Building confident, capable people leaders through practical training in employment relations, leadership and workplace change.

Rea Workshops gives people leaders the knowledge, practical tools and confidence to handle real workplace situations — from difficult conversations and performance issues to employment processes, team culture and leading people through change.

Practical Training for Practical People

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Managing people can be challenging — particularly when workplace issues become complicated.

Our practical, interactive workshops give people leaders the confidence and capability to deal with those challenges early, fairly and effectively.

We combine employment relations knowledge with practical leadership skills, real workplace scenarios and tools participants can use immediately. We also work with organisations to tailor training around their own policies, processes and current workplace challenges.

The result? More confident leaders, better conversations and stronger workplace cultures.

Why Choose Rea Workshops?

Because workplace training should work in the real world.

Our workshops are practical, interactive and grounded in situations people leaders actually face. We combine employment relations expertise with adult learning principles, using discussion, activities, real scenarios and practical tools rather than hours of theory.

We can also tailor our workshops to your organisation, incorporating your policies, processes and workplace context so participants can immediately connect the learning to their roles.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • We offer practical training in employment relations, leadership development and workplace change.

    Our flagship Employment Relations Essentials workshop builds confidence in managing everyday employment issues, while our leadership and customised workshops can focus on areas such as performance, difficult conversations, communication, accountability and leading people through change.

    We can also tailor workshop content to reflect your organisation's policies, processes and current workplace challenges.

  • Our workshops are designed for people who manage people — from new and emerging leaders through to experienced supervisors and managers.

    We also work with organisations wanting to build greater consistency and confidence across their leadership teams.

  • Absolutely. We work with you to understand your organisation, your people and the challenges your leaders are facing.

    Where appropriate, we incorporate your own policies, processes and workplace scenarios so participants can directly connect the learning to their day-to-day roles.

  • Our workshops are in-person, practical and highly interactive.

    We use real workplace scenarios, group discussion, activities and practical tools to help participants apply what they're learning. The focus is on participation and practice rather than sitting through hours of theory.

  • Our workshops are designed for groups of approximately 8–20 participants.

    Keeping groups at this size allows plenty of discussion, interaction and practical activities while creating a comfortable environment for participants to ask questions and share experiences.

  • Rea Workshops is based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and we work with organisations throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.

    Talk to us about your organisation, your leaders and what you'd like to achieve, and we can discuss the best approach for your team.

Real Learning Real Results

  • An outstanding kaupapa that brought practical, reflective, and empowering learning into our organisation

    Our leadership team at Raukura Hauora o Tainui recently took part in the Employment Relations Essentials Workshop delivered by Rea Workshops, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.

    The training provided practical skills and tools our leaders could apply straight away. Role playing real scenarios helped build confidence, while reflective discussions encouraged leaders to think critically about how they navigate performance, change, and accountability.

    Participants appreciated the engaging delivery, diverse learning styles being supported, and the way facilitators adapted to a full group with busy demands. The presence of our HR Manager helped deepen understanding and alignment across functions.

    Weeks later, our teams are still referencing the tools, implementing what they learned, and encouraging others to get involved. We’ve seen a visible lift in leadership practice and confidence.

    We highly recommend Rea Workshops to any organisation committed to growing strong, values-led leaders.

    Te Rukutia Tongaawhikau

    Pou Whakahaere – General Manager

    Haapori – Community Health & Wellbeing Services

Our customer reviews

  • I highly recommend this training the workshops were delivered throughout the company and we targeted not only those with line management responsibility but also those who were likely to move into those roles within the near future. We certainly noticed following the training that the level of expertise in this area grew, managers felt more confident in having early conversations with their team members, understood the process around Employment Relations and the end result for us has been fewer ER issues for the HR team to deal with and frontline teams who were able to move quickly through minor issues.

    Kristina Power | National HR Manager