Leadership Lessons from the movie “Buck”

Sep 22, 2019

Recently, I went to see “Buck,” a critically acclaimed documentary that highlights the life and work of Buck Brannaman, one of America’s greatest horsemen and horse trainers.  The movie is about horse-human relationships. Buck doesn’t help people with horse problems,... Read more

Coaching Leverages Your Leadership

Dec 6, 2018

Finding Leadership Inspiration I enjoy coaching leaders like Maor Daniel from Microsoft. He wasn’t at a crisis point in his career. In fact, he’s at the top of his game. He didn’t ‘need’ a coach, he wanted one. He was interested in how coaching could develop his... Read more

Encouraging Shared Leadership through Planning

Sep 9, 2017

Mike Stewart, Executive Director of Boyer’s Children’s Clinic, chose to work with Amanda recently to develop a new strategic plan. ‘We were operating from a strategic plan adopted in 2008,’ Mike reflected. ‘Its original shelf life was three years; it had run its... Read more

Is Your Leadership on Autopilot?

Sep 7, 2017

We all know that when you want to get better at something, you have to practice – whether it’s sports, music, dance or….leadership. To improve our leadership, we often read books, attend seminars, observe famous leaders, even look at our bosses and swear we will never... Read more

The Teaching Power of Horses for Team Training

Jul 19, 2017

Steve Cooper, CEO of TrueBlue, had planned a three day offsite retreat at Willows Lodge when he discovered the option to do a leadership with horses team training.  He was eight months into the re-branding of his company, pulling several individual companies under one... Read more

Transitioning with Grace

Jul 11, 2017

I was transitioning out of my position as executive director of Groundwire when my board hired Amanda Madorno as a transition coach. I had resigned my position and planned to spend my last six weeks as executive director working to position the organization for... Read more