Leadership Training · Switzerland
Where Pressure Reveals
the Habits
That Matter.
Real pressure in the Swiss Alps shows which leadership habits your team needs — we anchor them.
The Differentiator
Not Just Another
Conference
Room
Session.
ArrowHead puts teams in environments where the habits that need to change become visible.
Real Pressure
Environments that demand leadership decisions — not simulations. The habits your team relies on under stress become visible in a way no classroom can replicate.
Certified Business Profiling
Your team’s profile mapped from day one — individual motivators, blind spots, and behaviour under stress.
23 Habits Framework
Academic research (IU University of Applied Sciences, 2025) across 77 interviews in 9 countries identified 23 coachable habits shared by high-performing managers. Leadership is a practice, not a personality trait.
Expedition Leadership
Director at Odyssey Marine — 17 deep-ocean shipwreck projects worldwide, including one at 4,695 metres depth. What pressure does to teams, and what it costs when leadership fails — that experience is in every ArrowHead programme.
How It Works
The
Method
Profile
Certified business profiling before the programme: individual motivators, blind spots, behaviour under stress — mapped before day one.
Pressure
Alpine environments. Leadership decisions with real stakes. What the profile mapped in the office — confirmed under pressure in the field.
Practice — Anchor 90
The 23 Habits Framework — academic research (IU University of Applied Sciences, 2025) across 77 interviews in 9 countries — turned into each leader’s personal habit plan, anchored in two follow-up sessions at +3 weeks and +9–10 weeks. The window where 90% of training normally evaporates — closed.
Programmes
Two Programmes.
One System.
Set programmes in the Swiss Alps, year-round. Profile Day at your offices or at a location of your choice, followed by the Alps phase. Certified business profiling and Anchor 90 included as standard.
ArrowHead
Ascent
Two days in the Alps with one overnight. Habit observation under pressure. Habit plan built from what was observed.
ArrowHead
Expedition
For larger teams or deeper habit observation. Three days in the Alps with two overnights. More time in the field means more habit patterns observed.
International expeditions available on request, delivered in partnership with Element X.
Client Results
Teams That
Reached Their
Next Level
We asked Fred to organize a team day that would both teach our management team something new and bring fun and self-awareness. Fred succeeded brilliantly. He offered something for everyone, perfectly combining physical, intellectual, and playful elements. What impressed me most was his creativity in bringing everything together into one meaningful whole.
We had an excellent team-building day with our management team, featuring a great mix of play, mental and physical activities. Fred is an outstanding mentor, supporting us and helping our team reach the next level.
The ArrowHead concept is unique and well thought out. Combining training with the outdoors turns theory into practice. This unique experience makes your team stronger.
The People Behind ArrowHead
The People
Behind
ArrowHead
Fred Van de Walle has spent 25 years leading specialist teams in demanding conditions across Europe, Asia, and the Americas — including operations at 4,695 metres depth — directing multinational crews under sustained pressure in remote environments.
That operational background is the foundation of ArrowHead. The 90% problem is well documented: within three weeks of a standard leadership training, most participants revert to previous behaviour. ArrowHead was built around that fact — real pressure surfaces the habits that need to change, structured follow-up anchors the new ones.
Co-Founder
Sofie
Maervoet
Sofie Maervoet has 24 years of leadership experience at Randstad, one of the world’s largest HR organisations. Her work spans sales effectiveness, performance enablement, global mentorship, leadership development, transformation, and strategy implementation across multiple countries.
Her M.A. research (IU University of Applied Sciences, 2025) identified the 23 specific, coachable habits shared by high-performing managers across 77 interviews in 9 countries. That research became the 23 Habits Framework — the anchor system at the heart of the ArrowHead Practice phase.
Sofie delivers training in Dutch, English, German, and French.
