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...
Article written by Nick Roud, Multi-Award Winner & Founder of Nick Roud Coaching Somewhere along the line, many CEOs quietly inherit a second title: Chief Everything Officer. They become the escalation pointer decisions that should ‘never’ reach them,...
By Nick Roud Coaching (guest article for press) April 2026, Auckland, New Zealand In every organisation whether a start‑up finding its feet or a global enterprise redefining its edge the distinction between leadership and management matters more than most people...
Article written by Nick Roud, 21st March 2026, Queenstown, New Zealand If You’re Too Busy for a Leadership Coach, You Probably Need One(A reflection on effectiveness, leadership, and making time for what matters most) The Myth of the “Busy Leader”. If there’s...
