Turn New Hires Into a Team
You hired great people.
Now make them a team.
Great hires don’t automatically make a team.
Belonging has to be built.
This is the day that builds it fast.
A full day in the Tuscan hills where your new team works with horses on the ground, no riding, no role-play. Horses respond only to what is real, so trust, communication and presence form in the open instead of taking months to appear. It builds belonging fast, before habits set, and gives a new group a shared origin story to start from. This is Horse Power Team™.
You have tried the onboarding deck, the welcome lunch, the icebreakers. This is different: a day that turns new hires into a real team, builds trust and belonging in the open, and gives your new group a shared origin story to return to as they start working together.
The truth about most onboarding.
A slide deck, a welcome lunch, a round of introductions, and by the second week people still barely know each other. Those things inform new hires, but they don’t build a team, and they don’t create real trust.
What if belonging didn’t take months?
A horse doesn’t respond to job titles, seniority, or the right introduction. It responds only to what is real, so a new group builds its first genuine trust and cooperation in the open, together, on day one rather than month six.
That is what this day is for.
Request a quote →A Shared Origin Story
A day your new team all lived, together.
A moment they’ll point back to from their very first week.
Horse Power Team™ is not something you onboard people through.
It is something a new team lives, together.
And long after the day ends,
it stays in how they trust each other.
Horse Power Team™ is a guided day of ground work with horses in a quiet Tuscan setting, led by experienced facilitators.
What makes it work for a new team is its honesty.
It asks your new hires to coordinate, communicate and stay present with a horse that reflects exactly what they do, no titles, no scripts, no way to fake it. So a group of near-strangers builds its first real trust in the open, and starts to feel like one team.
It suits any new group, from a graduate cohort finding its feet to remote hires meeting in person for the first time. No horse experience is required. Everyone arrives exactly as they are, as equals, and that is the point.
There is no “right” outcome and no one is put on the spot. That is what makes it safe and useful: the horses reveal what is real, and we help your new team make sense of it, together.
It does not induct your people, it lets them become a team, and gives them a shared story to build on.
Request a quote →What This Day Gives Your New Team
Belonging, built fast.
Their first real trust, not just introductions.
A shared origin story they’ll start from.
What Your New Team Experiences
It meets your new hires exactly where they are: for a graduate cohort it turns cautious strangers into a group that belongs. For remote hires it turns little squares on a screen into people who have stood beside each other. For many it becomes a shared origin story, a day everyone was there for, that they carry into their first weeks together.
There is nothing to perform and nothing to win.
Only new people, seeing each other beyond job titles.
This is what makes it both safe and useful:
a day that meets a new team where it is, and builds belonging before habits set.
When You Have New Hires, But Not Yet a Team
Some days induct new people.
This one turns them into a team that trusts each other.
Horse Power Team™ meets your new group where it is, without forcing anything.
Horse Power Team™ is designed for the moments when a new group needs to become a real team, and choosing to build trust and belonging early, before habits set, is already a step forward.
After a wave of hiring
You brought in a lot of people quickly, and now you have a headcount rather than a team. Everyone is still learning names, who does what, and how the others actually work. One shared, level day builds a common language faster than any onboarding deck.
Request a quote →A graduate or trainee cohort
A new intake, early in their careers, polite and a little cautious with each other. They need to feel they belong before habits and cliques set in. A day where nobody can hide behind a job title gives them a shared origin story and their first real trust.
Request a quote →Remote hires meeting in person
People who have only met on screens are finally in the same place. The window is short and the awkwardness is real. A day on the ground, together, turns a video-call roster into people who have actually stood beside each other and trusted each other.
Request a quote →“For over twenty years, I have watched horses show people the truth about how they connect. Not through words. Not through advice. Through presence. Through mirror. Through honesty a new team cannot argue with.”
“New hires can’t perform for a horse. It reflects exactly how they communicate, whether they trust each other yet, and how they come together under pressure. If you are here, considering this for your new team, trust that instinct. I look forward to meeting you in the arena.”
- Angelika Schneider, Founder of Alterreno
Founder & Facilitator
Angelika Schneider
Founder of Alterreno, former Parelli 4-Star Instructor and BHS certified, with twenty years guiding horses and humans through learning and transformation. She doesn’t teach techniques, she creates conditions where awareness and authentic presence emerge naturally.
Equestrian Centre in Tuscany
Alterreno
Nestled in the Tuscan hills near Peccioli (Pisa), Alterreno is the only equestrian centre in Italy approved by the British Horse Society. For over twenty years, it has been a place where horses and people grow side by side through trust, awareness and presence.
Founded by Angelika Schneider, Alterreno is internationally recognised for its ethical approach to horsemanship and human development.
Where Horse Power Team™ Is Born
The Approach
Horse Power Team™ was born at Alterreno from observing how horses respond to human presence when there is nothing to perform and nothing to prove. These encounters are not about riding, but about connection, trust and communication between people.
Within a safe and guided setting, horses reflect what is real, allowing trust to emerge naturally. There are no expected outcomes and no pressure to perform.
This is why Horse Power Team™ reaches new teams that onboarding decks cannot: it adapts to your group and meets it exactly where it is.
When new teams reflect on their Horse Power Team™ day, certain words appear again and again
“Belonging”
Mentioned 6 times
“Honest”
Mentioned 12 times
“Trust”
Mentioned 12 times
“Together”
Mentioned 9 times
“Presence”
Mentioned 5 times
“Human”
Mentioned 4 times
Illustrative scenarios based on real corporate days. Anonymised, no client names or logos, attributed to role only.
How it works, one clear step at a time
Step one
Request a quote
Tell us about your new team, how it came together, and roughly how many people. We reply within two working days with a tailored proposal, no obligation.
Step two
A short assessment call
The €180 assessment. A focused conversation to understand your cohort, how they were hired, and what you want the day to achieve, so we design it around them.
Step three
Your day at Alterreno
A full day in the Tuscan hills, on the ground with the horses, fully guided. No riding, no role-play, just real dynamics made visible so a new group becomes a real team.
The return
A debrief that lands back at work
We close with a structured debrief that turns what the horses revealed into a shared origin story and practical takeaways your new team can use from their first week onward.
Why teams trust this
Over twenty years of experience
For more than two decades, Alterreno has been creating transformative experiences rooted in ethical horsemanship and deep human presence.
The only BHS approved centre in Italy
Alterreno is the only equestrian centre in Italy approved by the British Horse Society, a mark of genuine standards and care.
An international community
Guests come from over thirty countries. Days are delivered in both English and Italian, whichever suits your new team.
Consistently rated five stars
Alterreno holds a 5.0 rating on verified experiences. Real people. Real accounts. No intermediaries.
Guided by expert hands
Founded by Angelika Schneider, Parelli 4-Star Instructor and BHS certified teacher, supported by a highly trained team.
A clear, professional process
It starts with a quote and an assessment call. VAT and the assessment are included, invoicing is straightforward, and nothing is left vague.
Limited availability
To keep every day focused and genuinely private, we host only a few corporate days each month. One new team at a time, never rushed.
Once the month’s dates are taken, no more are added. If this is right for your new team, requesting a quote costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
Horse Power Team™ in action
Request a tailored quote
Tell us about your team and your goals. We’ll reply within two working days with a tailored proposal, no obligation.
No obligation. Or write to club@alterrenoclub.com
F.A.Q.: Everything you may want to know
Horse Power Team™ works well for groups from 4 to 20. The day is designed around your numbers and your goals, so tell us the size of your new team or cohort when you request a quote and we will shape it accordingly.
That is exactly what it is best at. When a group has just formed, the horses give everyone a level, honest starting point, so new hires build trust and belonging far faster than months of meetings would allow.
There is no riding at all. Everything happens on the ground, on foot, at a calm pace. It is not a fitness challenge, it is about communication, trust and presence, so no equestrian experience is needed and everyone starts as an equal.
Before the day we hold a short assessment call, included in the €180 assessment fee, to understand your new team, how it came together and what you want to achieve. This is what lets us tailor the day rather than run a generic format.
The price is €1.980 per day, with VAT and the assessment included. We invoice your company directly and provide everything your finance team needs.
Both. Facilitation is available in English and Italian, so mixed, international and remote-hire cohorts are entirely at home here.
We keep corporate availability intentionally limited, so earlier is better, especially if you want the day soon after a hiring wave or a cohort’s start date. Request a quote and we will confirm what is currently open.
Yes. If you onboard in waves or run repeat graduate intakes, we can hold a Horse Power Team™ day for each cohort. Tell us your schedule when you request a quote and we will plan the dates with you.
Ready when you are? Request a quote, or write to us and we’ll help you decide.
After the day
The debrief closes the loop, so your new team leaves with a shared origin story and practical takeaways, not just a good memory. Some cohorts return later for another day, others simply carry the trust that formed into how they work together. Both are equally right. What forms between your people is theirs to keep.
One honest day could turn your new hires into a team.
You don’t need the perfect onboarding plan. You just have to be willing to let your new people become a real team, together.
Start with a quote and an assessment call. No obligation.