50 Million Years of Leadership Wisdom, Now in a Field Guide

RALEIGH, N.C. - May 26, 2026 - PRLog -- When leaders face chaos, most reach for frameworks built for a predictable world. June Gunter, Ed.D., founder and CEO of TeachingHorse, LLC, and Nicole Parks, Communications Director, are offering something different: leadership lessons drawn from horses. Their new book, Chaos to Clarity: A TeachingHorse Field Guide for Finding a Way Forward, is now available online through major retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the TeachingHorse website.

Horses have navigated uncertainty for 50 million years, not by eliminating it, but by reading it, and leading through it together. Gunter's field guide translates that survival intelligence into a practical framework for human leaders navigating disruption.

At the heart of the book is Gunter's Diamond Model of Shared Leadership™, a 4-capability framework built around Attention, Direction, Energy, and Congruence. These are the capabilities horses use to assess and follow a leader. Gunter shows leaders how to apply this model through reflection prompts, field exercises, and case studies.

The timing is deliberate. A crisis of leadership confidence is playing out inside organizations of every size and sector. Gallup research shows a majority of employees are disengaged, and executive teams cite uncertainty as the #1 barrier to effective decision-making. Chaos to Clarity offers a counter-model of leadership.

What Readers Will Find Inside

• A practical introduction to the Diamond Model of Shared Leadership™
• Chapter-by-chapter field notes, reflection prompts, and exercises designed for individual leaders and teams
• The Confidence in Uncertainty Scale, a self-assessment tool exclusive to the book
• Guidance for leaders at every level: solo practitioners, team leads, and senior executives

Chaos to Clarity: A TeachingHorse Field Guide for Finding a Way Forward is available now at teachinghorse.com, Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Bulk orders are available through TeachingHorse directly.

ISBN: 979-8-3178-3642-9

Order directly: store.bookbaby.com (https://store.bookbaby.com/book/chaos-to-clarity-a-teachi...)

About the Authors

June Gunter, Ed.D., is the founder and CEO of TeachingHorse, LLC, and creator of the Diamond Model of Shared Leadership™. With a doctorate in Adult Learning from North Carolina State University and decades of work with leaders across industries, Gunter's equine-assisted programs bring leaders into direct encounter with horses and with the leadership qualities horses demand.

Nicole Parks is Communications Director at TeachingHorse, LLC, and coauthor of Chaos to Clarity. Parks translated Gunter's methodology into a field guide accessible to leaders at every level.

About TeachingHorse

TeachingHorse, LLC is a leadership development company based in North Carolina. Through equine-assisted experiences, workshops, and coaching, TeachingHorse helps organizations build the shared leadership capabilities that uncertainty demands.

For Review Copies, Speaking Inquiries, or Interview Requests

Nicole Parks

nicole@teachinghorse.com

770-500-2497