Nick Read

Nick established Training for Change in 1994.  His purpose is to offer training and facilitation services to corporate business in the area of human dynamics.

Nick has a background in teaching, television production, sales and corporate communications.  From these experiences he has formed his philosophy for his business: the purpose of any initiative is to support people to change their behaviour. 

His view is that most people do the best job they can with the resources they have.  But many people in business have not been given the resources necessary to carry out their roles effectively.  By introducing more skills and strategies in a supportive environment, people are eager to improve their own performance.

Nick is also strongly committed to ensuring that the services he provides meet the needs of the organisation concerned.  The key to any effective communications or training programme is to clearly define its purpose.  Only then can you determine the most effective strategies to achieve that purpose.

The services Nick provides include consulting, coaching & training in –

• Business Writing
• Interpersonal Communication
• Managing People
• The Science and Art of Influence – NLP in Business
• Power Reading
• Presentation Skills
• Facilitation Skills
• Managing Change
• Building high performing teams
• Customer First
• AlwaysSafe (safety programme)

Nick has worked in a wide range of organisations, from government departments and local bodies to medium sized entrepreneurial companies. An Executive Education facilitator, Nick facilitates a range of short courses from business writing to managing people at the University of Auckland – Business School.

Nick's focus is always to improve the performance of an organisation by supporting and resourcing its people to improve themselves.  His studies of adult learning processes, such as accelerated learning and neurolinguistic programming make his interactions with people particularly effective.

Nick is married with two children and lives in Auckland.