Emerging Leaders Programme
Develop your leadership strengths with practical tools, real-world strategies, and techniques to achieve success through others.
Course overview
Effective leadership is about achieving results through others, and success starts with understanding personal strengths. The Emerging Leaders Programme is an immersive three-day course designed to equip new and aspiring leaders with practical tools, real-world strategies, and the confidence to lead effectively.
Delivered through interactive workshops, group discussions, and practical exercises, this programme bridges leadership theory with hands-on application. Participants will explore key leadership principles, develop essential communication and decision-making skills, and learn how to adapt their leadership style for greater impact.
Ideal for professionals stepping into leadership roles or those looking to enhance their leadership capabilities, this course provides a solid foundation for success. Participants will leave with a deeper self-awareness, a personalised leadership toolkit, and the skills to inspire and empower others.
Prior to the course start date, participants will complete an online DiSC Diagnostic to identify their preferred working style and learn how to apply this insight in their workplace to enhance their leadership effectiveness.
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What you'll learn
- Understand your leadership by identifying your values, strengths, and goals.
- Gain clarity on your role as a leader within the wider organisational context.
- Develop a deeper understanding of teams by exploring motivations, relationships, and team dynamics.
- Learn and apply leadership theory, tools, and techniques to lead with confidence.
- Strengthen your communication skills to engage, influence, and navigate difficult conversations.
- Build coaching and feedback skills to support and develop others.
- Create a personal leadership plan to guide your ongoing growth and success.
- Enhance your leadership network by connecting with peers and sharing real-world experiences.
Course modules
Day One: Leading Yourself
- Define leadership and explore what it means to lead with purpose.
- Identify your personal “Why” and align it with your leadership approach.
- Discover your core values, strengths, and goals to build self-awareness.
- Recognise the importance of self-leadership as the foundation for leading others.
Day Two: Leading Teams
- Understand team dynamics, motivations, and how to foster strong relationships.
- Develop coaching skills to support and grow team members.
- Strengthen communication strategies to engage and align teams effectively.
- Learn how to navigate hard conversations with confidence and clarity.
Day Three: Practical Application
- Analyse your work environment and its impact on leadership effectiveness.
- Build stakeholder engagement skills to influence and collaborate successfully.
- Explore leadership styles, tools, and techniques for different situations.
- Develop strategies to lead in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environments.
- Create a personalised action plan to continue growing as a leader beyond the course.
Further Information
Format
This course is delivered as a three-day in-person workshop at our Wellington venue. It includes a mix of facilitator-led sessions, small-group exercises, and whole-group discussion. Group size is limited to 16 participants to ensure meaningful interaction and personal feedback. Morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea are provided to support networking and collaboration.
If you are expecting to listen to lectures all day, you’re looking at the wrong course. Emerging Leaders is an interactive journey that includes a range of self-reflection, individual and team exercises, interaction, case studies and stories, goal setting and of course some of the best theory, tools and techniques to guide you along the way.
What You'll Receive
You will receive a digital certificate of attendance and a Wellington Uni-Professional digital badge. These include the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours completed, making them suitable for recognition by professional organisations and employers.
A past participant's journey
Read more about a past participant’s experience of the programme and how it’s impacted their work here.
Here's what others are saying
“…Andrew created an encouraging and supportive environment to work within and could draw on challenging real world examples to support the practical tools presented. I left feeling positive and with a different perspective. Really enjoyed it.”
“This course was brilliant. It was abundant in leadership tips and techniques, but beyond that, allowed space for each participant to examine what motivates them, how their interactions impact others, and how they can best empower people. As well as feeling more equipped for handling a range of situations with my managers and team members, I now feel how I approach my work aligns better with my values.”
“Andrew is an engaging, and highly experienced facilitator who was able to uplift all members of the course’s skills, knowledge & abilities in leadership.”
Upcoming Courses & Delivery Options
29 Jul 2025 | Wellington
Duration: 3 days
$NZD 2,595
excl. GST
21 Oct 2025 | Wellington
Duration: 3 days
$NZD 2,595
excl. GST
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