Services

Explore our Leadership Development offerings and find out how we can assist your organisation.

Why Sheffield?

Flexible
learning solutions 

From the traditional classroom to the virtual classroom, and self-paced online training.

Partnership

We partner with clients to make the journey easier, deliver a great experience and achieve the best possible outcomes.

Powerful development solutions for every level

Our solutions are tailored to achieve meaningful results for individuals, front-line, middle-level, and senior leadership levels.

Proven
practical solutions 

Our skilled and experienced consultants, facilitators, psychologists, learning designers and coaches provide customised practical solutions and support for your needs.

Local expertise and
proven practices

We offer clients a uniquely rich depth of understanding, perspective and judgement gained from over 60 years of experience recruiting and developing New Zealand’s leaders, combined with access to evidenced-based solutions.

Sustainable, relevant
and integrated

Our programs and solutions are continually updated with the latest research and thinking. We have solutions to support strategic alignment, selection, development, performance and succession.

 

Client Testimonials

I partnered with Sheffield on this appointment because I have had a longstanding relationship with Sheffield over the last 30 years and trust the professionalism and the quality of the outcomes. The discovery process and long listing set the scene for a successful search. We only got our chosen candidate because of search and the professional approach of Sheffield. This was important as the shortlisted candidates would not have responded to advertising.

John Beveridge, Independent Chair, NZ Scaffolding Limited

As TradeZones Independent Director, I steered the Board towards appointing Sheffield based on other and recent excellent experiences with Ian Taylor and his team. Sheffield’s progress with the task to find a new General Manager was excellent. All round, I think the Board of TradeZone and I are well pleased with the approach, the cadence of the task, and the outcome, so have no hesitation in recommending Sheffield Search.

Mark Gilbert, Independent Director, TradeZone

Sheffield has a strong reputation, they understood our needs and were the best fit for us. We valued the wide network Sheffield has which provided us with an outcome we were very happy with. The communication from Andrea was excellent and we felt we were well informed throughout the process. I would absolutely use Sheffield again and recommend them to others.

Michael Tayler, Board Chair, Waihi School

Ian Taylor led the team responsible for our board appointments. Ian is an outstanding leader and his fingerprints are embedded in our successful search. What stood out for me was Sheffield’s ability to gain a close understanding of our business, quickly translate that into rigorous and targeted research and search activity whilst communicating seamlessly and constructively throughout the entire process.

Mark Newman, former Board Member, MOVe Logistics

Sheffield has a strong understanding of complex sectors and are incredibly well-connected in local and offshore markets. Ian Taylor and his team are thoughtful and thorough. They have always conducted a professional and confidential process, securing highly experienced candidates for our consideration and appointment. I would not hesitate to recommend Ian and the team at Sheffield.

Julia Raue, Chair, Move Logistics

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News and Resources

New Chief Executive Officer - Oceania for PGG Wrights Seeds/DLF
Congratulations to Hugh McDonald who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for PGG Wrightson Seeds – Oceania. After a robust search process, Hugh was the successful candidate from a competitive candidate pool.
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New Independent Chair for SmartCo
Congratulations to Ben Kepes who has been appointed as Independent Chair to the board of SmartCo.
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New Headmaster for Waihi School
Sheffield South Island was delighted to work with Waihi School again in their appointment for a new Headmaster recently. Congratulations to Gareth Wood who was the successful candidate.
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Finding Your Next Executive Role with Sheffield: A Strategic Approach to Leadership Transition
Our executive coaching is not just about career navigation; it’s about strategically positioning you for long-term leadership success. Here’s how our expertise makes the difference.
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International Women’s Day 2025
International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate the leaders, changemakers, and trailblazers shaping Aotearoa’s past and future. At Sheffield, we don’t just talk about gender equity—we act on it.
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New Independent Director for Rakon
Sheffield Search has been privileged to support Rakon in the appointment of Lisbeth Jacobs as Independent Director.
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Case Studies

Christchurch Girls High School
Over 200 Year 13 students at Christchurch Girls’ High School completed the My Self career assessment, which looks at an individual’s strengths in areas that have been shown to be important to success at work, and how these align to different careers.
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Duncan Cotterill
Sheffield’s Senior Consultant Louise Green spoke with senior management about what they wanted to achieve. “We spoke about the type of key leadership behaviours that Duncan Cotterill wanted to exhibit”, said Louise. After these were agreed upon at a board level, it was decided that Sheffield would use DDI’s 360 Tool - Leadership Mirror with all 40 partners, across all four offices around the country.”
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Skyline Enterprises
The challenge with this particular position was to find a senior People Leader with a strong organisational and leadership development background. Moreover, the candidate had to not only provide operational HR leadership, they had to build capability across the entire business (comprising of some 1400 staff) and embed an organisational culture focussed on growing talent.
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Development West Coast
With the incumbent CEO of Development West Coast (DWC) retiring, Sheffield was briefed by the DWC Board to look for a new Chief Executive. The brief was to find a replacement who possessed the leadership attributes, ability to work with a variety of stakeholders on the West Coast, and to lead the team in order to enhance economic development in the region.
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Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust
Sheffield undertook a pure Search assignment, identifying candidates within the region that fitted the client’s specific brief, and presented a strong list of potential search candidates, which CWCART referred to as their ‘wish list’.
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MTF Finance Appoint Melanie Templeton as their new Independent Director
Following detailed discussions with the Board, Sheffield recommended a very targeted Search approach, alongside digital and print advertising.
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New Executive Leadership Team for Invercargill City Council
Partnering alongside both Clare Hadley and Gary Andrews, Manager People & Capability, Louise Green, a Senior Consultant at Sheffield, set about gaining a deep and thorough understanding of ICC - as an organisation, their future direction and needs, and the balance of the skills, competencies and experience that was needed to create a new and complementary executive team.
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Spark
From 2013 to 2017, Sheffield delivered a Management Fundamentals programme focused on setting the people centric leadership standards to ensure a consistent working style across the organisation.
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LIC – Emerging Leader Programme
LIC was seeking support to develop and deliver an Emerging Leader Programme, targeting high-potential, emerging leaders to develop the foundational skills for success as an upcoming leader in the organisation.
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Palmerston North City Council
Wellington Director, Katy Anquetil and Associate Director, Nicholas Buck partnered with Heather and her staff to carry out a wide variety of search work in helping to achieve broad organisational change. This included recruiting 20+ roles, and carrying out assessments and lead team alignment work. Sheffield Search provided a holistic service, from drafting job advertisements and descriptions to acting as a valuable sounding board regarding more strategic decisions.
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