Betti Coffey

• Great leaders are great communicators...and listeners!
• Solid relationships are built on consistent, reliable communication
• Do you really know what people think of you? Would you like to change their perception!
• A horse and rider must communicate with each other well enough to move as one

• Leaders need to be in the right frame of mind and feel as motivated and positive about work as they want their people to be 
• Your attitude and behavior is the greatest influence over your personal relationships 
• When riding, it's the rider's mood that affects the horse's reactions. Horses that have confident and motivated jockeys will win more than horses with a sad, depressed and angry jockeys

• People who are encouraged and told they can do great things... do great things! People respond to our expectations of them. Focus on what has been done right - not on what might be done wrong 
• Take a genuine interest in people. Ask them what their personal goals are and remind them of their strengths when they are facing challenges or problems 
• Encourage your horse to believe it is a winner. It won't run it's hardest until it does

• Would you let your employees choose their own boss? 
• Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than management says is possible 
• Horse riders know their motion in the saddle can actually inspire and add speed and energy to their horse's gait!

• Trust people in order to bring out the best in them 
• "It's not business...it's personal! 
• A horse will respond and become one when it has a rider it respects and trusts

• It is not necessary to change...Survival is not mandatory 
• Change is the window through which the future enters your life 
• The ability to reinvent yourself is the best type of job security 
• To not become extinct, horses have changed and adapted successfully for the last 45 million years

• Teamwork is the ability to divide the task and double the success 
• "We don't want to be led... We want to work as a team" 
• Understanding each other's differences is critical to communication and success 
• If you can't manage the future - you won't have a future 
• When you understand your horse's priorities - they'll go that "extra mile" for you

• You have to perceive it and believe it before you can achieve it 
• All the things we achieve are things we have first of all imagined 
• You will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do 
• "Ride every stride" and live in real time!