Climate Leadership Development Programme

Designed for organisational leaders who recognise the importance of climate change and want to strengthen their ability to lead strategic, climate-aligned change.

Programme focus areas:

• Essential climate science for business leaders
• Assessing risk and opportunity
• Aligning organisational purpose and values with climate action
• Leading climate initiatives within your organisation
• Navigating the path from status quo to innovation to visionary
• Incremental vs. transformational change
• Climate leadership as change leadership
• License to operate, transparency, and greenwashing
• Developing and setting effective climate strategy

Who should attend:

Research shows that effective climate leadership is distributed across an organisation. We recommend attending as a climate leadership team—including one or two senior leaders and a couple of operational leaders who understand how to ‘get stuff done around here’.

Programme structure:

• Six half-day hui spanning September ’25 to March ‘26
• Each hui addresses a different topic and provides support to implement change.
• Tools and resources to use and to share in your business.
• Cohort of supportive peers internally and externally increases accountability.

Dates (all sessions run 9am - 12pm)

• Friday 12 September 2025
• Friday 10 October 2025
• Friday 7 November 2025
• Friday 12 December 2025
• Friday 13 February 2026
• Friday 6 March 2026

Presenter - Jon Lasenby: 

A leadership consultant zooming in to the specific challenges of developing climate responsiveness in organisational leaders.

After six successful years establishing my consultancy in Whakatū Nelson I went back to school in 2024 to study for a Doctorate in Climate Leadership to build the specialist knowledge and the research base to lead in this emerging field. 

As leaders we have a responsibility to shape our organisations so they leave the planet thriving and abundant for our children and their children to enjoy. How we do that is not straightforward, but it is crucial.

 

 

Supported by Gallagher Insurance New Zealand.
Gallagher Insurance believes sustainability is about how we protect New Zealand’s future. As a company that aspires to be environmentally restorative, socially just and economically inclusive, they recognize that developing strong climate leadership is essential for creating the resilient communities and economies. Gallagher's offer a 50% subsidy for their clients to attend this course.

 

Standard cancellation policy applies to paid events/workshops/courses (unless otherwise stated on event listing). Cancellations must be received 7 working days prior to the event. Cancellations after this time and ‘no shows’ on the day will be charged the full invoice amount. Substitutions are permitted if you can no longer attend.