Leigh Paulden is an author, internationally certified business coach and growth consultant with over 30 years of experience across 30+ industries. He brings a deep knowledge of globally proven frameworks, effective tools and actionable strategies to help growth-focused businesses achieve their full potential.
What sets Leigh apart is that he brings more than just theory. Alongside international executive education, he has decades of practical, hands-on experience working with leaders and their teams to solve real business problems. His advice is grounded in what actually works inside growing mid-market companies.
Throughout his career, Leigh has worked with more than 300 companies, with sixty percent of his clients operating in the global market. He partners directly with New Zealand’s top mid-market firms including Carus, Paperplus, Touchpoint, Anytime Fitness and Pacific Hygiene to create scalable, sustainable business growth.
Leigh is passionate about mid-market business and works with leaders who are seeking a proven framework and expert guidance to drive their performance. Under his tutorage, clients have reported combined annual revenue growth of 34.23%.
Leigh perfected his skills by immersing himself in the best executive education in the world. As such, he is the only Senior Certified Gravitas Impact Business Consultant in New Zealand and one of only six Outthinker Growth Strategists in Australasia.
Leigh understands the pressure mid-market leaders face. Growth can stall or spiral, profits can slip, and the weight of decisions can feel isolating. As a trusted business coach, he provides clarity and a proven path forward so leaders can focus on what matters and grow with confidence.
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Leigh Paulden
"I bring my clients executive education that has been internationally tested and proven to drive business performance. I understand the factors that influence growth and business practice and create the clarity and certainty you need to make great decisions for success."
Leigh Paulden is an internationally certified business consultant and author working alongside New Zealand businesses serious about growth.
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NZ’s only Senior Certified Gravitas Impact Business Consultant
One of only six Certified Outthinker Growth Strategists in Australasia
30 years’ business experience across 30+ different industries
Proven history from working alongside 300+ companies
A mentor to premium business coaches worldwide
Published Author and International Speaker
Leigh currently works with mid-market sized clients with combined annual revenues of
$306m and last financial year, client average growth was 34.23%.
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WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING
At YellowBites, we knew that if we wanted to grow, we needed more than just ambition, we needed help. Someone who could provide a clear strategy and give us the confidence and discipline to execute it well.
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Rodney Jurgens, Managing Director - Yellow
With Leigh’s wealth of experience and network of contacts we’ve benefitted having somebody at our strategy table that can easily relate to all sorts of situations and offer advice in how to navigate them. (more&hel
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Colin Durling , - CDK Stone
Leigh Paulden has worked closely with both HTC and Hobeca for over six years, and has been instrumental in helping us grow and evolve as businesses. Leigh brings consistent, high-quality coaching, but what sets him apart is his ability to blend structure with people. Read more >>
Robb Huskinson , - HTC
I describe Leigh Paulden as a diesel engine. He’s just a safe pair of hands and steady. He just follows the process and takes you through it. And so we’ve enjoyed the process of his frameworks and his experience.
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Paul O’Donohue, CEO - SalesStar
"I would say to anybody who has a desire to grow, or to double or triple their business, that the earlier you add on somebody like Leigh, the easier your road is going to be because it won’t just be about your end goal, it will be about your roadmap and how to actually get there”.
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Mike Modgill, Director - Supacolour
There is no question that the time my management team and I spent working with Leigh and the Gravitas programmes was of the highest value. Leigh's fantastically broad business perspective, hands on expertise and smart business thinking was invaluable...
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Mike Shatford, CEO - CEO Design Energy
Working with Leigh Paulden made us prioritise time as a leadership team and work towards our common goals. As a result we matured processes and systems, assessed potential pitfalls and prepared for the changes required to grow a Tech start-up company into a mid-market one.
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Brett O'Donnell, CEO & Founder - Webtools
Having a robust framework to help develop both strategy and execution is powerful. When that is allied with a knowledgeable, results-focused coach like Leigh Paulden, then you really are set up for success.
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Sam Shosanya, CEO - Paper Plus Group
SSBG brings focus through great systems, however, having Leigh Paulden coach you in the journey just adds so much more breadth & depth to those 'must get right' decisions. I unreservedly recommend him.
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Richard Ball, CEO - Anytime Fitness NZ
Leigh Paulden was there from the very early days of Orbica. He focuses very much on business design, strategic thinking, business expansion and setting yourself up for growth.
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Kurt Janssen, CEO and Founder - Orbica
Implementation of the methods Leigh Paulden has introduced is delivering great results profit-wise and in terms of our business's position and contribution to the marketplace.
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Mark Bishop, General Manager - Active Healthcare
I strongly recommend Leigh Paulden and his services to anyone who wants to achieve great growth and take their business to the next level. The value Leigh has added has well and truly outweighed the investment.
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Harvey Fisher, General Manager - Carus Group (2017 Deloitte Fast 50)
Leigh Paulden works with my management team and I to continually challenge our business to continue to grow systematically and profitably.
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Frank van der Velden, CEO - Touchpoint Group
Working with Leigh Paulden has had an outstanding impact on our business. We are unlocking the potential within SnapComms and the rate of growth (and everyone’s enjoyment of that growth) has increased dramatically. Highly recommended!
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Sarah Perry , CEO - SnapComms
I strongly recommend Leigh Paulden and his services. The benefits of developing a positive, focused and results-based environment, with significant additional business value, greatly outweigh any investments we have made.
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Ross Johnson, Managing Director - Global Security
Our Senior Management Team and I have enjoyed working with Leigh Paulden, where we have all been challenged to fully understand the changes in the marketplace, what’s driving them, and how we must position our company to successfully continue to grow profitably in the future.
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Rod Downs, Managing Director - Pacific Hygiene Limited
I highly recommend Leigh Paulden and the Gravitas Impact tools to any small-medium growth business looking to take their team to the next level.
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Glen Dobbie, Non-Executive Director - Intueri Education Group
Learning and implementing the Gravitas Impact tools has made a huge difference in the clarity of direction, focus on the right priorities, improved communication within the business and faster execution.
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E Wayne Bailey , Director - Taurus Group Limited
