Horses Never Lie: The Heart of Passive Leadership

by Mark Rashid

There’s something about horses that we all need to understand—their only real job in this world is to stay alive from one day to the next. Nothing else really matters.

The key, then, is to find a way to get horses to see you as the individual who can help them when they need it.

Still, it’s an interesting dilemma . . . wanting to be trusted but not necessarily wanting to trust.

Oftentimes we get so hung up on accomplishing goals or relying on techniques or methods that we don’t allow that piece of ourselves—the piece that lets the horse know we can be trusted—to shine through.