Team Building with Horses
A Unique Experience for
Executive Retreats and Sales Teams

Discover the natural wisdom of the herd!

Gain insight into the dynamics of YOUR herd!

Why Horses?

Horses are herd animals of prey with a keen sense of awareness. Working with horses, builds a heightened level of sensitivity and awareness.
This is not a seminar but an individually crafted session based on your objectives. Let us know your challenges in working as a team or tuning into your customer. We'll design a set of experiences tailored to meet your specific objectives.

Our Approach to Equine Assisted Team Building

Bring your team to the country for the day....
share this unique team bonding experience!!

Using the techniques of internationally acclaimed horse trainer and best-selling author Chris Irwin, equestrian facilitator Deborah Weiss will take you through a range of exercises from her Knowing Your Herd process. All exercises are geared to fine-tuning your communication, listening and team work skills. Experiences can include grooming, tack up challenges, walking a horse, free lunging, round penning, and much, much more.

These experiences will be debriefed by our President, Anne Thornley-Brown to uncover business applications. Anne is a skilled facilitator with an MBA from York University's Shulich school of Business and over 15 years of business experience. Anne is an avid rider who has been riding horses for pleasure for 10 years.

Possible Topics Include:

• Building Trust
• Hearing Your herd
• Ensuring you are being HEARD
• Non-Verbal Communication
• Deciphering Body Language and Non-Verbal Cues
• Member Roles and Responsibilities
• Building Respectful Relationships

...and much more

We're offering this unique team building experience with horses just North of Toronto. It's on an exquisite 100 acre estate, the former grounds of the North York and Toronto Hunt. Inexperienced riders and non-riders will work with the horses on the ground and complete a range of exercises aimed at improving communication and leadership skills.

Especially for
Sales Teams

Sales teams, start your week out right. Hold your weekly strategy session and team briefing in a unique country setting. Share and debrief this unique team bonding exeperience with an experienced business facilitator. Then, map out your strategy for the week, over a working lunch and you're on your way. We'll eventually get you in the saddle and you will learn to guide the horse through subtle, non-verbal cues. Every week we'll uncover applications to the team communication and sales process. We'll get you to the point that you will be able to do a musical ride with your team. This involves precision, reading of non-verbal cues and subtle communication with the horse and the other team members.

Ideal for small teams for sales rallies, executive retreats, and sales strategy sessions

Ideal Group Size: 4 - 12 - We'll Work with Groups of 4 at a time.

Process: When 1 group of 4 works with the equestrian facilitator, the other will work with the business facilitator.

• Week 1: 1 Day Team Building Session Combining equestrian and business exercises and strategy session
• Follow up: 8 Weekly 1/2 Day Sessions

Outline for Weekly Sessions:

• Equestrian exercises and riding lessons - 1 1/2 Hours
• Business Debriefing and strategy Sessions - 1 1/2 Hours
• Your Sales Team Meeting
• Lunch

Other Equine Assisted Team Building Programmes

• Texas: Innovate Horizons
• Ohio: Map Potential

To describe your requirements and find out how we can help you achieve your objectives, please submit the Booking Request Form that you can access through the Book Services tabs and links.

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