Equine Assisted Learning for Teams

Beyond the novelty of ropes courses and whitewater rafting...

Equine Assisted Learning is THE new team building resource! Do you need to:

  • Increase productivity?
  • Improve communication?
  • Enhance problem-solving skills?

Horse Sense of the Carolinas uses Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) to help groups and teams become better, stronger and more successful. By utilizing the curious, instinctive nature of the horses, we help your team identify obstacles and create opportunities to model new patterns of cooperation and interaction.

Programs we offer include:

Communication Intelligence for Teams

What separates good teams from great teams?

Quite simply: Emotional & Social Intelligence. Develop them here!

Is your team paralyzed by unspoken rules regarding conflict? Struggling with motivation and stressful working environments? Spend some time developing new patterns to take back into the office.

Topics covered include:

  • Team identity
  • Motivation
  • Stress tolerance
  • Conflict resolution
  • Communication

Activities with the horses are developed to highlight the areas that most impact your organization. Horses introduce the element of the unknown, the variable that brings everyone to the table to solve problems and conflicts together.

Outcomes to expect:

  • Increased creativity, lessen defensiveness in projects
  • Higher staff retention and engagement of team members
  • More flexible, more collaborative and more resilient teams
  • Sustainable success and productivity, beyond the one-project wonder

Program based on ideas in Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman.

"Emotionally and Socially Intelligent teams are the hallmark of the world's most innovative, most profitable, and most sustainable organizations." - The Emotionally Intelligent Team, Hughes & Terrell

Maximizing Team Effectiveness

What's holding you back from becoming a high-performance team?

Are you ready to shift bad team habits to healthy ones?

Based on the ideas discussed in Patrick Lencioni's 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, this program offers the opportunity to remedy the top reasons teams fail.

Subjects addressed include:

  • Absence of trust among team members
  • Fear of conflict and disagreement
  • Lack of commitment to the team, the project or the goal (or all three!)
  • Avoidance of accountability
  • Inattention to results

Activities with the horses are developed to highlight the areas that most impact your organization. Horses introduce the element of the unknown, the variable that brings everyone to the table to solve problems and conflicts together.

Outcomes to expect:

  • Recognize the multiple and differing strengths of team members
  • Awareness of differing styles and preferences
  • Clarity around goals and expectations of team members
  • Learn how to deal, in the moment, with the inevitable "unknowns" that arise

Most programs will include three aspects: 

  • Pre-site visit consultation, on the phone or in person
  • Event with the horses at our farm or a location near you
  • Post-site visit consultation, on the phone or in person

You can customize it further by selecting:

  • Half-day
  • Full day
  • Retreat package
  • Ongoing group and individual development

We focus on patterns of significant moments of change and interaction that reveal patterns to improve on or change.

Contact us to discuss your program today!