Someone to Lead
Someone to Lead
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Lighthouse on the New Zealand coast
Onsite leadership workshops · nationwide

Your best people got promoted.
Nobody taught them to lead.

Someone to Lead runs practical leadership workshops onsite at your place — two days, or one hour. Built and delivered by Hayden Ricketts, 26 years an infantry officer, now trusted by businesses and organisations across New Zealand.

Deeper Signals certified
Deeper Signals certified. Course content tailored to your industry before day one.
Get a tailored workshop plan, with no obligation
You'll hear back from Hayden himself within one business day. Your details go nowhere else.
We’re proud to have worked with these organisations
Lockheed Martin
New Zealand Defence Force
Te Whatu Ora — Health New Zealand
Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Napier Port — Te Herenga Waka o Ahuriri
Business Central — Wellington Chamber of Commerce
LT McGuinness
HeliOtago
Rockit Apples
Mt Erin New Zealand
Beach House & Kiosk
The real cost of doing nothing

Bad leadership doesn't show up on the P&L. It shows up in the exit interviews.

Most organisations promote on technical skill, then hope leadership arrives on its own. It doesn't. What arrives instead is the stuff you're already living with:

Your best people leave — and they leave the manager, not the job.
New supervisors avoid the hard conversation until it becomes a formal process.
Everything escalates to you, because nobody below feels safe to decide.
Generic online modules get ticked off and changed nothing.
Container ship at port
A crew doesn't follow the loudest voice. It follows the one it trusts.
That's the whole curriculum, taught in your language, with your people, on your site.
Hayden Ricketts
Who's in the room

Hayden Ricketts spent 26 years leading people where the stakes were real.

An ex-army officer who served 26 years in the infantry, Hayden has led diverse teams around the world. He started by instructing young officers, was invited to train as a facilitator within the army leadership framework, and has been developing leaders ever since.

He's worked with NGOs, not-for-profits, and public and private organisations internationally — and across New Zealand with everyone from fruit packhouses to major construction firms. He holds a master's in International Security and an MBA.

His position is simple: people aren't resources. Trust and empowerment are how you find what's actually in someone. He teaches time-honoured principles anyone can understand and use the same week.

Faculty, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University EMBA programme
Trained as a facilitator within the NZ Army leadership framework
Master of Business Administration & Master of International Security
Deeper Signals certified practitioner
Choose your format

Group workshops, delivered at your place

Every programme is tailored to your industry and your actual problems before Hayden walks in the door. Pick the shape that fits your roster.

Most requested
Leadership Essentials
2 days · emerging leaders

The foundation. For newly promoted supervisors and the people you've already earmarked for more.

·Management vs. leadership, in practice
·Handling conflict without escalating it
·Delegating so it actually gets done
·Leading in Aotearoa New Zealand
·A personal case study they take home
$1,200 +GST per person
Group pricing available
Enquire
Strategic Leadership
2 days · senior leaders

For the layer that sets direction. Ambiguity, risk and change are the constants — this is how you lead through them.

·Strategic thinking and long-range alignment
·Leading culture change deliberately
·Spotting and defusing toxic leadership
·Leading through influence, not title
·Brave conversations, held well
$1,800 +GST per person
Two-day programme
Enquire
Leadership Sparks
1 hour · whole team

One hour. One insight. One shift. Lunchtime learning that doesn't pull anyone off the floor for a day.

·Trust as a leadership tool
·Servant leadership in action
·Leading across generations
·The leadership load
·Leading without the title
$500 +GST per session
Any size group
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Also available: one-on-one coaching for the people who lead your people.
Tailored, confidential sessions for a leader stepping up or steering through change. Often runs alongside a group programme.
Ask about coaching
In their words

What happens after Hayden leaves the room

“I was impressed by Hayden's take on leadership, and down-to-earth approach that is sadly missing in many leadership programmes. Hayden's coaching provided tangible actions I could undertake, as well as ways I can think, to change the trajectory of situations and people. This has enabled me to get the best out of my team and enabled them to get a better version of me.”
Rob B
Rob B
Government IT · met Hayden via the Victoria University EMBA
“Working with Hayden was a fantastic experience for our hospitality leaders. He took the time to understand the unique challenges faced by our Sous Chef and FOH Manager, providing them with invaluable insights and a clear framework for effective team leadership. They are now much more equipped to explore new ways of leading and motivating our staff.”
Beach House & Kiosk
Beach House & Kiosk
Hospitality
“Hayden took the time to understand me and what I wanted to work on. He gave me tools, insights, and the confidence to try new things, challenge myself and expand my skills. I'm now on my leadership pathway, which is super exciting and Hayden helped light that fire for me.”
Mark C
Mark C
Banking sector
How it works

Three steps. About twenty minutes of your time to start.

01
Scoping call

Twenty minutes with Hayden. What's going wrong, who needs lifting, what "better" looks like for you.

02
Tailored plan and fixed price

You get the format, the content, the dates and the total cost in writing. No surprises, no retainer.

03
Hayden comes to you

Your site, your people, your examples. Everyone walks out with something they can use on Monday.

Leadership course with Hayden Ricketts
Fair enough questions
We can't lose people for two days.

Then start with Leadership Sparks — one hour, on your site, during a lunch slot. Same thinking, no roster hole.

Will this be generic corporate theory?

No. Hayden scopes your industry and your live problems first, then builds the case studies around them. He's done packhouses, ports, hospitals and construction sites, not just boardrooms.

We’re not in Wellington — can you come to us?

Hayden is Wellington-based and travels nationwide — Auckland, Napier, Palmerston North, Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch and Dunedin are all regular stops.

What's the commitment to find out more?

A twenty-minute call and a written plan with a fixed price. If it isn't the right fit, Hayden will tell you so.

Your people are already carrying the load. Give them the tools.

Tell Hayden who needs lifting and where you are. You'll get a tailored plan with a fixed price — and an honest answer about whether it's worth doing.

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Someone to Lead · Wellington, New Zealand
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