Unlock your leadership potential with the Queenstown Leadership Academy- a dynamic, results-driven program designed by HALO Training for all levels of leadership including future leaders. Over 6 months you will gain core management skills through a full-day intensive workshop, followed by five monthly 2 hour sessions, ensuring continuous learning and real-world application. Each participant is also paired with an experienced Queenstown Leader as a mentor throughout the program, providing guidance and support.
Queenstown Leadership Academy
Unlock your leadership potential with the Queenstown Leadership Academy- a dynamic, results-driven program designed by HALO Training for all levels of leadership including future leaders. Over 5 months you will gain core management skills through a full-day intensive workshop, followed by five monthly 2 hour sessions, ensuring continuous learning and real-world application.
Each participant is also paired with an experienced Queenstown Leader as a mentor throughout the program, providing guidance and support.
Structure of Course:
- 1 full day training: 9:30am – 3:00pm
- 5 x 2hr follow up sessions. 1 per month.
- 15 participants max per cohort
- You will also be peered with a Leadership Mentor for the duration of the 5months.
- The course has a layered approach with each session building on the previous, so by the end of the program you will have the knowledge to lead with confidence, as well as tools that you can incorporate into your business immediately. A full set of notes/course material will be provided to you at the start of the academy. If you can’t make a session due to a prior commitment, you will be partnered up with another participant to contact and catchup on the session. A great way to take ownership of your learning and build connections together.
- Each 2hr catch up session will involve learning a new leadership tool and a follow up conversation on how everyone is going with implementing the tools into their workplace
Tony Groves
Co-Founder,
Curriculum & Development Stratergist
Tony is a proven execution leader shaped by sixteen years in military, intelligence and high‑risk environments. From joining the infantry at seventeen to specialising in human intelligence and risk management, he led teams through deployments to Timor Leste, Iraq and Afghanistan, where clarity, trust and decisive action meant survival.
Holding a Masters in Counter Terrorism Studies and a Graduate Diploma in Strategic Leadership, Tony pairs academic depth with lived experience. His journey through PTSD, depression and alcoholism gives him uncommon empathy, resilience and a straight‑talking style that resonates with leaders from the frontline to the boardroom.
Now driven by a mission to lift execution leadership across New Zealand, Tony pushes partners beyond theory into action. He builds trust, sharpens decision‑making and creates the conditions for sustained performance.
Passionate, direct and partner‑focused, Tony ensures HALO delivers what leaders need most: clarity, courage and support when the pressure is real.
Intake Dates
Not for Profits
$172.50 thanks to the generous support from Central Lakes Trust
The training addresses key challenges faced by NFPs, including:
– Uncertain funding environment: Equipping leaders with strategic planning and communication skills to navigate financial uncertainty.
– Lack of volunteers: Building a culture of trust and engagement to attract and retain volunteers.
– Need for Strengthening governance: Developing governance and leadership capabilities for effective decision-making.
– Lack of capacity for long-term strategic planning: Providing tools and frameworks for sustainable growth and resilience.
Mentors
- Dick Hubbard, Hubbard Foods
- Meghan Pagey, InContext HR Consultancy
- Wendy van Lieshout, Previous Active Adventures CEO
- Angela Spackman, Owner/CEO Format Joinery, Queenstown Chamber Board Chair
- Jenna Adamson, GM Southern Infrastructure
- Todd Grace, Operations Manager ZQN
- Julie Scott, GM Queenstown Lakes Housing Trust
- Clark Burke, GM Ferg Burger
- Clodagh Hall, CEO Sotheby’s NZ
- Jeremy Samuels, GM Sofitel
- Michelle Trapski, CEO roles within Queenstown
- Kerry Stevens, Head of HR Trojan Holdings
- Richie Heap, Owner Colliers Qtwn
- Louise Bains- HR lead Millbrook
- Sharon Fifield- CEO Queenstown Chamber
- Steve Bradley- GM Lylo Queenstown
- Rachel Exell- HR lead Sotheby’s
- Amanda Cushen – ToursimIQ
- Fiona Laryn- Founder, Owner of Laryn Health, Business Broker
- Alastair Holland, Partner Duncan Cotterill
- John Molyneux, Business Consultant for Oxygen8
Funding
Regional Business Partner (RBP) Management Capability Fund
This programme is registered with the RBP Management Capability Fund. To explore if your business is eligible for support contact your local Regional Business Growth Advisor Nicola Jones nic.jones@business-south.org.nz. Nicola will advise you on your eligibility for capability development funding. Find out more by visiting www.regionalbusinesspartners.co.nz.
