About

Leonie Black

Leonie Black is a founder and the principal consultant at Cadence Consulting. With over 25 years of experience, she works with leaders and teams across New Zealand to strengthen communication, collaboration, and capability. Her work is practical, outcomes-focused, and guided by a genuinely curious approach to people and performance.

Leonie:

believes sustainable change happens when people are understood, heard, and supported.
takes an organisation-wide, performance-based approach to deliver practical, sustainable solutions.
brings broad experience to help leaders and teams tackle complex challenges.
focuses on measurable outcomes delivered with empathy and clarity.
designs solutions that go beyond learning - shifting systems, behaviour, and capability.
works with trusted associates when broader expertise is needed.

Leonie is a Life Fellow of the New Zealand Association for Training and Development and is trusted by organisations across the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors.

Enhancing Leadership and Team Potential

Trusted Partner

For over 25 years, we’ve partnered with leaders and teams to co-create solutions that deliver real results. Our approach is collaborative, practical, and grounded in research to ensure lasting impact. We:

Listen closely and explore options with you, not just for you.
Co-design research-based solutions that align with your strategy, values, and culture.
Share expertise to strengthen capability and drive continuous improvement.
Bring in trusted associates when broader experience is needed.

Cadence is an All of Government (AOG) supplier.

What Clients Say

Leonie is at ease at multiple levels in the organisation and is excellent at problem identification and problem solving (and leading others in these efforts) - Gareth

Though an external consultant Leonie always acted as a true internal partner in the project, not hesitating to coach and mentor the team members when needed - Peter

Leonie added value to the team, not only from her broad experience in change management but also from her warm interpersonal skills - Gabrielle

Leonie is highly skilled at listening and identifying your organisational pain points and transforming them into quality L&D programmes to meet your needs - Keay

Extremely productive day and delighted with outcomes achieved. I have only had positive comments from the team about your style and the progress that was made - Lynley

Thanks Leonie for your sage advice recently. Your deep knowledge of how people interact is impressive and you've helped me to navigate some potentially tricky situations - Josh

Recent Projects

A selection of recent engagements is outlined below.
More in-depth case studies are avaiable on the Leadership, Team and Capability pages.

Team Leader Programme

This 9-month programme for an SME leverages leader assessment and coaching to focus learning. Interactive workshops build skills and knowledge whilst the company projects put learning into action. We have since built the Grow Leaders programme for others.

Management Matters

This 6-month programme for a crown agency focusses on the need for leaders to also have management skills. Cadence partnered with the organisation to develop the programme and npow facilitates the delivery with internal presenters.

Challenged Team(s)

Cadence always appreciates the opportunity to work with teams (and team leaders) that are struggling and find ways to build relationships, improve communication and achieve results. Interventions have included planning and skills workshops, coaching and assessment tools.

Strategic Partnerships

Organisation Solutions

Organisation Solutions is a leading organisation and leadership development consultancy headquartered in Singapore. Cadence can offer a range of world-class solutions through this relationship

Team Hub / Belbin New Zealand

As a Belbin Team Roles accredited provider, Cadence is able to offer coaching and workshops based on the Belbin Team Roles inventory plus support to build the team in the flow of work.

NetworkHR

Network HR offers tailored HR and training services. In partnership with Cadence we are offering practical support to small and medium sized businesses.