Team cohesion is an essential element for the success of a company. The recent experiences of confinement and the development of telework have made the importance of creating links and strengthening the human dimension of exchanges, especially during informal moments, felt. To foster strong relationships and harmonious collaboration between the members of your team, organizing a seminar in the mountains can prove to be a winning solution.
Discover how a mountain seminar can strengthen the cohesion of your management committee or your team, by offering a unique and memorable experience to your employees.
1 – Get out of the routine during your mountain seminar
Getting out of the usual office setting is the first step towards team building. Organizing a seminar in the mountains allows your employees to get away from their daily routine and immerse themselves in a stimulating natural environment.
The magnificent natural environment of the mountain offers an exceptional setting for your professional event, conducive to relaxation, reflection and creativity. The mountain seminar immediately transports you to a magical and inspiring universe, and thus allows team members to reconnect with each other in a different context.
With its rejuvenating landscapes, snow-capped peaks, sparkling lakes and rich cultural heritage, the mountain seminar is ideal to recharge the batteries, stimulate creativity, promote exchanges and strategic thinking.
2 – Develop conviviality during a mountain seminar in a chalet
Beyond the exceptional natural setting, the warm accommodation in an authentic chalet, or a charming hotel, propels you during your mountain seminar into a privileged atmosphere to create bonds and memories together.
Cabin accommodation promotes the conviviality of the teams, while preserving intimacy participants in the mountain seminar. Indeed, the chalets have spacious common living areas encouraging sharing and informal moments, around a traditional breakfast or a tasty dinner for example. The chalets are also spacious enough to respect everyone's privacy, each of the bedrooms in particular being en suite with a private bathroom.
For larger groups, we can accommodate up to 80 people in the hotel. Rooms and equipment for your meetings are available according to your needs throughout your mountain seminar.
Pointe de sel offers chalets with all necessary equipment for your moments of conviviality and workshops.
Let us know your needs for your workshops and discussions. Would you like a plenary meeting room with projection equipment to guarantee the smooth running of your presentations and workshops? Or do you want a more cozy space with, for example, sofas for brainstorming or your strategic discussions?
To enhance conviviality, some chalets have a relaxation area with swimming pool, sauna, jacuzzi, table football, board games, dance floors or karaoke...
Select your cottage for your seminar in the mountains with Pointe de sel.
3 - Do team building activities together in a mountain seminar
The advantages of a mountain seminar also lie in the multitude of possible team-building activities, in all seasons. Mountain activities will allow your employees to strengthen their ties and promote team cohesion.
In winter, the ski seminar is of course very popular with the teams, whether your employees are beginners or more experienced in skiing. It is also possible to organize a seminar with varied and very cohesive off-ski activities. Whether it's a mountain hike on snowshoes, a cross-country skiing or biathlon session, building an igloo or snowmobile outing, or an evening in the heart of a traditional chalet after a torchlight parade, there are many possibilities for create strong and memorable moments.
In spring, summer and autumn, nature also allows multiple variations. For example, you can opt for a fun activity of building rafts on a lake, an adventure course or a rafting trip.
These stimulating mountain activities require effective communication, a mutual trust and cooperation to be carried out successfully. By working together to overcome challenges, team members develop closer ties and get to know each other better.
For your safety and that of your teams, mountain activities are supervised by professional guides and mountain or high-mountain instructors.
The program of your mountain seminar is built in your image, and organized turnkey to offer you a bubble of disconnection and reconnection as a team.
4 – Encourage leadership and decision-making during a mountain seminar
A mountain seminar offers the opportunity to highlight the leadership within your team. Outdoor activities often require quick and efficient decision making. By giving each member of the team the opportunity to take responsibility and guide the group, you encourage the leadership development and the expression of each person's skills. It also promotes a better understanding of strengths and talents individuals within the team.
You can also involve a coach or high-level athlete. Top athletes have skills that can be easily transferred to the business world. They are used to setting ambitious goals, working in a team, handling pressure and maintaining constant motivation. The intervention of a coach or an athlete allows teams to discover and learn these key skills to apply them in their own professional life. Time management, effective communication and leadership techniques are integral parts of training for top athletes, making them valuable lessons for participants.
5 – Share your experience with common challenges
Shared experiences are essential to strengthen the bonds between team members. A mountain seminar offers the opportunity to meet common challenges, which creates a sense of belonging and unity. Overcoming obstacles together, such as climbing a peak or completing an engaging sporting activity, builds trust and solidarity between team members. These shared memories will continue to strengthen relationships within the team long after the seminar is over.
You can also share all these good memories around a tasty and famous Savoyard gastronomy. Our chefs indeed enhance your days with delicious Savoyard or French meals, adapted to your desires, with fresh and seasonal products. We can also advise you for your lunches on the slopes or evening in a traditional or gastronomic restaurant during the Savoie seminar.
The organization of catering at the chalet can be done either with a hotel service or in a more friendly way with meal delivery so that you feel at home.
In conclusion: the turnkey and tailor-made organization of a mountain seminar
Organizing a seminar in the mountains is a wise choice to strengthen team cohesion in an enchanting setting. The exotic landscapes, far from the usual office setting, the warm chalets, the stimulating activities or coaching, and the richness of the sharing make the seminar in the mountains an inspiring and unforgettable moment for your management seminars, incentives, business seminars, or teambuilding in crew.
Outdoor team-building activities encourage collaboration, leadership, and decision-making, while shared experiences create lasting memories and strengthen bonds among team members. Give your team an unforgettable experience and strengthen the cohesion of your company by organizing a seminar in the mountains.
Call on a mountain seminar professional in Savoie
Pointe de sel accompanies you for theorganization of your seminar in the mountains.
Let us know your objectives, the number of participants in your group, your wishes in terms of accommodation, in a privatized chalet or in a charming hotel, and your activity schedule. We take care of the organization entirely or in co-construction with you and your teams.
With the status of travel agency approved by Atout France, Pointe de sel can organize your entire tailor-made mountain seminar, with all the accommodation, catering, activities, training, coaching, transport and all other services required.
Pointe de sel has Professional Liability insurance as well as a Financial Guarantee in accordance with the regulations in force.
