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.
















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:
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.
Every programme is tailored to your industry and your actual problems before Hayden walks in the door. Pick the shape that fits your roster.
The foundation. For newly promoted supervisors and the people you've already earmarked for more.
For the layer that sets direction. Ambiguity, risk and change are the constants — this is how you lead through them.
One hour. One insight. One shift. Lunchtime learning that doesn't pull anyone off the floor for a day.
Twenty minutes with Hayden. What's going wrong, who needs lifting, what "better" looks like for you.
You get the format, the content, the dates and the total cost in writing. No surprises, no retainer.
Your site, your people, your examples. Everyone walks out with something they can use on Monday.
Then start with Leadership Sparks — one hour, on your site, during a lunch slot. Same thinking, no roster hole.
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.
Hayden is Wellington-based and travels nationwide — Auckland, Napier, Palmerston North, Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch and Dunedin are all regular stops.
A twenty-minute call and a written plan with a fixed price. If it isn't the right fit, Hayden will tell you so.
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.
Someone to Lead · Wellington, New Zealand