Get Clear On What Matters.
Prepare Deliberately.
Turn Priorities Into Action.
“You don’t need more time. You need clarity on what deserves it.”
A practical one day, in person masterclass for executives, senior leaders, managers and business owners who carry significant responsibility and feel overwhelmed by competing demands. Finish the year with clarity and set up the next one for deliberate, focused success.
Workshop One — Auckland City Centre
Date
Thursday 3 December 2026
Location
Auckland City Centre
Schedule
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Workshop Two — Highbrook, East Auckland
Date
Monday 7 December 2026
Location
Highbrook, East Auckland
Schedule
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Early Bird: NZ$395 + GST
NZ$454.25 incl. GST • 1 week only • Then NZ$495 + GST
Two Live Workshops
Auckland City Centre & Highbrook, East Auckland
NZ$395 + GST
Early Bird — 1 week
Sound Familiar?
The Reality of Carrying Significant Responsibility
You are capable, experienced and motivated to deliver great work. But competing demands leave very little room for the preparation your role actually demands.
“I’m busy all day, but the important things keep slipping.”
“Everyone else’s priorities become my priorities.”
“I go from meeting to meeting without time to prepare.”
“I have something valuable to contribute, but I struggle to communicate it clearly.”
“I’m second guessing myself more than I should.”
“I finish the week exhausted and wonder what I actually achieved.”
The Operational Reality
What happens when preparation is continually squeezed out
When preparation is crowded out by immediate operational noise, leaders spend their entire working week reacting to other people’s agendas. Important conversations are had without clear thinking, high value initiatives stall, and exhaustion replaces strategic focus.
The Success Hour System
Three Distinct Tools for Deliberate Action
Success Hour is not vague advice or motivation. It provides three structured tools designed to support your preparation and execution.
Success Hour Model
The Framework
Explains the structured preparation approach and the cognitive principles behind deliberate focus.
Success Hour Template
The Working Engine
Guides your actual one hour preparation routine. You complete your first full template during the workshop.
Success Hour Planner
The Execution System
A physical quarterly planner supporting weekly and daily follow through over the next quarter.
Working Schedule
What You Will Experience on the Day
A structured 8:30 am – 3:30 pm flow designed to balance strategic understanding with protected practical execution.
Recognise your current reality
Identify competing demands, reactive habits and where preparation is being squeezed out of your working week.
Develop a deliberate mindset
Explore ownership, conscious choices, strategic priorities and creating dedicated space to think.
Understand the Success Hour model
Learn the preparation process and how it directly supports focused, high impact action.
Use the Success Hour template
Experience a practical demonstration and learn how to work through the template step by step.
Experience your own Success Hour
Core Working SessionSpend a full, protected hour applying the template to your real responsibilities, with Denis on hand for direct guidance.
Debrief and strengthen your preparation
Reflect on critical discoveries, key decisions made, and anticipate practical obstacles before they arise.
Use the Success Hour Planner
Learn how to translate your focused preparation into consistent weekly and daily execution over the coming quarter.
Prepare to contribute
Apply clearer thinking directly to an upcoming meeting or important leadership conversation.
Build the habit
Schedule your recurring weekly practice and commit to immediate next steps to protect your time.
Tangible Takeaways
Practical Outputs You Take Back to Your Desk
You will not leave with generic theory. You will leave with finished preparation and actionable tools ready for immediate implementation.
Full Registration Package
Everything Included With Your Seat
Designed to support both your in person workshop day and your execution over the month that follows.
Full Day Facilitation with Denis
A structured 8:30 am – 3:30 pm in person workshop with international executive facilitator Denis Gianoutsos.
The Success Hour Model & Template
Complete working access to the proprietary template to clarify priorities and structure your preparation.
Full Protected Hour of Live Application
A dedicated, uninterrupted hour during the day to apply the template directly to your own live responsibilities.
One Quarterly Success Hour Planner
One physical quarterly planner to translate your preparation into weekly and daily follow through.
Morning Tea and Lunch
Catering provided so you can focus entirely on strategic clarity and networking with peers.
30 Min Online 1 on 1 Coaching with Denis
A private 30 minute online coaching session with Denis ~1 month later to review your implementation, work through obstacles, and refine your preparation.
Target Audience
Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed for high responsibility roles where performance and decision quality directly impact outcomes.
Executives & Senior Leaders
Carrying significant enterprise responsibility, steering strategy and needing space to think before high stakes decisions.
Operational & People Managers
Caught between team escalations, cross functional demands and endless meetings without time to prepare.
Business Owners & Founders
Pulled into every operational fire, needing clarity on high leverage growth activities versus distraction.
High Performers & Specialists
Ambitious contributors who have valuable insights but struggle to communicate clearly and protect their focus.
Denis Gianoutsos
CEO & Founder, Leading Change Partners
About Denis Gianoutsos
“Helping Leaders Adapt and Thrive.”
Denis Gianoutsos is an international keynote speaker, executive facilitator and executive coach who works with leaders facing high pressure, rapid change and complex responsibilities.
He is the CEO and Founder of Leading Change Partners and former Global Delivery Lead – Executive Development.
Denis is also the host of the acclaimed Leadership is Changing podcast, with more than 800 episodes featuring global perspectives on modern executive leadership.
His practical facilitation style helps leaders strip away operational noise, ground their decisions in clear thinking, and execute with confidence.
Founder, Leading Change PartnersInvestment Details
Three Ways To Reserve Your Place
These are pilot introductory workshops — the first public run of the Success Hour format — so we’re offering a reduced Early Bird rate for one week, then an introductory rate for the first two events, ahead of the planned standard rate.
Available for 1 week only
First two public events
Planned rate for subsequent events
Registration Package Includes:
- Full-day facilitated workshop with Denis
- Success Hour model & practical template
- One physical Success Hour Planner
- Full protected hour of live application
- Morning tea and lunch (catering provided)
- 30 min online 1 on 1 coaching with Denis (~1 mo post)
Practical Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Stop Firefighting.
Start Preparing Deliberately.
“You don’t need more time. You need clarity on what deserves it.”
December is the perfect moment to step back, get clear on what matters, and set up the next year for deliberate, focused success. Join a pilot introductory workshop and build the preparation habit that carries you into the new year.
Facilitated by Denis Gianoutsos • Leading Change Partners
Thursday 3 December 2026 (Auckland City Centre) & Monday 7 December 2026 (Highbrook, East Auckland) • Early Bird NZ$454.25 inc GST