More job satisfaction and less stress:
Leaders and teams with horsepower
Good leadership is not about control or knowledge alone — it is about requires the right combination of flexibility, self-awareness and ability to stay on course, especially when things get tense.
One situation requires vision and direction, the next requires negotiating, listening, adjusting or giving space.
Your most important tool?
You, in full presence.
Strong and stress-resistant leadership requires more than knowledge. It requires inner clarity, social intelligence and "emotional heroism": the courage to be truly present with everything that is inside you, and outside of you. That is the X-factor that determines whether cooperation flows or gets stuck.
Our approach is experience-oriented, in-depth and practical. No theory lessons, but experiential learning that can create direct insights and concrete, sustainable behavioral change. Within a short time, you will see an effect — in yourself, your team, and your results.
EQMPower Leadership Development helps international professionals to deepen their leadership, increase their impact and focus their energy: for productivity beyond stress and burnout risk.
Focus areas
Our programs focus on three pillars of leadership development:
Why training and coaching with horses?
Horses respond not to words or status, but to presence, clarity, and intention. That is precisely what makes them unique partners in leadership development.
As herd animals, they rely primarily on non-verbal communication to lead, follow, and cooperate. They respond to us as a member of their herd and connect again and again without prejudice.
This provides profound and lasting insights. Even years after one shared team experience with horses, teams still refer back to it.
Our commitment is to create a dynamic, safe space where you can practice and feel what works — not a long theory lesson but a living leadership lab.
In our training courses and coaching programs:
- You will strengthen your authentic leadership power and skills for effective situational leadership
- You will experience the impact of non-verbal communication. About 90% of our personal effectiveness is determined by this - and not by words!
- Get your feedback in "horse language", without prejudice. Horses, like humans, respond best to leadership that is conscious and congruent.
- Practice new verbal and nonverbal communication skills that streamline team dynamics and collaboration.
- Learn stress-management techniques that will help you function better in exciting times. Horses are masters at releasing tension quickly and effectively, and we can learn that from them!
Horse experience is not necessary. There is no horse riding.
What customers say
The horses you use are the mirrors, but, Josselien, you are the horsepower that leads to the transformation.
~ Irma Pouw, Pouw HR Advies
During a session I came to a deep blockage. The connection with the pony, and Josselien's coaching, meant the start of a new life, in which I can set boundaries and get better and better at it.
~ Tin Willaeys, Resilience in Motion (BE)
The experiential training with horses was an innovative and very effective approach to team building for our team. Thanks to the excellent guidance of Josselien Janssens, our team was able to translate the insights directly into professional reality.
~ Domenico Vulcano, Vice President of Global Innovation, Corbion N.V.
Thanks to Josselien and horse Pearl Jam, I realize how nice and easy it is to work from your gut feeling.
~ Walter Kort, Kort door de Boch Drone Technology
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About the Eponaquest® approach
The Eponaquest® Approach to experiential learning with horses was founded in the US about 25 years ago by pioneer and bestselling author Linda Kohanov. Since then, professionals have been offering this approach in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Australia.
Eponaquest combines the latest developments in psychology with Eastern mindfulness techniques and the positive influence of horses on our well-being.
The result is a unique and very powerful coaching approach that is constantly updated as new scientific insights become available about the human psyche, the nervous system, the energetic connection between sentient beings and stress resistance.
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