Jester

Horse-Powered Leadership Workshops

Elevate your team's leadership potential with an impactful, fun opportunity!

About Us

Through horse-assisted activities, your group will learn and practice valuable life skills such as problem-solving, teamwork, communication, and more. No riding or horse experience is necessary because all activities happen on the ground. Your team can leave the horsemanship skills to us while focusing on learning in a fun, new way.

The Experience

Our professionals will guide your team through exercises with our horses to increase team creativity, problem-solving, communication, and other leadership skills. Sessions are tailored to your goals and needs.

Why Horses?

Due to their inherently social nature, horses are exceptional communicators. Engaging with our horses will provide your team with valuable insights about themselves and challenge them to grow together in a unique and memorable environment.

Invest in your Team

  • 3-hour workshop: $150/person | 4-person minimum, 16-person maximum.
  • 6-hour workshop (lunch included): $250/person | 4-person minimum, 16-person maximum.

Activities & Objectives

  • Tug of War: Travel through various stations and use creativity to turn your horses around. Objectives: Communication
  • Horse Billiards: Guide a horse using only non-verbal cues into one corner of the arena within 1 minute without touching the horse. Objectives: Leadership
  • Blindman’s Bluff: A blindfolded team member leads a horse through an obstacle course while other team members give verbal cues to assist in successfully navigating the course. Objectives: Communication
  • Team Trust: Work together to build your own course with a unique objective. Once complete, demonstrate your course to the other team and help the other team move towards the goal. Objectives: Communication
  • Brainiac: In groups of three, one person is the left hand, one person is the right hand, and one person is the brain. The brain is the only teammate who can talk and has to instruct the left hand and right hand to do various tasks to complete the goal. The catch? The left hand can only use the left hand, and the right hand can only use the right hand. Objectives: Communication
  • Four Musketeers: One person is blindfolded, one cannot hear, one cannot speak, and one cannot touch. They must work together to complete their goals with limitations. Objectives: Problem-Solving
  • Saddle-Up Challenge: During this timed event, teams will work together to saddle and unsaddle a horse. Afterward, discuss the pros and cons and how the team can improve and team members. Objectives: Problem-Solving, Communication

FAQ

What makes this program different from others? Our customizable, hands-on, Horse-Powered Workshops allow your employees to grow and enhance their skills in a unique environment with a special instructor - the horse! All of the programming at Jester Park Equestrian Center is unique to the area. Our Horse-Powered Workshops use either regular-sized horses or Miniature Horses. Adjusting the size of our equine partner allows participants to feel safe and unintimidated while working through our programs.

Will we be riding? No. All of our session work is ground-based learning, and we work alongside the horse as a team member to complete activities and objectives.

What should I wear? All participants must wear long pants, close-toed shoes, and clothing they are okay with getting dirty.

Registration

Book your Horse Powered Leadership experience for your team here! 

Additional questions? Contact us!

jpec_info@polkcountyiowa.gov

(515) 999-2818

Jester Park Equestrian Center strives to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals to participate. If you anticipate needing a modification due to a disability or have questions about accessibility, please contact us at 515-999-2818 or jpec_info@polkcountyiowa.gov.