Rangatira Whakatipu | Leadership Programme​

Growing the next generation of leaders in the Waitaha youth development sector

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🌿 Purpose

A strengths-based leadership development programme designed for senior youth workers, team leaders, and emerging team leaders / leaders who are ready to step up with confidence, clarity, and purpose.

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📘 Programme Snapshot

• Duration: 4 months

• Format: 3 full‑day workshops + individual CliftonStrengths coaching

• Approach: Strengths-based, practical, relational, and grounded in real youth‑sector challenges

• Maximum of 15 participants

 

🧭 What Participants Gain

• Clarity about their leadership style and strengths

• Confidence to lead engaged, motivated teams

• Tools for tough conversations, feedback, and communication

• Strategies for resilience, wellbeing, and managing workload

• A connected learning community across Waitaha

 

🏢 What Organisations Gain

• Leaders who communicate clearly and set expectations well

• Improved engagement and retention across teams

• Reduced pressure on senior managers as team leaders step up

• Stronger organisational capability and continuity

• A more connected, collaborative youth-sector workforce

 

📚 Programme Components

• 2 April - Nominations Close

• 16 April - Online Orientation (30min)

• 14 May Workshop 1 – Understanding Myself
  Self-awareness, growth mindset, feedback, communication, CliftonStrengths foundations

• 18 June Workshop 2 – Leading Myself
  Personal effectiveness, prioritisation, resilience, managing high-volume workflow

• 23 July Workshop 3 – Leading Others
  Team engagement, expectations, SBIN feedback, tough conversations, early leadership challenges

• Individual Coaching
  Three 1:1 CliftonStrengths sessions to deepen insight and apply learning directly to real work situations

 

🌏 Why This Matters

Youth workers often step into leadership without formal development. Investing early builds confident, capable leaders who strengthen teams, support rangatahi with stability and purpose, and contribute to a thriving, resilient youth sector across Waitaha.

‘Mahi Tūturu’ the Landscape of Youth Work in Aotearoa report 2025 identified that there were leadership pathways missing for those moving into team leadership. showed a real need for leader development, this is one way to begin to fill that gap.

Rangatira Whakatipu hopes to develop leaders who stay, grow, and create lasting impact for rangatahi and whānau.

 

🎯 Who Should Attend

Senior youth workers, team leaders, and up and coming team leaders/ leaders from across the youth development sector.

 

🏫Who are the facilitators?

Rerenga Awa are hosting this training and have partnered with Jade Beaman from Hatch Talent to offer this training, Jade is a Strengths Coach and has many years of experience in the youth development and leadership development spaces.

 

💲Cost                                                                 

Through funding we are able to offer this training at a heavily discounted rate.

$500 per person. If cost is a barrier, we would love to chat and come up with something that will work. The actual cost per participant is over $2000.

 

📣How to apply

Managers can nominate those they think would benefit from this programme.

Nominations close 2 April.

If you want to find out more come along to an information session or reach out to Tim tim@cywc.org.nz