Hawke's Bay Events, Seminars and Workshops
Our Hawke’s Bay office offers a full calendar of seminars and workshops to help with your business training and development. In 2026, our specialists will cover leadership, HR and employment law, HR disciplinary and performance, tax and more. See below for details and return to this page for upcoming activities, including our popular Women Influencing Women events.
Leadership development programme
When: 2026 - Select Wednesdays in March, June, August & October
Time: 8.30am to 4.30pm, lunch included
Where: 205 Hastings Street South, Level 1, Hastings New Zealand
Cost: $6,500
This training is registered with the Regional Business Partner network, and you may be eligible for partial funding. Find out more by visiting them or email rbp@hbchamber.nz for more information.
Let us help you develop your leadership practice for 2026
Join organisational development expert, Andrea Stevenson and her team in 2026 to hone your leadership skills. Beginning in February with profile testing, this 10-month programme will focus on enabling you to lead yourself, your team and your business. You will gain insight and growth through five days of workshops, individual coaching sessions and your own personal 360-degree profile with feedback. You will also complete a personality, development and motivational profile using the renowned Hogan Assessment System which focuses on high performance in the workplace.
Five years of programmes have taken place and some of the participants have said:
- "I have found this course to be really valuable – it hits the mark and provides heaps of 'aha' moments. Very inspiring"
- "The tools and shared experiences were very valuable. The hard self-reflection encouraged is great and I really enjoyed the high-quality guest speakers."
- "Great presenters, great variety of presentations. Feel very motivated when I leave the sessions and I am implementing different tools into my practice."
Leadership development programme topics include...
- Self awareness and personal insight
- Resiliency
- Strategy and planning
- Culture
- Change management
- Time management
- Interactive "partnership coaching"
- Leadership styles
- Understanding team dynamics and team roles
- Leaders as coaches
- Build your coaching capability
- Motivations
- Communication
- Conflict resolution
- Delegation
Programme dates for 2026
The workshops are from 8.30am-4.30pm and lunch is provided. Register here to join the programme.
- 24 & 25 March - Introduction, Workshop 1 & 2
- 10 June - Workshop 3
- 5 August - Workshop 4
- 14 October - Workshop 5