written by Nick Roud, Founder Management is having a moment of reckoning. For much of the past century, management was treated as a largely internal affair: a set of routines for turning plans into results, a discipline for keeping the machine running, a necessary but...
written by Executive Coach Nick Roud. 5th June 2026, Auckland, New Zealand One of the most common misconceptions about leadership is that success is built on saying “yes.” In reality, leadership is defined by what you choose not to do. Only today in a one...
writing by Nick Roud, (with research from various white papers and coaching sessions with CEOs). Auckland, June 2nd 2026. Change is not the problem. Resistance to change is. The leaders who perform best in uncertain environments are not the ones who pretend everything...
written by Nick Roud Coaching, May 27th 2026 Redundancy lands like a blunt object. Typically out of the blue and very unexpected. No matter how it’s packaged “restructure,” “realignment,” “business priorities” it hits the same place. Your sense of security takes a...
Article written for HRD Leaders by Nick Roud In a world full of workshops, digital learning, and team offsites, professional one-to-one leadership development remains one of the most effective ways to accelerate talent. For HRD leaders, it is not a luxury or a “nice...
