Who We Are
Established in 2004, TeachingHorse, LLC is a leadership development company. Our approach to leadership development is inspired by how horses lead their herds. We facilitate powerful, innovative experiences that include guided work with horses.
Located in North Carolina, we provide local, national, and global services at selected client sites.
Our vision at TeachingHorse is to prepare generations of leaders capable of guiding healthy and sustainable organizations.
Our Strategic Partners Include:
Cal Poly Pomona University
Center for Creative Leadership
Duke Corporate Education
Google School for Leaders
UNC Kenan Flager School of Business Executive Development
Explore Our Experiences
One of the most powerful ways to improve leadership
capacity is to create safe practice fields for learning and experimentation.
Leadership Development Experience
This experience offers a unique opportunity for teams and groups to explore how leadership emerges in real time. Working alongside horses and guided by TeachingHorse facilitators, participants enter a safe and dynamic learning environment where they can practice new ways of leading, communicating, and collaborating with immediate, nonjudgmental feedback. Through direct interaction and reflection, teams learn to:
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Navigate complexity and uncertainty
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Cultivate collective leadership and collaboration skills
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Develop authenticity and presence
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Achieve adaptive leadership
Blended Learning For Teams
Blended Learning at TeachingHorse includes the Leadership Development Experience with the horses as well as the opportunity to practice, apply, and integrate the skills and capabilities required to lead through uncertainty. Designed for intact teams, we incorporate content, context and experiences through multiple mediums:
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90-minute interactive Zoom session followed by,
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A full-day in person experience with the horses followed by,
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Application conversations 30 days and 90 days after the in-person experience
Executive Coaching
When your reality requires that you reinvent yourself, we invite into an immersion of wisdom from nature and the herd. This private executive experience pairs you with one or more horses, guided by a TeachingHorse advanced executive coach.
Coaching conversations will be customized to align with your short-term and long-term goals. Options for focus include:
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Reconnecting with your source of meaning and purpose
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Reimagining your vision for the future
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Resetting your leadership brand and the foundation for your business culture
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Developing confidence in your leadership
OUR TEAM
June Gunter
Founder/CEO
June Gunter, Ed.D., is the Founder and CEO of TeachingHorse, LLC, a leadership development company established in 2004 specializing in experiential learning with horses to prepare leaders to navigate uncertainty and build healthy communities. TeachingHorse has served more than 10,000 leaders worldwide. With over 40 years of experience in leadership and organizational development, June holds a Doctor of Education in Adult Learning from North Carolina State University and is also the Co-Founder of Go-od Consulting, LLC.
Nicole Parks
Communications Director/Facilitator
Nicole Parks brings a journalist’s curiosity and a coach’s presence to her work with each client. She is skilled at asking honest questions, listening deeply, and helping leaders uncover what is essential amid uncertainty. Her facilitation supports clarity, relational awareness, and the courage to lead without having all the answers. Nicole is working with June Gunter on a groundbreaking new field guide which supports leadership development in the workplace, when you don't have a horse handy.
Schelli Whitehouse
Channel Manager/Senior Facilitator
Schelli Whitehouse has been working in the field of horse and human potential since 2008. Besides her roles as TeachingHorse Ambassador, Senior Facilitator, and Director of Certification she is the author of two books written in support of equine inspired entrepreneurs. “The Business of Coaching with Horses” and “The 7-Systems of Prosperity for the Equine-Inspired Business”.
Ginny Telego
Channel Manager/Senior Facilitator
Ginny Telego is President and CEO of The Collaboration Partners and a master-level equine-assisted learning facilitator with more than 15 years of experience working with leaders and teams all over the world. She designs experiential learning programs that help organizations navigate change, strengthen collaboration, and improve leadership effectiveness. Ginny’s work integrates equine-assisted learning with neuroscience and adult development to create insight that translates into meaningful, lasting impact.
Sonia Jorgensen
Channel Manager/Senior Facilitator
Sonia is a master's prepared Registered Nurse, healthcare executive, and lifelong horse lover and owner. Her experience leading executive teams and her understanding of how to speak horse led her to complete her TeachingHorse Certification in 2022. Sonia's passion for connecting horses and humans led her to develop an equine program for Veterans and First Responders at her facility in Washington State.
Melba Holliday
Channel Manager/Senior Facilitator
Melba Holliday, PCC, Managing Partner of Atlantic Leadership Group since 1994, brings her love of being outdoors, horses, experiential learning, and neuroscience-based coaching to deliver an exclusive experience with profound insights for executives and veterans. She has spent 11 years as lead executive career coach for Special Operations Transition Foundation, supporting more than 1,000 Special Operators from the battlefield to the boardroom.
Angela Chiarenza
Channel Manager/Senior Facilitator
With over 19 years of experience, Angela Chiarenza is an executive coach and consultant who empowers global organizations through leadership development, operational optimization, facilitation, and program design. Their expertise spans a wide range of sectors, from tech startups and gaming to defense, finance, and education.
Jessica Baltos
Director of Operations
Taking on various roles and keeping things running behind the scenes, Jessica embodies the modern day "Renaissance woman". Combining her skills in Ballroom dancing, bartending, and the various skills developed as an executive assistant help her ensure TeachingHorse runs smoothly and efficiently, giving our facilitators the tools they need to connect with our clients and deliver a wonderful experience.
Corinne Mason
Strategic Advisor/Facilitator
Corinne is the founder of New Path Consulting, LLC, a leadership advisory firm where she focuses on executive coaching, executive team performance and executive development retreats. She has served as an executive performance coach and leadership development facilitator for over 30 years, both internally as an executive leader and through various consulting firms.
Toula Ousouljoglou
Strategic Advisor
Toula Ousouljoglou (MA, Organizational Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University), has more than 20 years experience as a consultant in healthcare and financial services. Her areas of consultation include business process improvement, implementation planning, developing strategies to secure sponsorship for change, and strategic planning and deployment.
THE DIAMOND MODEL OF SHARED LEADERSHIP
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Our Recent Clients
We believe every client is a valuable, long-term partner.
Testimonials
“This was, no doubt, the best leadership program I was privileged to be part of years ago. The principles and what I took away from it guide me every day.”
Damian Pietruszka
Director of Customer
Experience at Google
“Years after attending TeachingHorse, I still think about how I can apply the Diamond Model with the team I lead.
Well worth it!”
Mark Hilbert
Business Developer
“For those that haven’t had the privilege to learn the powerful teachings from a horse and need a supportive and reaffirming reboot … I strongly recommend a TeachingHorse session for you and/or your team. It’s game changing!”
Susan Kellogg
Cal Poly Pomona University
“A great day exploring how we can learn from each other and better understand how horses have led each other for centuries.”
Eric Schmitt
President & Founder, Exquadrum, Aerospace & Defense Company