written by Executive Leadership Coach & Found Nick Roud. The relationship between the Chair and the CEO is one of the most important working partnerships in any organisation. When it works well, it creates clarity, pace, trust, and strategic discipline; when it...
Article written by Leadership Development Coach & Founder, Nick Roud. Auckland, New Zealand. There is a deep, uncomfortable truth at the centre of modern organisational life. Most team meetings are not working because the meeting itself is often the wrong...
written by Award Winning Leadership Coach, Nick Roud. Auckland, 20th July 2026. In an era where leadership development has become an industry of scale programs, cohorts, certifications, and immersive retreats one truth remains quietly constant: leaders do not...
Article written by Nick Roud, Director of Nick Roud Coaching. July 8th 2026, Auckland New Zealand. Redundancy at a senior level is rarely just a professional event. It is personal, often unexpected, and can challenge long-held assumptions about identity, value, and...
Article written by Nick Roud Coaching. Auckland July 6th 2026. Leadership is often spoken of as though it were a position, a title, or a prize earned after years of striving. But leadership in my view and in its truest form, is none of these things. It is not bestowed...
