Natural Leadership Accelerated Coaching Certification Program

Virtual Course with Live Support and in-person Equine Experiences

This 4-month-long hybrid virtual course will allow you to engage with content and exercises, live Zoom calls, and a community of other learners. Our unique onsite equine experience workshops bring Natural Leadership to life to support and solidify your learning.

Upon registering, you will have access to original Natural Leadership content, which will provide a basic overview of the model, how to use it to better understand yourself, and how you can begin to bring the model to life in your personal and/or professional relationships.

Introduction to Natural Leadership Self-paced Virtual Course

Pricing options

Pay in full now or pay monthly - you choose!

This course is for you if...

  • You are ready to learn a whole new way of looking at yourself, relationships, leadership, and human culture. 
  • You are interested in learning a framework that you can apply to your own personal development as well as coaching, helping, or leading others.  
  • You are looking for an introduction to coaching, leadership, experiential learning, and/or animal and equine assisted coaching.
  • You have limited availability in your schedule and prefer to learn at your own pace.
  • You want to be part of a community of other engaged and supportive people who are learning new leadership skills.


What to Expect

  • Materials

    Using a combination of reading materials, audio and video content, and exercises you will learn about, apply and integrate Natural Leadership.

  • Support & Mentoring

    Our team will provide teaching and support through online virtual community gatherings via Zoom.

  • Course Length

    This is a 4-month long virtual course with engaging with exercises and two Zoom calls per module and two in person Equine Experiences.

To complete the course for certification, you will:

  • Complete all of the learning modules.

  • Complete all of the exercises.

  • Attend at least 75% of the Community Gathering Zoom calls.

  • Attend two onsite Natural Leadership Equine Experience Workshops (offered as part of this program).

  • Engage with a Circle Up facilitator in-person for at least one coaching session (offered within this program).

  • Engage with a Circle Up facilitator in-person (or video recorded) showing how you apply the model to coach another individual (offered during onsite experiences).

  • Pass the certification evaluation coaching session that takes place at the final Equine Experience Workshop.

Pricing options

Pay in full now or pay monthly - you choose!

Instructor

Brad Lande-Shannon

Owner, Head Leadership Coach

A long-time C-suite executive himself, Brad Lande-Shannon has a first-hand understanding of the pressures and stresses that face company founders, leaders, and high performance teams. This is partly why he first turned to Natural Leadership as he faced his own professional challenges.

Brad's passion for horses has been a life-long pursuit. Having competed with the National Cutting Horse Association as a youth and now as an adult amateur dressage competitor, he’s combined his deep horse expertise with his executive leadership coaching. Over the course of his career, Brad has guided thousands of leaders on values, purpose, emotional intelligence, and well-being.

Certified in the 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership and following training from The Center for Equus Coaching (formerly The Koelle Institute), Brad enrolled in the Natural Leadership program. Compared to other programs, Brad says Natural Leadership is, “deceptively simple and multi-dimensional in its use cases to apply and teach.”

Brad has an equestrian facility that offers Natural Leadership facilitation, coaching and programming at Awake Ranch, near Portland, Oregon, which he acquired with his husband in late 2022. “We are home to 16 horses, three goats, and two cats surrounded by Pacific Northwest trees and on farmland that regularly displays exquisite sunset and sunrise views.”