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We work with our clients to transform leaders, teams and organisations.

We believe that extraordinary leadership and teamwork don’t happen automatically — they’re made.

Leaders and teams have natural levels of performance that increase and, sometimes, decline. Our work helps leaders and teams go to higher levels of performance, faster.

Whether you’re navigating change, developing leadership capability, building the effectiveness of a leadership team, or creating a high-performing team, we combine proven, evidence-based frameworks and real world executive experience to provide expert guidance that moves leaders, teams and organisations.

Our Three-Dimensional Approach to Transformation

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Leadership Development

Leaders are constantly developing. How, and how quickly, varies greatly.

Leadership development increases the pace and breadth of individual leader’s growth.

Our in-house leadership development programmes are tailored to seasoned executives, growing managers, and emerging leaders.

We provide two types of leadership development: in-house group-based leadership development and one-to-one executive coaching.

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Leadership Team Coaching

The highest-performing organisations are powered by cohesive, aligned leadership teams.

Our specialised leadership team development programs transform C-suite teams and other leadership teams into high-functioning and high-performing drivers of organisational success.

Our leadership team programmes are a powerful combination of workshop-based facilitation and 1:1 coaching.

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Team Development

Teams connect individuals and the organisation. They align individual contribution and organisational goals.

When teams perform, the individuals in them thrive and the organisation achieves its goals.

Team development goes beyond team building. Team building builds relationships in the hope that warmer relationships will lift team performance.

Team development builds team relationships and deeper more powerful understanding and synergy to directly lift team performance.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between leadership development, leadership team coaching, and team development?

Leadership development builds individual leaders' capability through in-house programmes and one-to-one executive coaching. Leadership team coaching develops a specific leadership team — such as a C-suite or executive committee — into a cohesive, high-performing unit through facilitation and coaching. Team development strengthens any work team's relationships and effectiveness, going beyond team building to lift actual performance.

What is leadership team coaching and how is it different from individual coaching?

Leadership team coaching works with an entire leadership team to build cohesion, alignment, and collective performance, combining workshop-based facilitation with 1:1 coaching for each member. It's distinct from individual executive coaching, which develops one leader's personal capability rather than the team as a whole.

How do I commission an in-house leadership programme for my organisation in New Zealand?

Archetype designs and delivers in-house leadership development programmes tailored to your organisation's context — for seasoned executives, growing managers, and emerging leaders. Programmes are commissioned directly with Archetype, based in Auckland and working with organisations across New Zealand, built around your specific challenges rather than generic public-enrolment courses.

What makes a high-performing work team?

A high-performing work team has clear goals, dependable follow-through, constructive conflict and decision-making, psychological safety, a sense of belonging, and the ability to learn and adapt. Team development builds these qualities directly, rather than relying on team-building activities alone.