Character-Based Leadership: Returning to Substance Over Style

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Over the past century, organisations have steadily drifted into valuing presentation over principle. When pressure mounts, charismatic projection fails, leaving teams disengaged and operational integrity compromised.

This workshop equips executives, people managers, and senior leaders to dismantle performative management habits and rebuild their leadership practice around six foundational pillars: Honesty, Integrity, Respect, Kindness, Trust, and Trustworthiness. Through self-examination participants learn how to bridge the gap between espoused values and daily execution, establishing high-trust environments that deliver sustainable performance.

About Cillín Hearns

An Irishman living in New Zealand, Cillín has a strong background in information technology and consulting. He has several years experience in project management and project governance. Cillín has led project teams through multiple concurrent projects ranging in size from $300k to $12m. He has also had the good fortune to lead and develop up to 12 teams of 140 consultants of various disciplines including Agile, DevOps, Test Analysis, Business Analysis, and Architecture so he knows what it takes to deliver.

Giving back to the community is important to Cillín which is the primary reason he runs these events. Cillín speaks on a range of topics on everything from holding difficult conversations and giving feedback to personal effectiveness and high-performing teams. With a vision to raise the level of coaching throughout New Zealand, Cillín facilitates mini workshops to advance coaching skills across all coaching disciplines and team leaders.

As a Leadership and Performance Coach, Cillín has worked with people from a range of backgrounds and at every level of the organisation. His style is both relaxed and professional with a large dose of humour at the right times which is summed up nicely by this feedback, “Fantastic – this guy rocks! Amazing speaker. The session was motivating and inspiring.”

About Results Coaching

Founded in 2011, Results Coaching (formerly Setanta Consulting), is one of New Zealand’s fastest growing coaching practices. Our promise is to expand the horizons of our clients measured by observable growth through coaching and training events. As one participant put it, “This is the type of talk I’m looking for at my stage of my career, i.e. focuses on personal development rather than technical skills.”