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Leaders In The Field

Lessons from working draft horses illuminate practical leadership principles involving direction, support, teamwork, and trust.

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Photo Credit: Courtesy of Mark Miller

Leadership often means directing and offering support while staying out of the way. This has been the case for hundreds of years down on the farm.

Look at the driver of a team of draft horses. The horses have to work together to accomplish a goal, such as plowing a field. To do that, they need a leader who:

- Knows what he or she is doing