Thursday Mar 12, 2026
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM NZDT
Followed by networking drinks
Akarana Events Centre
Tamaki Drive
Auckland
Revved or Stones Community members: $287.50
General Public: $684.25
Emily
+64 21 305 569
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Sponsored by Lead with Stones
Start 2026 with clarity, confidence, and a plan you can actually use.
The future of leadership isn’t theoretical — it’s already here. Shifting workforce expectations, constant change, emerging technologies, and growing pressure on leaders mean that how you lead matters as much as what you deliver.
Pathfinder is a one-day, immersive strategic offsite designed to help leaders step out of the noise and design the year ahead with intention — for themselves, their people, and their organisation.
This is not a conference where you sit and get talked at.
It’s a facilitated, peer-powered leadership experience where you will think, test, map, and build — alongside leaders who understand the realities of modern work.
You’ll leave with a clear, integrated 12-month Leadership Blueprint grounded in practical action, not theory.
Rather than a set curriculum or prescriptive content, Pathfinder is designed as a series of guided leadership conversations — shaped by the people in the room.
You’ll rotate through four expertly facilitated pods. Each pod creates space to pause, reflect, talk honestly, and sense-make with others — supported by insight, prompts, and light structure to ensure momentum and focus.
Every pod contributes to a single, integrated blueprint — helping you connect dots across self, people, work, and what’s coming next, without forcing a rigid model or framework.
1. Lead Yourself – Clarity, Energy & Purpose - the personal foundations of every action and decision you take.
2. Lead People – Trust, Culture & Resilience - the interpersonal foundations of leading humans through change.
3. Lead the Work – Strategy, Systems Operations & Scale - creating the rhythms and practices that turn strategic intent into reality.
4. Lead the Future – AI, Sustainability & Innovation - turning uncertainty into practical action.
Pathfinder is for leaders who are thoughtful, capable — and feeling the weight of what leadership asks of them right now.
You belong here if you:
• Lead people, teams, or a business — formally or informally
• Are navigating change, growth, or increased complexity
• Want time and space to think clearly, not just react
• Care deeply about how you lead, not just what you deliver
• Are curious, open, and willing to learn from others
You don’t need to have everything figured out.
You could be a Team or functional leader, HOD, GM, MD, C-suite leader, Board member, .
Pathfinder works because the room is diverse — founders, people leaders, operators, senior managers, leaders close to the "doing" and those more distant from it — united by shared responsibility and care for the people and systems they lead.
You shape the content.
When you register, we ask what matters most to you: the uncertainties, the gaps, the tension points in your business or leadership. We shape the day around what you tell us.
Small-group, peer-powered learning.
This is not a keynote event. Each pod is a guided conversation supported by expert facilitators. You’ll learn as much from your peers as you do from the front of the room.
Practical output, not theory.
Every session ends with a concrete action plan. You won’t leave with pages of notes you never revisit — you leave with a usable, integrated 12-month blueprint.
Cross-industry insight.
The problems leaders face are universal — and solutions often come from outside your normal bubble. Pathfinder brings together founders, small teams, middle managers, and senior leaders in a way that creates diversity of thought but unity of experience.
A day like this only counts if it ignites action.
Here’s what you’ll leave with:
Clarity - A grounded sense of direction — what matters this year, where you’re heading, and what you can let go of.
Capability - Fresh thinking across leadership, culture, strategy, systems, wellbeing, and future trends — translated into practical next steps.
Connection - Curated small-group conversations with leaders across industries; real talk, shared experience, mutual support.
Commitment - A simple, powerful 1-page 2026 Leadership Blueprint:
• Your personal North Star
• A sustainable operating rhythm
• Three strategic priorities per pod
• Clear actions for the next 6–12 months
Pathfinder is designed for leaders ready to step back, think clearly, and lead forward with intention in 2026.
Printed courtesy of www.waikatochamber.co.nz/ – Contact the Waikato Chamber of Commerce for more information.
PO Box 1122, Hamilton, Waikato 3240 – 07 839 5895 – info@waikatochamber.co.nz