Leadership Training
Leadership Training: A Three Day Breakthrough Intensive. Day 1: Authentic Leadership, Day 2: Developing Extraordinary Teams & Leaders Using Equine Experiential Learning, Day 3: Ropes Course. Challenge U Ranch, Fallbrook, CA
Challenge U and Life Design International Presents The Leader In U Trainings

TThe Leader In U is a variety of experiential based leadership trainings that focus on self leadership and team building. These formats are available for personal, team and corporate development. Gary De Rodriguez, Cathy Huddleston and Andi Burgis have to come together to combine their passion and years of experience to create these trainings. They have brought their A game to the table to support clients in learning, embodying, practicing and carrying forward a variety of self leadership skills in order to create the life of their dreams. This is done through classroom and outdoor experiential learning. Andi Burgis says “How you do anything is how you do everything!” and through these trainings our clients get to recognize how they’ve been doing life and making their decisions, discover if it’s working and if it’s not, how to proactively adjust and move forward. Our clients get to practice these skills through experiences with horses and low ropes course and high ropes course activities. We know there are many classroom trainings out there and propose that it’s the embodied practice of these skills that empowers us to forward movement in our lives. There’s no other training format out there that matches the level of opportunity, experience and practice that the Leader In U trainings provide. Our focus is on your highest good and discovery of self leadership skills that empowers you to begin to create the life of success, according to your definition. We invite you to step in to your own journey of self leadership with us and the unique format of the Leader in U!
Contained within these three days are the foundational tools for Authentic Leadership.
Day One: Gary will teach you to delve deeper than you have gone before to fully understand the principles of authentic leadership and the tools to transform mediocrity into excellence, spin and secrecy into authenticity, fear into power.
You will learn the qualities of authentic leadership and most importantly HOW to evolve yourself into the leader you are meant to be. Learn HOW to turn past stumbling blocks into spring boards.
You will learn the KEY to maintaining mental and emotional management and how to reach deep down to find and remain in your center in even the most difficult circumstances.
Day Two: Developing Extraordinary teams and Leaders Using Equestrian Experiential Learning with Cathy Huddleston
In our Equestrian format you’ll discover how to gain valuable information from emotions that previously sent you into a tailspin. You’ll practice how to set effective boundaries with people who, consciously or unconsciously, try to push others around. You’ll also learn how to motivate others without dominating or micromanaging, creating mutually respectful partnerships that allow you to dance with the changing needs and perceptions of your relationships as well as the world at large. Engaging presentations are enhanced by safe yet powerful ground activities with horses specially trained for this work (no riding/ no previous horse experience necessary).
A tremendous boost in self-esteem and confidence comes from learning how to establish boundaries and direct a thousand pound creature through mental focus, presence and clarity of intent. These skills, which can be difficult to teach in a conventional classroom, business coaching, or counseling session, have far ranging applications linked to increased success in personal relationships, career and team cohesion.

Day Three: Ropes Course with Andi Burgis. We have put together a day on the ropes course to offer you an experience that will support you in moving forward regardless of circumstances, in breaking through limiting beliefs, in reconnecting with what is important.
The combination of a low and high ropes course enables participants to grow at the team and individual levels, exploring risk, leadership, communication, and teamwork.
The low ropes focuses on collaboration, communication, trust and problem solving. The challenges call upon every member of the team to participate, and present unending opportunities for discovery, development and the practice of leadership skills.
Through this program, you will connect experientially to “If I Can Do This, I Can Do ANYTHING!”
By attending this THREE DAY workshop you will:
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Experience how your thinking and emotion transfers to how you take action

- Build self realization in a powerful , energetic way
- Become aware of your energy and how to transfer to positively influence others
- Increase communication effectiveness
- Increase connection with self and others
- Create understanding on your relationship with risk and fear; connect with risk and fear in a positive, forward moving way
- Experience the value of being present in your relationships and as a leader
- Achieve clarity about who you are and what you desire.
- Achieve clarity about the possibilities that exist for you and your life.
- Identify patterns inhibiting movement into the personal satisfaction you seek.
- Create authentic relationships and community.
- Reduce stress and increase mind-body awareness.
- Learn effective and congruent communication skills.

- Redefine power and leadership.
- Identify barriers to effective communication.
- Increase teamwork.
- Develop responsibility, team and leadership skills.
- Learn to identify and set healthy boundaries.
Call: 760-535-3052
Location : ChallengeU Ranch Fallbrook, CA 92028
Contact : 760-535-3052
San Diego * Orange County * Los Angeles County