When a seasoned founder says a single experience reshaped how she understands leadership, it’s worth paying attention.
In the Champion Women blog, “What a 600-Kilo Horse Taught Me About Leadership (and Myself)”, Laura Connarty Duncan (Founder) describes receiving unfiltered feedback — not from a boardroom, but from a 600-kilo horse.
The lesson was immediate.
At senior levels, leadership can become refined performance: strategy, delivery, decision-making. Yet Laura’s reflection highlights a harder truth:
Leadership effectiveness is determined by internal alignment.
When tension, doubt or incongruence are present, they are felt, regardless of experience or expertise. The horse simply reflected what many environments won’t.
The Core Insight
This experience reinforces what I see every day in leadership development:
- Your presence shapes trust, engagement and influence
- Your emotional awareness determines how you respond under pressure
- Your consistency drives credibility and results
- Your clarity accelerates alignment and goal achievement
For executives and emerging leaders alike, the message is clear:
Sustainable impact begins with self-leadership.
Your Invitation to ‘Step Into Your Power’
If Laura’s reflection resonates — if you recognise the importance of understanding:
- How you show up
- How you make decisions
- How you influence others — at work, at home, and in everyday life
Then this is your next step.
As Laura experienced, this is not about job titles.
This is about personal power.
We are delighted to invite you to attend our inaugural Co-Designed Leadership Experience for Women, proudly presented by Chigi Leadership in partnership with Champion Women.
Stepping into Your Power – A Personal Development & Leadership Course for Women
Date: Sunday 22 March 2026
Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Location: Duffy’s Forest, Northern Beaches, Sydney
Investment: $499 + GST
👉 Register today here
In the Arena: Stepping Into the Leader You Already Are
Facilitated by me, Jacqui Parshall, Founder of Chigi Leadership
As one of only three certified TeachingHorse® practitioners in Australia, I professionally facilitate equine experiential leadership sessions working with horses as a leadership mirror — not as the focus themselves.
In the arena, you receive real-time, unbiased feedback about your leadership presence and impact.
You will experience firsthand how:
- Your presence shapes trust, engagement and influence
- Your emotional awareness determines how you respond under pressure
- Your consistency drives credibility and results
- Your clarity accelerates alignment and goal achievement
No riding.
No prior horse experience required.
All work is conducted safely from the ground.
One Chigi Leadership participant shared:
“Having recently experienced this course I can absolutely attest to its unique and incredibly insightful learning for individuals and teams. The lessons are fully applicable to the success of relationships in current complex work environments and best of all, the takeaways are entirely memorable and practical.”
— Leanne Warner, Buoyancy Consulting Group
Back at the Ranch: Personalised Coaching Integration
Facilitated by Laura Connarty Duncan, Founder of Champion Women
Following your arena experience, Laura will guide you through a personalised coaching integration session to translate insight into action.
Together, you will:
- Build a practical and sustainable framework for growth
- Clarify your next aligned steps
- Create accountability that fits your real life
- Strengthen your confidence and leadership presence
As one client describes:
“Working with Laura feels like having a strategist, a grounded reality-check, and a champion in your corner — I look forward to designing sustainable growth together.”
— Helen
Who This Is For:
This experience is ideal for women who:
- Want to understand how they truly show up
- Are navigating growth, transition or change
- Lead teams, families, businesses or projects
- Want to strengthen their confidence and clarity
- Are ready to step more fully into their personal power
What to Expect:
- A safe, professionally facilitated environment
- Deeply experiential learning in an intimate group setting
- Immediate, practical insights you can apply
- A transformational four hours focused entirely on your growth
- No riding and no horse experience required
4-Hour Women’s Development Experience
Date: Sunday 22 March 2026
Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Location: Duffy’s Forest, Northern Beaches, Sydney
Investment: $499 + GST
Places are intentionally limited to preserve depth and intimacy.
👉 Register today here
If you are ready to lead yourself — and others — with greater clarity, presence and confidence, I invite you to join us.
Because leadership is not something you perform.
It is something you embody.
