Equine-Assisted Leadership Experience

Stepping Into
Your Genius

Others See It. Now It's Time You Did Too.

Most career stalls aren't about skills or strategy. They're about a pattern that kicks in just as you're about to step into your full capability — self-doubt, self-sabotage, holding back. You know you're capable of more. This program helps you see exactly what's in the way, and move past it.

Date Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Time 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Duration 3.5 Hours
Location Fountain, CO
Group Size 8 Professionals
Reserve Your Spot How It Works
Participants in an equine-assisted learning experience at Diamond J Equestrian Center
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Horses don't respond to titles. They respond to alignment. When you're living in your Zone of Genius, they know it before you do.

Ginny Telego, MBP  ·  Founder, The Collaboration Partners

Inspired by Gay Hendricks' book "The Big Leap" — a program for professionals who know they're capable of more, but keep getting in their own way. With horses as your co-facilitators, the patterns become impossible to ignore — and possible to change.

The Upper Limit Problem

You're capable of more than you're allowing yourself

You've heard it from others — a manager, a mentor, a colleague who says they see something in you that you're not fully stepping into. And somewhere inside, you know they're right. But just as you're about to step forward, something pulls you back. Self-doubt. Negative self-talk. A deeply conditioned belief that owning your capability is somehow too much.


Gay Hendricks calls this the Upper Limit Problem — and behind it is one of four hidden barriers. This program helps you identify yours through one of the most honest feedback mechanisms available: a horse's unfiltered response to your energy.

Barrier 01

Feeling Fundamentally Flawed

"Something is wrong with me — I don't quite deserve this level of success."

Barrier 02

Disloyalty & Abandonment

"If I go bigger, I'll leave people behind — and that makes success dangerous."

Barrier 03

Success Equals Burden

"The more I achieve, the more will be demanded of me — and I'll never keep up."

Barrier 04

Fear of Outshining Others

"If I shine too brightly, I'll be resented — or become a target."

Why Horses?

The most honest feedback you'll ever receive

Horses are animals of discernment with acutely calibrated sensory systems. They can't be managed, impressed, or fooled by credentials. They respond only to one thing: whether you are genuinely aligned — in your intention, your energy, and your presence. That makes them extraordinary partners in leadership development work.

65–90%
Retention rate for experiential learning — versus 5–20% for lecture-based training. (Kolb, Experiential Learning Theory, 2014)
Minutes
What takes months to surface in a traditional coaching context can be observed and felt in minutes in the arena — because the feedback is immediate and non-judgmental.
Zero
Hierarchy filters. A horse responds the same way to a VP as to a new hire. What it responds to is you — not your title.
A participant connecting with a horse during the Stepping Into Your Genius program

You already know what you're capable of. So do they.

The Program

3.5 hours. Grounded in experience. Built for lasting change.

This is not a lecture, a workshop, or a sit-and-listen experience. Stepping Into Your Genius moves through a carefully designed sequence of facilitated equine experiences, guided reflection, and application-based debrief conversations — each one building on the last, each one bringing you closer to a clear picture of what's been in the way and what stepping past it actually feels like.

Experience

With the Horses

Facilitated ground-based experiences with horses give you immediate, unfiltered feedback on how you show up — your energy, your intention, and the patterns that run beneath the surface.

Reflect

Make Sense of It

Guided reflection helps you connect what happened in the arena to what's happening in your career — translating visceral experience into clear, usable insight.

Apply

Bring It Forward

Application-based debrief conversations anchor your insights to a concrete next step — something specific you will do differently, starting now.

A note before you wonder

No riding is involved and no horse experience is necessary. All activities take place on the ground. The horses do the work simply by being horses — your job is to notice, reflect, and apply.

Still have questions?

We've answered the most common ones on our FAQ page.

Visit the FAQ →

What You'll Walk Away With

Clarity on what's been in the way — and confidence to move past it

This isn't a workshop about theory. Everything is experienced, not just discussed. Insights are grounded in what you discovered in the arena — embodied, not abstract — which is what makes them stick.

Name and recognize your personal Upper Limit patterns — with behavioral precision, not just self-awareness

Identify which of the four hidden barriers most limits your career growth right now

Articulate your Zone of Genius in a Genius Statement — a single sentence that captures who you are at your best, to return to when the old patterns try to pull you back

Experience what aligned, congruent leadership feels like in your body — not as a concept, but as a physical state you can recreate

Leave with one specific next step that moves you forward — committed to in community, not just on paper

A private 45-minute 1:1 coaching session with Ginny — included in your registration, to be scheduled within 90 days — to review your Genius Statement and hold your commitment forward

Your Facilitator

Led by someone who has done the work herself

Ginny brings rare depth to this work — as a Neurotransformational Coach, Master Level EAL Facilitator, and the founder of a leadership development practice built on the premise that insight without action is just information. She designed this program because she has lived its content.


Meet Ginny →

Ginny Telego, MBP

Founder & President, The Collaboration Partners

Ginny Telego is the founder of The Collaboration Partners and the creator of the CORE Model™ and a Licensed TeachingHorse Practitioner certified in the Diamond Model of Shared Leadership™ — two proprietary frameworks used with leadership teams across Colorado and beyond. With a background in Neurotransformational Coaching and Master Level EAL facilitation, her work is grounded equally in evidence and embodied experience. Sessions are delivered with a co-facilitator.

Master Level EAL Facilitator Neurotransformational Coach CORE Model™ Creator Licensed TeachingHorse Practitioner

Registration

Ready to step into your genius?

Spots are limited to 8 participants to preserve the depth of the experience. Complete the form to register.

Date Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Time 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Duration 3.5 Hours
Location Diamond J Equestrian Center, Fountain, CO
Group Size Limited to 8 Participants
Investment $399 — Early Registration (by July 9)
$449 — Regular Registration (July 10+)
Included 45-min 1:1 coaching session with Ginny — to be scheduled within 90 days of the event
Questions ginny@thecollaborationpartners.com  ·  419-651-6854

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