Do you need some time and space to make sense of what is going on at work or in your life in general? Layo offers 2h – outdoor coaching sessions in a horse paddock for people on their journey to self-knowledge and growth, drawing on insights from Systemic...
“Two years after having written this article, I realise that my thinking about the topic remains the same and the urgency of my call for women and men of South Africa and the world to join forces in developing effective leadership and healthy societies is...
In 2012, when the CIELARKO team first began learning about, practicing and developing Equine-Assisted Coaching approaches, Manuela Brand (now a practicing psychotherapist in Germany) wrote a blog post about the topic. Her thoughts and insights remain valid and have...
After attending Module 1 of the TIFF Provider Licensing Training in May 2019, I have noticed a surprising change in the way I think, feel and do things. I have become more aware about my thoughts, feelings and actions and how these affect those around me, either...
Layo contributed to the February 2018 edition of the Leadership magazine discussing the difference between Supreme and Effective leaders and how we can either empower or dis-empower the people we lead. She used Star Wars (the movie) as reference to discuss the...
When I first started my internship with CIELARKO six weeks ago, I was unsure what to expect. I was very excited and curious as to what my tasks would be and who the people were that I’d spend the next one and a half months with. On my first day, I was pretty...
For someone who has never tried to publish their work in a reputable academic journal, it is hard to imagine how long this process can take. I (Layo) have been working on a paper concerning ethics in the sub-Saharan African organisational context with academic...
We have recently had the privilege of working with two client companies using global employee surveys in their South African subsidiaries. Employee surveys are well established instruments that are used by multinationals to understand how employees perceive their...
