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The method
Measure it, then let people experience it
Evidence about how you work under pressure, and experiences away from the office that make that evidence felt, not just understood.
- Psychometric questionnaires and heart-rate biofeedback, first.
- Then walking, or horses.
- Then your team, your role and the people close to you.
- 01Psychometrics
- 02Biofeedback
- 03The body
- 04Walk & Talk
- 05Horses
Most coaching is conversation. The Nature Motivation method adds two things: evidence about how you work under pressure, and experiences away from the office that make that evidence felt, not just understood.
The tools, explained
01
Psychometrics
Validated questionnaires, used worldwide in leadership selection and development, that describe how you prefer to decide, lead, communicate and handle stress. They are not tests you pass or fail. They give a shared, objective starting point. Michele is a registered personality assessor with the British Psychological Society.
02
Biofeedback
A small sensor measures the tiny variations between your heartbeats, known as heart-rate variability. These variations show how strongly your body reacts to pressure and how well it recovers. Seeing this helps people notice stress earlier and learn simple ways to calm it.
03
The body
Pressure is not only in the mind. It shows in sleep, breathing, posture, digestion and the heart. A somatic approach means paying attention to these signals: noticing where stress sits in the body and learning to release it. Some complaints are psychosomatic, meaning the body expresses a strain that has not yet been put into words. After a doctor has ruled out medical causes, working with that link is often where real relief begins.
04
Walk & Talk
Sessions held while walking on quiet routes in the Vienna Woods or the Prater. Walking side by side lowers tension, and many people find it easier to think and speak openly.
05
Horses
Horses respond to body language, calm and clarity, not to titles or words. Their reactions give immediate, honest feedback on how you come across, especially under pressure. No riding and no experience are needed. Safety is managed with the partner stable.
A systemic view
We look at you within the systems you are part of: your team, your organisation, your family and the role you carry. Lasting change happens when these are taken into account.
The book
The method is set out in Leadership Coaching with Horses: The Power of Psychometrics and Biofeedback (Routledge, 2025).
“A worthwhile, well-written and insightful book with unique and valuable perspectives. I highly recommend it.”
Linda Kohanov, author of The Tao of Equus.