Putting people’s needs at the heart of everything you do is good leadership. Plain and simple.

Learn how to create a high-trust, high-empathy, high-performing organisational culture, with people’s needs at the heart of everything you do.

Most people know the phrase “culture eats strategy for breakfast”. Well it’s true! Research shows that organisations with empathy, where leaders care about the needs of their people, and where people report high levels of psychological safety and engagement, perform better.

Our Heartwork half-day masterclass brings people together from across different organisations to learn about why empathy is crucial in the workplace, and how to use our Heartwork tools to build your individual and organisational capacity for empathy, so you can model and grow a culture of wellbeing and performance.

We’ve worked with and integrated learning from leading psychologists, conflict transformation experts, organisational development consultants, people with deep connections in Te Ao Maori and other wisdom traditions, and learning designers, to create a course that is grounded in the latest research about human behaviour, and is delivered in a highly interactive, experiential and practical way.

See below for more information and register your interest today.

What you’ll learn in the half-day Masterclass

At our half-day Masterclass you will learn:

• How to deliver your own Heartwork session for your clients, colleagues, leadership team or staff.
• More than ten different ways you can integrate the Heartwork Cards to create a high-trust, high-empathy, high-performing team or organisational culture
• Three ninja-moves for high-performing Heartworkers.

In addition, you’ll receive three packs of Heartwork cards to support you to plan and facilitate more effective meetings, stand-ups and Heartwork workshops.

Why do Heartwork?

Happy employees ensure happy customers, happy customers ensure happy shareholders - in that order. Or in the case of government, happy employees can design better solutions to enable happy citizens!

This is because skills like self-awareness and empathy are foundational for understanding ourselves, the people we’re working alongside, and the people we’re designing solutions for. These skills are foundational for wellbeing, creativity, collaboration, leadership and just doing good business.

Furthermore, mental health and wellbeing is increasingly on the radar for many organisations and their staff, whether that’s government, NGO, or private sector. New Zealand has some of the poorest mental health statistics in the OECD, and employees, particularly people of younger generations, are increasingly seeking out organisations and managers who prioritise the wellbeing of their staff, and a flourishing workplace culture.

Who is this course for?

This half-day Masterclass is for people who want practical ways to put human needs at the heart of your team or organisation, and grow a high-trust, high-empathy, high-performing culture. If you're searching for a simple, human and powerful tool and an easeful approach to integrating empathy, then Heartwork is for you.

So far we’ve been working with: • Organisational Development practitioners, Diversity and Inclusion leaders, HR Managers • HR Consultants • Change Practitioners• Agile Coaches and Facilitators . Leadership Coaches. Government leaders