The 5 roles of a Master Herder (Linda Kohanov)

In her book “The Five Roles of a Master Herder” Linda Kohanov adapts horse-inspired insights into powerful tools for developing collaborative leadership and managing change. According to her research over thousands of years, "master herders" of nomadic herding cultures developed a multi-faceted, socially intelligent form of leadership combining the five roles of Dominant, Leader, Sentinel, Nurturer / Companion, and Predator. The fluid interplay of these roles allowed interspecies communities to move across vast landscapes, dealing with predators and changing climates, protecting and nurturing the herd while keeping massive, gregarious, often aggressive animals together -- without the benefit of fences and with very little reliance on restraints.

Her innovative approach to teamwork and management is taught through the network of Eponaquest (c) instructors across the globe, a network we belong to.

Our equine assisted leadership seminars will help you to determine which roles you currently overemphasize and which roles you may be ignoring -- or even actively avoiding. Through interactions with the horses you will get the opportunity tolerant to recognize, cultivate, and utilize all five roles at your workplace, family, and within other social contexts..