Corporate and team programs in Brisbane and Ipswich
The honest conversation happens in the carpark
One day at our Pine Mountain property in South East Queensland, where what your people are actually communicating becomes visible, and then gets practised. No riding. No trust falls. No slideshow.
Sound familiar?
Three things groups tell us before they book.
Everyone agreed in the room.
Then the real version came out afterwards, and now you are managing two conversations instead of one.
You have done the training.
Everyone enjoyed it, the feedback was good, and nothing was different on Monday.
Your best people go quiet, or sharp, when it counts.
Capable and considered right up until the pressure arrives.
These are not personality problems. They are what happens when the distance between what people mean and what they signal gets wide enough to trip over.
Who our team programs are for
We work with:
Workplaces and leadership teams
Carrying something specific: a team that has gone quiet, a merger that has not settled, managers who avoid the hard conversation.
Community organisations, allied health and disability services
who want practical development for the people doing demanding work.
Schools and youth groups
Looking for engaging, practical programs for the young people they support.
We work with groups from across Brisbane, Ipswich and South East Queensland. If your group does not fit neatly into one of those, get in touch anyway. Programs are shaped around your people, not the other way around.
What actually happens on the day
Nobody rides. Nobody is asked to share their feelings in front of their colleagues. Nobody is put on the spot. This is not team building in the sense of ropes courses and trust falls.
You arrive at the property, we talk through the day over coffee, and then we go out to the paddock. In small groups, your team works through simple, structured tasks alongside the horses: leading, directing, moving together, changing plans partway through. Ordinary tasks that require people to be clear with each other and with the animal.
The horses respond to what is actually happening rather than what is intended, so the gap shows up immediately and without anyone having to name it. Someone who thinks they are being clear will find the horse does not move. Someone who thinks they are staying calm will find otherwise.
Then we come back in and talk about what happened, and connect it to what happens in your workplace. That debrief is where the day turns into something usable.
A half day runs from 9am to 12pm with snacks provided. A full day runs from 9am to 3pm with lunch provided.
Common questions about our corporate programs
What if someone on my team is frightened of horses?
That is common and it is not a problem. All work happens on the ground, at whatever distance a person is comfortable with, and observing is a legitimate way to take part. Nobody is pushed. People who start at the fence usually do not stay there, but that is their call and not ours.
Is this therapy?
No. This is equine-assisted learning: structured, practical, focused on capability rather than treating anything. It is facilitated by a qualified practitioner, which is why the debrief is useful, but nobody is a patient here.
Do we need any experience with horses?
None at all. Most groups have never been near one.
Is it safe?
Yes, and it is taken seriously. All activity is on the ground, supervised, with clearly briefed boundaries. We hold public liability insurance, every program starts with a safety briefing, and everyone completes a waiver before we begin.
How many people can you take?
Groups run from 5 to 12 people. If your team is larger, talk to us about running more than one group.
What does a corporate program cost?
It depends on the group size and the format, a half day, a full day, or a series of sessions. Tell us your group and what you want from the day, and we will send you a clear quote.
How a program comes together
We talk first.
A short conversation about your team, what you want to be different, and whether we are the right fit. If we are not, we will tell you.
We design it around your people.
Group size, what is actually going on, and how much appetite there is. A half day, a full day, or a series of sessions.
You do the work.
Hands-on, at the property, followed by a debrief that ties it back to Monday morning.
Why equine-assisted learning works when the workshop did not
Most training tells people what they should do differently. Very little of it changes what they actually do in a hard conversation.
Horses respond to what is happening in a person, not to job titles, scripts or good intentions. That makes them unusually useful feedback, for three reasons. The feedback has no politics: a horse has no stake in your org chart and nothing to gain from being diplomatic. It cannot be performed around, which discussion-based training always can. And because it is practised under real, mild pressure rather than agreed to in a room, it behaves differently when the pressure is real.
The day is facilitated and debriefed by a rehabilitation counsellor whose everyday work is helping people build functional capability. That is the part that turns an interesting experience into something your team can still use in six weeks.
What people say
A few words from people who have spent a day with us.
“We really enjoyed our experience at Stable & Grounded and learnt things about ourselves that we didn’t know. We look forward to implementing this in both our work and our lives.”
“Brittany’s experiential way of leadership training is like no other. My team have been raving about the day, and our office atmosphere has noticeably shifted since the program.”
“We love how flexible the boutique design is. It was tailored to our business needs rather than a set program we had to fit into, and we were involved in the planning process.”
“Brittany has a way of getting people to engage and learn in a way that doesn’t feel forced.”
“Being at Stable & Grounded has an instant calming presence. I didn’t realise how much I had been racing through life.”
“Even just one session with you has changed so many areas of my life.”
Who you will be working with
Stable & Grounded is led by Brittany Birch, an ASORC-registered rehabilitation counsellor and registered NDIS provider (Registration ID 4-KZ5ALG8). Her day-to-day work is helping people rebuild real-world capability, not insight for its own sake.
You will work with Brittany directly. She designs the program, runs the day, and is the person you call if something needs to change.
Programs run at our property at Pine Mountain, between Brisbane and Ipswich.
Tell us what is going on
Send us a short note about your team and what you would like to be different. We will come back with an honest view of whether we can help and what a day could look like, including if the answer is that we are not the right fit.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 07 3156 1239, Monday to Friday 10am to 2pm.