The Emerging Leader
From Team Member to Leader: Take the first step in your leadership journey with confidence.
Who It’s For
The Emerging Leader programme is designed for those at the start of their leadership journey. It supports newly promoted leaders, aspiring or informal leaders, technical experts stepping into people leadership, and anyone leading projects or teams for the first time.
What You’ll Gain From The Emerging Leader Programme
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Module 1 - Self Leadership
Gain a deeper understanding of what drives your behaviour, challenge limiting beliefs, manage emotions under pressure, and practise reflection to grow with clarity and focus.
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Module 2 - A Leadership Mindset
Discover your leadership strengths, embrace discomfort as growth, adopt a resilient mindset, and build the courage to step forward with confidence and credibility.
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Module 3 - The Power of Feedback
Learn the science of feedback, understand your personal feedback style, and practise giving and receiving feedback that strengthens relationships and drives improvement.
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Module 4 - Relational Influence
Navigate the peer-to-leader transition, influence ethically, step into leadership opportunities, and understand what motivates others to lead with empathy and impact.
The Learning Journey
This programme blends theory, practical tools and peer connection to support learning:
Gaining Knowledge
Providing participants with an awareness and understanding of theories, concepts and models relevant to each topic.
Reflective Sharing
Discussing participants’ own past and recent experiences as a leader and non-leader to explore how the topic is relevant to them.
Working through current situations and how to use the knowledge and tools in this topic to get a successful outcome.
Observations
Working through scenarios as a group and discussing appropriate responses. Getting feedback and developing a deeper understanding of the topic.
Tool Box
Building a box of tools, techniques and strategies that can be used within the participant’s current and future roles.
Experiential Learning
‘Learning by doing’ through a series of practical activities that mimic workplace challenges, where participants experience scenarios relevant to self-awareness, self-regulation, teamwork, influencing, competition and strategy.
Course Fee
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$1,799 + GST or $170 +GST per week for 12 weeks
Perfect for individuals stepping into leadership for the first time, this programme equips you with the mindsets, skills, and practical tools to lead with confidence. Here’s what’s included:
2 full days of training: Covering self-leadership, mindset, communication, and relational influence.
CliftonStrengths Profiling: Personalised insights into your natural leadership talents with a 23-page interpretative report from this world-renowned tool.
Practical Frameworks and Tools: Strategies you can immediately apply to build confidence, communicate with clarity, and influence effectively.
Peer Learning and Connection: Opportunities to learn alongside others, share experiences, and grow your leadership network.
✨ Optional Bonus: Add a 90-minute personalised CliftonStrengths debrief and coaching session with a certified coach for $375 + GST — tailored guidance to help you apply your strengths in your leadership journey.
Course Dates
Register
September 23 - 24, 2026
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM each day
Venue: Edgar Centre Dunedin
Private in-house training?
If you’d like this program to be run privately in house please register interest and we will be in touch.
FAQs
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Organisations of all sizes and industries benefit, especially those looking to reduce turn over, increase productivity, improve team engagement, communication, and leadership effectiveness. We’ve had leaders from organisations of 4 people to 1,400 people!
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The programme includes CliftonStrengths profiling, two full days of interactive workshops focused on self-leadership, developing a leadership mindset, mastering feedback, and building relational influence. Participants also receive a personalised 23-page CliftonStrengths report to support their leadership journey.
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Absolutely! These skills are even more critical when you can't rely on positional authority. Many participants from roles such as HR, IT, Health & Safety, and Communications have greatly benefited from the course.
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Yes! This is a powerful way to drive culture change and improve performance in your organisation. Having all your leaders working from the same proven principles and skillsets leads to transformative results.
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articipants leave with greater self-awareness, clarity about their leadership identity, and the confidence to step into leadership opportunities. They develop practical skills in communication, feedback, and influence, and learn strategies to navigate the shift from team member to leader. Many also report feeling more equipped to build trust, manage relationships, and approach challenges with resilience and purpose.
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Yes, we do offer discounts for larger groups. Our mission is to build as many incredible leaders in Aotearoa as possible. Please talk to us about your leadership goals for your organisation, and we’ll partner with you to make it happen.
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Alongside the core programme, you have the option to book a personalised 90-minute CliftonStrengths debrief and coaching session with one of our certified coaches. This one-to-one session is designed to help you apply your strengths in real workplace situations and receive tailored guidance for your leadership journey. Pop us a message at info@kakapoconsulting.co.nz
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Yes! We have a remote version of the programme designed for the online space. The sessions are delivered in focused, 2-hour chunks to ensure engagement and effectiveness.