Leadership
Find your place without imposing.
Observe how you offer direction, set boundaries and allow room for initiative. A focus on presence that can support taking on a new responsibility.
Equicoaching for businesses
Your posture speaks.The horse responds.
Tailored support for business owners, managers and teams. With Nicolas Guitton, observe how you decide, communicate and cooperate, then identify adjustments to try at work.
All exercises take place on foot. No equestrian experience is required.
Leaders, HR & talent development
A professional challenge as the starting point.
We start with a situation you want to develop. The programme may involve an individual, a group of managers or a team; the objective is defined with the sponsor before the encounter.
Communication
An instruction understood differently than intended.
Explore the gap between what you want to communicate and what can be observed in the exchange. Adjust your gestures, pace and the clarity of your request.
Trust & conflict
A disagreement that slows cooperation.
Reflect on individual responses, the space given to others and relationship habits. Identify another way to approach the situation.
Change & crisis
Make decisions as familiar reference points change.
Explore reactions under pressure, the distribution of roles and how to maintain shared direction during uncertainty or a crisis.
The programmes
Your challenge comes before our premium programme.
Four programme types, personalised support. We prepare the context, format and setting with you, giving the same care to the encounter, the debrief and its connection to work.
1.5 h
Discovery
A first encounter with a horse on foot at the Ferme Équi’table des Monts-Jura. Time to observe your responses, put them into words and open an initial avenue for reflection.
A first introduction
Discuss your project
4 h
Relationships & conflict
A workshop built around an internal tension or external relationship. Exercises and reflection help examine how you communicate, set boundaries and approach a disagreement.
Internal or external relationships
Discuss your project
4 h
Leading through crisis
Work on the manager’s presence, responses under pressure and the direction offered to the group. The programme can combine the workshop with a meal and discussion.
Decisions, stress and shared direction
Discuss your project
24–48 h
Immersion
A residential stay placing equicoaching within a broader team programme. Alternate encounters with horses and reflection time; meals and accommodation depend on the selected package and venue.
Seminar or extended development
Discuss your projectEvery programme is quoted individually. Group size, venue, facilitation, meals, accommodation and any travel are defined according to your project and availability.
Discuss your programmeSupport shaped around your reality.
An individual business owner’s need, a management situation or a shared challenge: the setting, exercises and debrief are adapted to your context.
Discuss your challenge01
Business owners, individually
Individual support to reflect on your presence, decisions and the situations you carry on your own.
02
Executives & leadership teams
Decision-making, consistency of direction and how the leadership team works together.
03
Managers
New roles, communication, managing tensions and supporting change.
04
Teams & employees
Listening, trust and cooperation around a shared situation to improve.
Understanding equicoaching
Between your intention and the outcome you seek, there is a relationship.
In the field, your gestures, posture and responses become observable. The horse’s response can highlight a gap between what you intend to communicate, what you say and how you act. With Nicolas, the experience connects to a concrete situation at work.
The value lies in moving between experience and reflection. With Nicolas, you describe what happened, separate facts from interpretations and consider what it reveals about a situation at work.
The horse’s response opens a discussion; it is not a verdict on your personality or abilities.
A shared experience. Learning to work on.
Team building creates a shared experience. Equicoaching adds an explicit development goal, guided observation and time to connect the experience to management. It can extend a team day or form part of a seminar.
How a session unfolds
Experience, understand, then try differently.
The horse provides a practical starting point. Guided reflection connects each exercise to your challenge, without aiming for an equestrian performance.
- 01
Frame
Clarify the objective, participants and context. Discuss concerns and agree how experiences will be shared and fed back.
- 02
Experience
Build a connection on foot through progressive instructions. Observe your posture, choices and responses during the interaction.
- 03
Reflect
Put facts and feelings into words. With Nicolas, distinguish what was observed from what was interpreted.
- 04
Apply
Choose a workplace situation in which to try an adjustment and define what you can observe afterwards.
Three reference points to take the experience further.
The debrief turns a feeling into a clear development opportunity. These reference points connect the encounter to a real situation rather than a general impression.
- An observed fact
- What you did, the response observed and the moment the interaction changed.
- A connection to work
- A habit, difficulty or strength you recognise in your everyday working life.
- An adjustment to try
- A practical action: rephrase a request, change your pace or listen before deciding.
Your contact, from preparation to the field
Nicolas Guitton: group experience and a working knowledge of horses.
For nearly 20 years, Nicolas has designed and led business events and outdoor experiences, including for organisations based in Geneva and Lyon. As a business leader and hiking guide, he understands the realities of organisation, decision-making and leading a group.
A professional breeder of Comtois working horses, he brings a daily relationship with horses to equicoaching. His approach combines this practice with his management education and experience guiding groups in natural environments.
The equicoaching offer is developed in partnership with Les Carnets d’Éveils, building on the management training Nicolas has undertaken.
Discover his background- Professional practice with horses
- French specialist certificate in working with harnessed horses, awarded in 2017.
- Guiding in natural environments
- State-qualified hiking guide with experience leading groups in the field.
- Management education
- Master’s in Sports Management, ESG Paris.
The Jura & Lake Geneva region
The Jura mountains, at the heart of the experience.
The Ferme Équi’table des Monts-Jura is the base for the discovery offer. Its pastures, working horses and mountain surroundings give living animals and nature a tangible role in the programme.
For businesses around the cross-border Lake Geneva region, the venue is chosen with the programme. Other locations, residential options and availability are confirmed in the proposal.
FAQ
Before visiting our equestrian venues.
Useful answers for planning a project with your leadership, HR team or colleagues.
Do participants need to know how to ride?
No. This equicoaching experience takes place entirely on foot. No equestrian skill is required and learning to ride is not the objective.
Can we attend individually or as a team?
Both approaches can be considered. A leader or manager can work on their own presence; a group can explore a cooperation challenge. Group composition and facilitation are defined in the initial conversation.
Which format should we choose for our team?
The 1.5-hour discovery session offers a first introduction. Two 4-hour workshops focus on conflict or leading a team through a crisis. The 24- to 48-hour immersion is part of a residential programme. We select the format based on your objective, not simply the time available.
How is interaction with the horse supervised?
Interactions on foot are guided and instructions are progressive. Preparation provides an opportunity to discuss concerns, participant needs and respect for the horse. Practical arrangements are clarified before the encounter.
Where does the intervention take place?
The discovery session is offered at the Ferme Équi’table des Monts-Jura. For other programmes, we select a venue according to your project, hosting conditions and availability. The venue is confirmed in the quote.
How should we prepare for the session?
Prepare a professional situation you would like to explore rather than a list of broad objectives. We then provide details of clothing, footwear, timings and arrangements suited to the venue. Discuss any concerns in the first conversation.
Can the programme be adapted to participants?
Tell us about accessibility needs or any concerns about horses during our initial conversation. We explore possible adaptations with you according to the venue, terrain and planned exercises.
How can we request a quote?
The quote takes account of participant numbers, preparation, duration, venue and required facilitation. Meals, accommodation and any travel are specified. Booking conditions are provided with the proposal.
What would you like to move forward?
Share a specific situation. Nicolas will help clarify the objective, participants and a suitable format for your organisation.
To prepare the conversation: your challenge, expected group size and preferred dates.
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