Leading as an Engineer: It’s a Different Equation
Executive Coaching and Leadership Workshops for Tech Leaders
Your technical brilliance has driven your success. It's what earned you a leadership role. Now, you're discovering that leadership is a new kind of challenge.
The skills that made you a top individual contributor are foundational. To truly thrive and gain a seat at the leadership table, you need a strategic approach to developing your presence, your decision-making, and your organizational influence.
Together, we'll explore where your light finds its spark towards success.
More Than a Coach: An Engineer Who’s Navigated the Journey
My background is what makes my approach different. I'm an engineer with 20+ years of experience in operational leadership. I’ve walked the path you're on, building a career within technical environments.
I understand the unique mindset, the organizational cultures, and the specific skills needed to move from technical expert to influential leader. My coaching is grounded in that real-world experience and tailored for the analytical mind.
How We Can Work Together
Introductory Test Drive Session
Curious how coaching can help with the unique challenges you face? This single, 60-minute confidential session is a powerful, low-commitment way to experience the process. We'll dive straight into a real-world leadership challenge you're facing right now.
Whether it's navigating team dynamics or preparing to influence a key stakeholder, you will walk away with a new perspective and at least one actionable step you can take immediately.
This session includes a quick, confidential Leadership Assessment to identify your key strengths and a 60-minute personalized coaching session where we'll tackle your most pressing challenge.
1:1 Executive Coaching for Engineering & Tech Leaders
Through confidential, one-on-one sessions, we work together to tackle your specific leadership challenges. My goal is to provide the support and frameworks you need to lead with greater confidence and impact.
This coaching program is for you if you're looking to:
- Successfully navigate the transition from a senior individual contributor to an impactful manager.
- Increase your influence and get buy-in from stakeholders, executives, and your own team.
- Effectively manage team dynamics, resolve conflict, and give feedback that motivates your engineers.
- Move from day-to-day tactics to long-term strategic thinking and decisive leadership.
Team Workshop: The Transformative Engineering & Tech Leader
The most effective engineering organizations have a leadership team that operates from a shared playbook. This interactive 1-day workshop is designed to level-up your entire leadership cohort, creating a common language and a powerful set of tools based on the EQ SPARK™ framework.
In this workshop, your team will discover how to:
- Lead with Curiosity to ask powerful questions that build Leadership Presence.
- Build a deep Understanding of their team's and stakeholders' motivations.
- Translate their strategic vision into Decisive Action, communicating in a way that empowers their teams.
Complimentary 30-Minute Lunch & Learn for Your Team
Today’s tech leaders must evolve from simply being effective to becoming truly transformative. This brief session shares how emotional intelligence helps leaders inspire teams, drive innovation, and lead change.
Your team will explore how leading with Curiosity can improve communication, discover the link between Understanding team dynamics and making strategic decisions, and be introduced to a simple framework for taking Decisive Action.
Where Are You On Your Leadership Journey?
This 9-question leadership assessment takes just 2 minutes to complete. Rate each question on a scale of 1 to 5 to identify your current leadership blueprint and pinpoint the strategic priorities for your next level of growth. This is a self-assessment for your personal insights, and your specific responses and scores will not be stored on our end.
Find Where Your Technical Brilliance Meets Leadership Excellence
Your journey from a top technical expert to an influential leader is one of the most challenging and rewarding of your career. The first step is a simple conversation to see if we're a good fit. Let's connect to discuss your specific challenges and how coaching can provide the tools and support you need to succeed.