMENT - group exercise concluding with draft of Provocative Proposition, Possibility Statement, Shared Vision or Dream
Statement.
DREAM & DESIGN - visual representation in the arena of the Provocative Proposition - testing the Provocative Proposition with the help of horses
in team work.
REWRITE THE PROVOCATIVE PROPOSITION - debate and brainstorming based on the films from the arena, rewrite the vision.
DESTINY - modify the visual representation of the Provocative Proposition, test individually with horses
DEBATE - with group and individual outcome: commitment, gift & request

* done in advance before the seminar day with a core group

THE THEORIES BEHIND ALL OUR SEMINARS?

A gound-breaking paring between Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness (horses) and Appreciative Inquiry

Workplace studies prove that

self-awareness, selfmanagement and social
awareness predict
performance, leadership
eectiveness, and wellbeing.

Emotional
Intelligence

Mindfulness

Appreciative Inquiry

Mindfulness is an essential skill

for personal growth and is
developed through the interaction
with horses. Communicating with
horses focuses your mind like no
other activity.

AI is an organisational change
model that harnesses the best of
what is and the positives within
the team/organisation in order to
eect change.

ABOUT HORSE EYE - WWW.HORSEEYE.RO

Experiential learning with feet on the ground
Horse Eye is an experiential learning company focused on developing better
leaders, teams and organisations though direct interaction with horses.
Its methods and programs are developed at the intersection of several business and
psychology areas such as emotional intelligence, horse-assisted education,
Appreciative Inquiry model of organisational change, mindfulness, non-verbal
communication, Project Management Office and Leadership coaching.
Horse Eye exists because we believe the work-life should be as fulfilling as possible
and this development is only possible through honesty, integrity, clarity and caring
about one another.

SEE IT IN PRACTICE

http://youtu.be/F4M_zsFWElY

http://youtu.be/0VU-3ZJyPFA

http://youtu.be/wA7aWY9sjqU

http://youtu.be/R8NZh7XiqsA

ABOUT THE TRAINERS

George Leca
George has over 20 years experience in transversal and
operational top management in multinational
companies and various cultures (Western and Eastern
Europe, Middle East) full profile linkedin
uk.linkedin.com/in/georgeleca/
We are certified Appreciative Inquiry change management facilitators.
We are certified trainers to use horses in business trainings and benefit from the
consolidated expertise of 250 international trainers and 20 years of existence of
EAHAE.

Corina Leca
Corina has extensive experience in hospitality industry,
marketing and also running her own successful
business for the last 12 years full profile http://
ro.linkedin.com/in/corina-leca-6128535

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To organise a seminar please contact Corina Leca at: corina.leca@take1.ro or +40(0)721250633

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