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Candice Ensign

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Candice leaning in nose to nose with a Belgian horse at the ranch, a second horse close behind

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What Horses Taught Me About Leadership

I have been around horses since I was about three years old. I rode, rodeoed, rode in parades, and learned to stay on bareback before I had much language for what horses were teaching me.

What I did not understand yet is that horses gave me a place where I did not have to explain myself before I was allowed to belong.

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What Horses Taught Me About Leadership

On belonging, self-worth, presence, and what the horses taught me about leading myself and others.

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