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
HR & Employment Law Update Seminar
Be sure to register for this complimentary informative seminar with Baker Tilly Staples Rodway HR Consulting Team and Libby Brown of Brown and Bates at 7.45am on 11 March as they bring you a brief on HR and Employment Relations issues and going-ons and facilitate some relevant HR conversations.
At this seminar you will get the latest information in HR as well as Employment Law, to include relevant changes in law for employers and overview of recent case law.
HR workshop series 2026
Let us help you tackle your tough employment issues .....
Please join our HR Consulting Team, Kerry Tattersall, Adam Caccioppoli and Georgia Rogers as they lead our 2026 HR Workshop Series. They will deliver these in person and online informative workshops on everything you need to know about how to tackle disciplinary issues, poor performance, absence management, ending employment, leading effective meetings, delegating, and more. Workshops can also be held in-house at your location with your team. Check out our flyer for specific details or contact the team.
All workshops
- Time: 9am, 1 or 2 hour workshop
- Cost: $399pp + GST, 2 hour workshop or $250 + GST, 1 hour workshop
- Location: 205 Hastings Street S, Hastings in person or MS Teams Online
HR workshop series topics include...
We’ll provide you everything you need to know in this two hour workshop on how to tackle poor performance and get your employees back on track.
- When: Tuesday, 17 March
- Register HERE
In this one hour workshop we'll cover key legal requirements, employer obligation, and practical steps to support staff and manage absences effectively when employees are injured outside of work
- When: Thursday, 7 May
- Register HERE
Equip yourself with the tools in this two hour workshop to unlock the most cost effective tool to driving greater productivity in your employees – delegation.
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- When: Thursday, 9 July
- Register HERE
This one hour workshop will cover prohibited grounds, practical steps for fostering inclusion and how to build a fair, respectful and compliant workplace.
- When: Thursday, 1 October
- Register HERE
Equip yourself with tools and knowledge to handle employee absences and medical incapacity. We'll cover legal frameworks, best practices and provide practical management strategies.
- When: Tuesday, 31 March
- Register HERE
We’ll dig deep on how to manage disciplinary matters in this two hour workshop and you’ll leave with a clear and practical understanding of how to follow a fair and reasonable process.
- When: Thursday, 21 May
- Register HERE
Secure the best talent by asking the right questions. This workshop will give you the tools to gain knowledge about applicant capabilities and character.
- When: Thursday, 23 July
- Register HERE
This two hour workshop covers termination processes, employee rights, employer obligations and best practice for handling resignations, dismissals, redundancies and personal grievances.
- When: Thursday, 15 October
- Register HERE