NICK ROUD COACHING
AWARD WINNING LEADERSHIP COACHINGTrusted By Boards, CEOs and HR Executives Across 9 Countries
One to one leadership coaching for Chief Executive Officers, Senior Executives and Emerging Leaders.
Lead with greater clarity, confidence and impact.
Trusted By Leaders Across New Zealand And Internationally.
- Award Winning Executive Coach
- Master Certified Executive Coach
- Coaching Clients Across 9 Countries (as at October 2026)
- International Coaching Federation Accredited
- Trusted by Boards, CEOs and Executive Teams
Nick Roud provides one-to-one executive coaching for leaders navigating complexity, pressure, growth, tranistion and greater responsibility.
Work confidentially with a world class, award winning executive leadership coach.
Book a confidential leadership conversation
Trusted by boards, executives and HR leaders across nine countries.
“Leadership is a tough job. It’s not for everyone nor should it be. The best leaders work with a coach”
The Coaching We Do
The Leadership Challenges
Leadership is demanding. You should not have to lead through every challenge alone. Senior leaders are expected to deliver results, make difficult decisions, influence stakeholders, develop people and lead through uncertainty.
Yet many leaders have limited space to step back, think honestly and examine how they are leading.
Coaching with Nick Roud gives you that space.
It is confidential, structured environment to challenge assumptions, understand your leadership strengths and blind-spots, and turn insight into practical action.
This is not generic advice or a formulaic leadership residential week long programme. It is focused coaching designed around your role, your organisation and the outcomes that matter most.
Create space to think, slow down, think. Lead with greater impact.
Common themes my clients share with me:
CEOs
- Leadership isolation
- Board relationships
- Executive team friction
- Strategic pressure
- Oranisational growth
Senior Executives
- Executive presence
- Influence
- Stakeholder management
- Transition to C-Suite
Emerging Leaders
- Leadership confidence
- Managing people
- Communication
- Decision making
- Stepping out of subject matter expertise to leading people
MEET NICK
Nick Roud is a trusted executive coach and leadership adviser who works with senior executives, boards and organisations across New Zealand and internationally. His client work spans Canada, Australia, Singapore, France, the United Kingdom and India.
He holds globally recognised coaching credentials and is the creator of advanced leadership-development assessments designed to provide practical insights into leadership capability, performance and organisational impact.
His mission is simple, coach amazing leaders to be better than they are today.
Get To Know Nick’s Leadership Coaching Approach
What changes through coaching?
Leadership coaching should do more than create a good conversation. It should create visible, lasting change.
Through our work together, you can expect to:
- Build greater self-awareness
- Improve leadership presence and influence
- Handle pressure with more clarity and control
- Align how you lead with what matters most.
- Create lasting behavioural change that others can see.
The Challenge many leaders face!
Many capable leaders are operating at a high level while carrying a heavy lead. Expected to deliver, adapt, influence, and lead well, often without enough space to think clearly or reflect honestly. That is where coaching becomes valuable. It gives you a structured, confidential space to step back, sharpen your thinking, and make better choices about how you lead. For many leaders, this is where real progress begins.
My coaching is not generic, formulaic, or corporate for the sake of it. I use a process that helps you understand your leadership strengths, blindspots and development needs, then turn that understanding into action.
My dyslexia led thinking is a strength in this work. It allows me to spot connections others miss, challenge assumptions, and help leaders see the bigger picture without losing the detail that matters. That often leads to faster insight, cleaner decisions, and more effective leadership behaviour.
Coaching Outcomes?
The results are not vague. They are collected through real-time feedback using our proprietary LeaderPulse tool. Results from our most recent coaching work have shown:
- Clearer thinking when under pressure
- Stronger leadership confidence
- More effective communication
- Better alignment between values and behaviour
- Greater influence with teams, peers, and stakeholders
- A more deliberate and sustainable way of leading.
Who Nick Coaches
CEOs
For chief executives carrying responsibility for the whole organisation.
Mimimum engagement: 12 months
Senior executives
For executives responsible for significant teams, functions, results and organisational influence. Senior executive coaching helps you strengthen your leadership presence, make better decisions, handle conflict constructively, influence across the business and lead with greater authority and self-awareness.
Minimum engagement: Nine months
Explore senior executive coaching
Emerging leaders
For high-potential professionals moving into greater leadership responsibility.
Emerging leader coaching helps you transition from subject matter expertise to people leadership, build confidence, communicate clearly, delegate effectively and establish strong leadership habits.
Minimum Engagement: Six months
Explore emerging leader coaching
Chief Executive Coaching
Investment from $32,400 + GST NZD minimum 12 months
“Leading at the top doesn’t mean going it alone.”
Every CEO I coach knows that leadership can feel isolating. The decisions are bigger, the stakes higher, and the room for error smaller. My job isn’t to tell you what to do. It’s to help you gain clarity, make informed decisions, lead more effectivley.
Through one-on-one coaching, we slow things right down to get to the truth of your leadership, what’s working, what’s not, and what needs to change. Whether you’re navigating growth, culture, or personal transitions, our work together gives you space to think deeply, challenge assumptions, and build lasting impact.
Results shared by CEO clients after 12 months coaching with Nick:
-
Embedded new leadership habits, not just tried them.
-
Lead with greater clarity, confidence, and presence.
-
More resilient in high-pressure situations.
-
Built stronger relationships with my Board, ELT, and stakeholders.
-
Seen as a more mature, trusted, and effective leader.
-
Have a practical leadership approach that I can keep using.
These results were gathered through a LeaderPulse mini-360 degree survey completed during the final month of coaching.
Senior Leadership Coaching
Investment $18,500 + GST NZD nine months coaching
Every great leader needs a place to think.
Senior executives (those reporting directly into the CEO) carry immense responsibility, leading teams, driving results, and shaping culture. But behind every strategic decision sits a leader who must stay steady, clear, and self-aware. That’s where senior executive coaching with Nick Roud makes the difference.
In our one-on-one work together, we create time and space to step back from the daily noise, challenge your thinking, and strengthen your impact. You’ll gain clarity on how you lead, confidence in your decisions, and calm under pressure, all grounded in real world leadership, not theory.
Typical outcomes from nine months of senior executive leadership coaching. Results taken from LeaderPulse surveys.
- I am able to see clearer change in how other people respond to my leadership approach.
- I now lead with more authority without becoming harder or more guarded.
- Have stronger boundaries and better control of my time and energy.
- I deal with conflict more constructively.
- Influence more effectively across the business.
- Now I am more disciplined in how I think, respond, and follow through.
In nine-months of coaching, clients usually see a noticeable shift in how they lead and how others experience them. They are more grounded, more effective under pressure, and better able to influence people and results.
Emerging Leader Coaching
Investment $12,400 + GST NZD six month coaching
Leadership starts long before the title.
High potential leaders are at a defining stage. 79% of newly appointed leaders had zero to little professional support.
Supporting ambitious, talented people as they step into greater responsability is a major focus for senior executives and HR departments. Coaching helps emerging leaders bridge the gap between where they are now and the leader they are becoming.
Together, we’ll uncover your authentic leadership style, build the confidence to take on bigger challenges, and develop the skills to influence others with purpose and integrity. This isn’t about quick hacks, it’s about building a foundation for a career of impact and meaning. It is about letting go of subject matter expertise and focusing on leading people. This is evidence based coaching, not just conversation.
Typical outcomes from Emerging Leader Coaching. Results taken direct from our clients.
-
I feel clearer about who I am as a leader and how I want to show up.
-
My communication is simpler and calmer, and I have more confidence.
-
I am able to make decisions faster, with less second-guessing.
-
Handle pressure better and recover more quickly after difficult conversations.
-
Start to change habits that have been holding me back.
-
Built more trust with teams and peers through consistency and clarity.
In six months, clients become more self-aware, more confident, and more intentional in how they lead. They start making better decisions, communicating more clearly, and showing up with greater calm and consistency.
FOR YOUR CAREERS.
Career Development
Your career is evolving. Are you ready to lead the next chapter?
Many leaders reach a point where what once felt right no longer fits. Maybe you’re exploring a new direction, preparing for a bigger role, or simply wanting greater alignment between your work and your values. Career Coaching with Nick Roud gives you the clarity and confidence to make those next moves deliberatley not reactively.
Together, we’ll identify what truly drives you, uncover the opportunties that fit your strenghts, and build the plan to get there. You’ll leave with fresh perspectives, renewed energy, and a clear sense of direction.
Submit your interest and Nick will personally respond within one business day to arrange a confidential 30-minute conversation
Written work by Nick Roud.
Why CEOs Will Need Outstanding HR Relationships and How They Work Best.
In a world where talent is the ultimate competitive advantage, the CEO–CHRO partnership is not a nice-to-have. It is the hidden engine of high performance.
The Interview Trap and How to Overcome Your Nerves
Then the interview invitation arrives and with it, that familiar tightening in your chest. Your heart rate climbs. Your mind races. Suddenly, you’re not the composed leader you know yourself to be. You’re wondering if you’ll blank on the simplest question, stumble over your words, or fail to convey the value you bring. In my coaching business it’s known as the interview trap.
Where Your Leadership Focus Is Holding You Back
If the senior team operates in silos, middle managers will do the same. If leaders criticise peers privately but avoid difficult conversations directly, that behaviour will spread. If departments compete for status and resources without any sense of shared purpose, collaboration becomes a slogan rather than a reality.
CEO, How Are You Leading Your ELT?
Only 30% of CEOs are confident about revenue growth over the next 12 months, down from 56% in 2022.
CEOs now spend 47% of their time on issues with a horizon of less than one year, versus just 16% on decisions looking more than five years ahead.
Nearly half of senior leaders cite AI and emerging technology as both a top priority and the biggest development gap in their teams.
More than a quarter of senior leaders say lack of strategic clarity limits their effectiveness; ineffective decision-making processes rank close behind.
Retaining top talent, employee well-being, and team effectiveness have overtaken budgeting and resource allocation as the top internal priorities.
Your Comeback Starts Here!
If you haven’t interviewed in years, the stakes feel higher. You’re not just selling your skills you’re reframing your story. That’s where targeted coaching makes the difference. Research shows executive coaching delivers measurable behavioural outcomes, with moderate to strong effect sizes on performance and confidence. In other words: coaching doesn’t just help you feel better. It helps you perform better.