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The Longing for a New Start
January 2nd, 2009
Before: IT-Entrepreneur
After: Horse Seminars
Karin and Gerhard Krebs are a couple that used to run their own IT business. Today they offer management training with horses. It is not unusual for the animals to be brought into the seminar room. "We work just as much as we used to , they say, "but it is different. We no longer experience working as a burden. When they first started they were laughed at by their bank consultants. Today, their concept has spread around the globe. "Especially in this current economic and financial crisis many managers remember some basic values and come to us.
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Trainerlink (managerSeminare)
The Best Addresses on the Educational Web
May 2008
The private academy for horses, leadership and communication G&K HorseDream specializes on seminars for leaders and teams.
The twist: The trainings are conducted with Friesian horses as medium, to make the participants aware of their own intuitive behavior in leadership-, negotiation-, and decision-making situations.
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Frankfurter Rundschau
January 12th, 2008
Andrea Mertes:
The Animal inside the Manager
Dogs, horses, llamas - many leaders allow animals to coach them. Why? Because the four-legged friends only follow those they trust.
"We always tell our clients that the seminars actually have nothing to do with the horses. , says Gerhard Krebs, who runs the "HorseDream academy near Frankfurt. Krebs is a pioneer in the field. He had the idea of using Friesian horses as assistant coaches as early as 10 years ago.
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Wirtschaftspsychologie aktuell
May 2007
Gerhard Krebs:
Leadership Live - Horse-Assisted Leadership Development as the New Trend
"What seemed absurd at first has now been recognized as effective training method: Horses only react to authentic behavior. The interaction with the animals allows for the participant's personal realizations. They do not learn through the feedback given by the trainer, but through their own experience.
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Competence SITE
May 2007
Interview with Gerhard Krebs discussing the topic
"Leading with Horses
Competence Site: You were the pioneer of management training with horses in Germany. What was your experience at the time? Were you ridiculed a lot? Who were the first participants? How did things get started?
Gerhard Krebs: Ridiculed, yes, from two sides: The typical horse scene at the time and the seminar professionals. One side said "you can't treat horses like that and the other side felt that "this is useless . We did not really care. What mattered was that the participants were enthusiastic.
Competence Site: Today, many services copy your concepts. How do you see this development?
Gerhard Krebs: Absolutely positive! As long as the seminar market regarded us as weird the demand never got into full swing. The first years were very tough. The last three to four years have been really good. But we also see another aspect. Everybody who offers horse-assisted leadership seminars really moves something in the heads - and especially the hearts of the participants. This creates the potential for real change in leadership positions.
Competence Site: In your opinion, why are horses so well suited for being management trainers?
Gerhard Krebs: Because they are absolute authentic and have complete integrity. Because they see trust as the basis for communication. Because they are incredibly cooperative. Because they give you another chance every time. And because they are able to simply let you stand there, if you approach them without respect and any sign of humility.
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May 3rd 2005
Continuing education is the most in vogue job topic at the moment. It is good for your professional future and makes you happy. Here are the best offers (Text by Nicole Maibaum).
Leadership/Teamwork
By themselves, titles are no guarantee for success. CEO, project manager, or superior - without a motivated crew to back them up, any boss is left in the rain. But teamwork, too, requires certain leadership qualities. Therefore: If you are already in a leadership position or are planning to get into one, competences such as motivating employees, teamwork, and managing personnel are of great importance. Since these kind of topics are usually not covered during the initial job training, in many cases, there is a need for further training.
Anke Hermeling: "Superiors, project managers, team- and department leaders should seek further training in this area, no question about it. This applies to all fields. Practical experience should be combined with fundamental theoretical knowledge.
Where can you find that? Private Academy for Horses, Leadership and Communication, Ahornallee 11, 64711 Kröpelin (OT Klein Nienhagen), Tel. 06062/608826, www.horsedream.de. The actual trainer in these seminars is the horse. The person leads and the animal gives feedback, showing if he or she is too fearful or forceful while being the leader.
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