Custom courses for organisations

Unlock your organisation's potential with tailored corporate training from experts and academics. Let's start today!

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Waikato Management School is a significant provider of custom training programmes to the corporate sector, and our ability to deliver quality programmes is guaranteed.

We have provided tailored in-house executive development courses for some of New Zealand's largest organisations, including:

  • Spark
  • Fonterra
  • Health NZ
  • BNZ, Westpac
  • AgResearch
  • Carter Holt Harvey
  • Hamilton City Council
  • WEL Energy

Design, development and delivery

We will work with you to identify the specific needs and goals of your organisation and its employees.

1) Needs analysis

The process of discovering what you think you need versus what you really need. Sometimes the core problem is missed because the right questions are not asked. We ask the right questions.

2) Co-design and customisation

We collaborate to create a programme framed around the discoveries made in analysing your needs. Our customised approach to content and delivery is flexible and completely designed around your organisation.

3) Facilitator match and briefing

We will match your organisation with the members of our teaching faculty who are best suited to deliver your desired learning outcomes.

4) Delivery

Our lecturers use their wealth of knowledge and business experience to provide participants with an optimal mix of theory and practice.

5) Evaluation and measurement

For the organisation:

Together we will formulate an appropriate evaluation method for your organisation. We will measure against your initial goals to ensure you reach your desired outcomes.

For the individual:

All assessments blend theory, practical examples and case studies to enhance your understanding. Assignments are individually reflective, involve group work and presentations. You are encouraged to relate your work experiences to your classroom ones.

6) Action learning

Action Learning is the process of taking action, observing the results, making sense of what we observe and then investigating ways to get better outcomes next time. Participants on our corporate programmes work on “real life” problems or opportunities, rather than just learning from books and case studies. This approach allows you to apply your learning in a supportive environment. You will realise real opportunities or solve real problems while simultaneously focusing and reflecting on what you are achieving.

7) Return on investment (ROI)

All our programmes offer you a high level of personal development and at the heart of this is real-time learning. This benefits you and your organisation. ROI will address the following questions: what was done, what lessons were learnt, are the improvements institutionalised and, as a consequence, what was your return on investment?

Case study: Livingstone Building NZ

In 2024, we successfully delivered two year-long leadership development programmes for staff at Livingstone Building NZ.


‘The Emerging Leadership’ and ‘The Refining Leadership’ programmes were designed to equip participants with tools to enhance their leadership capabilities, boost collaboration, and drive organisational excellence.

Aspiring and experienced leaders from Livingstone Building NZ completed a series of leadership development courses between October and December, which focused on real-world applications and experiential learning.


Contact us

Contact us to discuss your organisation's custom training needs.

Executive Education

Waikato Management School