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Leadership Lab: The Control Illusion

  • The Hughes-Jones Centre 775 Highland Park Road Nine Mile Creek, PE, C0A 1H2 Canada (map)
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Welcome to HJC’s Leadership Laboratory!

We are putting our relationship with control under the microscope in this workshop, exploring how attempting to control outcomes can lead us away from that which we are truly trying to attain.

This workshop has two components. The first explores control as an illusion, by engaging with a living metaphor: the horse. Participants will be guided on a journey learning how to let go of the control story they are telling themselves, identify what is “controllable” and develop a personal strategy to move forward, through learning horsemanship principles.

All participants will have the opportunity to engage with and learn from Ellen and the HJC herd.

The second component will take place in the HJC indoor facility with a warm drink in hand! Participants will take a facilitated deeper dive into the experience they had with the horses and use what they learned to develop strategies which they can implement in their respective workplaces.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Identify your control story.

  • Build self-awareness regarding your relationship with control.

  • Engage with the concept of “control as an illusion”.

  • Practice letting go of control in stressful situations.

  • Develop strategies to re-write your control story.

Program will include a light snack and warm beverage.

All programs adhere to Public Health Guidelines in regard to Covid-19.

Minimum 3 participants, maximum 4 (for safety during Covid-19).

Horse portion of the program is in our horse facility. Please dress for the weather.

Please take your own mask.

*All programs at HJC operate with the strictest of confidentiality at heart. Emotional and physical safety are a high values for our programming and our facility. We ask all participants to hold the confidentiality of each individual in high regard. Photographs of the facility and the presenter are welcomed however please only post or take photos which have been requested and approved by participants. Tell stories of what takes place but do not identify individuals as you recount events. Thank-you for helping us create a safe environment for learning.*

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