Executive talent
As a member of the executive talent community, you will have access to a range of targeted development opportunities created exclusively for executive talent.
Executive Deep Dives
Executive Deep Dives are standalone, high-impact one-day workshops designed exclusively for the executive talent community. Each focus on a development priority identified through our work with executive talent and provides an opportunity to strengthen the capabilities needed for effective public service leadership.
Registrations for the first Deep Dive, Learning Under Pressure, on 16 November 2026 are now open.
Learning under pressure: One-day Executive Deep Dive workshop
Executive leaders regularly face high-stakes situations, where they are required to remain composed, exercise sound judgement, and choose their actions deliberately rather than being driven by reactive habits.
The one-day workshop Learning Under Pressure will help you build awareness of how pressure influences your thinking, decision making, communication and relationships, enabling you to respond more deliberately and effectively in the moments that matter most.
Through expert input, real-world leadership situations, peer conversations and structured reflection, this workshop is designed to hone your reflective practice and turn experience into learning that strengthens resilience, adaptability and leadership performance.
What you will gain
You will:
- recognise and interrupt habitual responses
- improve decision-making in complex and uncertain situations
- develop practical approaches to learning before, during and after high-pressure situations
- strengthen future judgement, adaptability and leadership performance.
If you have any questions email LDCprogrammes@ldc.govt.nz