12 chapters, 4 continents, one quarter: inside our Q2 Elephant Rider Chapter Meetups
Something quietly remarkable is happening in cities and time zones around the world. Every quarter, our Elephant Rider Chapter Leads open a door, set out some chairs (or a Circle live room), and create space for the conversations that matter. No workshops. No webinars. Just practitioners gathering to share what is working, what is hard, and what they are learning.
This past quarter, twelve chapters across four continents met on a single theme: Coaching & Mentoring.
The quarter's theme: Coaching & Mentoring
Q2 was about the quieter, more personal side of the work. Not group facilitation, but the one-to-one. How do we use the ECD in a coaching conversation? In mentoring someone through a stretch in their career? In self-coaching, when we need to find our own words for what we feel before we can move? Our chapters picked up the ECD coaching tools, tried them in pairs, and explored where they might use them in their real work.
The magic, as always, was not in the tools themselves. It was in the stories that surfaced when people had language for what they were carrying, and a room that made it safe to share.
Around the world
From Auckland to Toronto, Perth to the UK, Melbourne to Central & Eastern Europe, our Chapter Leads made it happen. Local chapters met in person, over coffee and cards. Regional chapters gathered virtually, bridging countries and time zones. Every one of them ran on the same three rituals that unite every Elephant Rider meetup: we play with the deck, we pose a beautiful question, and we close with a one-card checkout.
A heartfelt thank you to every Chapter Lead and co-lead who hosted this quarter. You are the reason this community feels like a community.
What's next: Q3, Tension & Courage
This quarter we turn to something many of us avoid: tension and conflict. Q3's theme is Tension & Courage, exploring how the ECD helps us when things get hard. In a difficult conversation. In a moment of friction on a team. In the inner conflict of a hard call, a decision we have to make, or one we have already made. Rather than avoiding the tricky stuff, we explore what helps us find the courage to lean in, repair, and stay connected.
Join us
Elephant Rider Chapter Meetups are free, and they happen all over the world. Chapters are for our certified ECD Practitioners & Partners, and we open every meetup to plus-ones. So if you know an Elephant Rider and you are curious to learn more, reach out to someone you know in that chapter and ask to come along as their guest.
Behind every meetup is a group of people choosing to do real emotional culture work, together. We would love for you to be one of them.
If you're a practitioner in one of these cities and would like to join click here now, or please reach out to us at team@ridersandelephants.com. We'll put you in touch with your Chapter Leads and show you how to RSVP and join an upcoming meet-up.
