Savvy Leaders — part of Savvy Inc

WE BUILD LEADERS. WE BUILD TEAMS. WE BUILD BUSINESS.

LEADERSHIP. CULTURE. PEOPLE.

Two unique programs, built on 30+ years leading in the SME and corporate world.

Leaders looking to the horizon — vision and direction with Savvy Leaders

Sound Familiar?

  • Where do I find — and keep — the right people?
  • How do I stay in front of the pack?
  • Managing my business vs leading my people
  • Increasing sales, reducing costs
  • No sounding board to work through challenges
  • Should I expand the brand — or not?
  • The harder I work, the less I seem to achieve

The Savvy Leaders Difference

Hands-on, not textbook

We are not business coaches, and we never subcontract. You engage the founder — 30+ years of executive, hands-on roles across operations, sales, marketing, training and leadership. Advice from doing, not from a book.

No lock-ins. Ever.

From a single hour to a 12-month program — formal full-team structures or ad hoc one-on-ones. You choose what you need and when, and we have to keep earning the engagement.

Your neutral sounding board

The higher the position, the lonelier it gets. An outside, experienced, candid partner — for you or your senior people — to talk, brainstorm and solve without politics or retribution.

Skin in the game

We invest in start-ups we work with — strategic input into systems, process and vision alongside our entrepreneurs. Put your money where your mouth is: we do.

Partnership handshake — Savvy Leaders Team workshop discussion — Savvy Leaders

Two Dynamically Different Approaches

Leadership Unplugged

Your no-set-agenda, one-on-one, about-anything-anytime option — the problem-solver, the creative input, the sounding board for CEOs, business owners and senior execs. Includes our start-up speciality and angel investment approach.

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Leadership Dynamics

Andrew has joined the long-established Leadership Dynamics program as a partner and mentor — structured leadership development delivered through the Leadership Dynamics organisation.

Leadership Dynamics →

What Leaders Say

Shay Jackson, National Sales Manager, Total Air Holdings Ltd (New Zealand) — on Andrew Barker’s leadership

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Tell us a little about your business — and if you would like your complimentary 30-minute consultation, say the word. No fee, no strings. Trust, performance, outcomes.

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