HOW MONTY ROBERTS CONCEPTSHELP LEADERS IN ORGANIZATIONS

THE CORE OF ROBERTS’ WORK LIES IN THE NOTIONOF “STARTING” YOUNG HORSES INSTEAD OF“BREAKING” THEM. HE UTILIZES A ROUND PEN TOINTRODUCE THE HORSE TO JOINING HUMANS IN ACOLLABORATIVE WAY.

HIS JOIN-UP® PROCESS INCLUDES CONCEPTSWHICH ARE EASILY TRANSFERABLE TO ANYLEADER ATTEMPTING TO ENCOURAGE FOLLOWERSTO JOIN UP. THESE ‘ROUND PEN” CONCEPTSINCLUDE THE FOLLOWING FOUR PHASES:

In the round pen, ahuman must enter tointroduce himself orherself to a horse withpositive intent.

In the business world, the leadermust assure others that they areentering with positive intent bydropping manipulations,showing vulnerability, andasking for trust through actionsand open communication.

In the round pen, humansbegin the process ofopenly communicatingwith the horse in the ownlanguage, the languagethat Monty Roberts callsEquus.

In the corporate world, the leadermust open up dialogue and two-way conversation around theirpurpose, shared responsibility,roles definition, and clarity onwork processes.

In the round pen, a horsemakes a choice to stoprunning and to enter intoa relationship with ahuman. This process iscalled Join-Up.

In an organization, followershave to make the ultimatechoice to join up, or not basedon their perception of trust-worthiness and theirwillingness to follow.

In the round pen, a horse willfollow a human once it hasdecided to Join-Up; this phaseis called Follow-Up®. Thehorse has formed acommitted trust bond withthe human.

In an organizational world,leaders must continue toguide followers by providingthem with support, on-goingclear information, andresources.

JOINING UP: WHAT HORSES CAN TEACHUS ABOUT LEADERSHIP

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