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Coaching

Challenging and supportive coaching for professionals, entrepreneurs and leaders

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Every career is like a journey - there are high points to celebrate and low points with obstacles to overcome.

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Working with a coach is a great, low-stakes way to explore and experiment with different ideas for your career-based challenges. Every coaching session is an opportunity to discover more about yourself.

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You and your situation are unique. You need someone who'll listen to the details and support you to come up with strategies that work for you. Your coach will keep you accountable to giving your career the time and attention it deserves.

Who We Serve

Our coachees come from all industries and roles.

With our combined experiences and backgrounds, we are particularly effective at supporting people in tech based organizations.

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People Leaders

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Engineers

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Engineering Leaders

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Product Managers

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Executive Leaders

Our Approach

Good coaching relies on getting the fundamentals right. We never lose sight of the magic five.

Focus

Define and focus on your desired goals

Analyze

Explore your situation using more beautiful questions

Ideate

Brainstorm your potential courses of action

Plan

Decide on your course and develop an action plan

Deliver

Execute your plan, stay accountable, reflect on learning

Our Results

Our clients build successful careers at a diverse range of organizations.

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caylee b

Working with my coach was an impressive experience that provided immediate value from the very first conversation. It was clear that Andre's background in tech meant we could jump right into the problems I was facing. We were able to evolve my thinking right away, making the investment more flexible and affordable than I imagined. My favorite thing is the way he pushes you to think differently, helping you see the problem from a new angle or addressing a higher-level need. He is super sharp and can quickly add value by pulling from his extensive management and professional experience and a toolbox full of frameworks and exercises. In the end, you are in the driver's seat, but he is expertly helping to navigate.

Caylee B. - Product Design Manager - Facebook

atlas c

I was looking for ways to excel in my leadership role and better support my team. The coaching sessions have been like a lighthouse guiding me through the darkness. Before, I lacked confidence and often questioned my decisions, but after a few months of coaching, I now have the clarity and confidence to lead my team effectively. The coaching is highly personalised and has helped me navigate daily challenges, from managing my time and prioritising tasks to building team structures and hiring new staff. Andre's insights consistently inspire me, and I always leave our meetings with a clear sense of what to do next. The support I receive gives me the confidence to face any obstacle. I would highly recommend him to anyone in the game industry who wants to become a more skillful leader and experience rapid professional growth.

Atlas C. - Game Designer & Design Team Manager - thatgamecompany

jim m

After 10 years in enterprise sales, I knew I was unhappy in my role and needed a change. After my first conversation with Andre, it quickly became clear that he knew what he was talking about, and it was an investment well worth making. Working with him has been fantastic. He's an open listener who gives good feedback that is both strategic and tactical. The coaching helped me better manage my career expectations, learn to adapt to change, and handle priorities in a stressful work environment. It is extremely helpful to have someone who listens to and understands where you might be in your career.

Jim M. - Sales Director - Google

jessica p

Andre provided invaluable guidance for my career transition from foreign policy to tech. Leveraging his experience as a Head of Engineering, he offered a unique perspective on how a policy professional could effectively contribute to a tech team. He immediately identified my blind spots and helped me articulate my diplomatic experiences in a way that resonated with tech companies. His insights into Silicon Valley's culture were invaluable, and he served as an excellent sounding board. While numerous career coaches are available, Andre unequivocally distinguished himself.

Jessica P. - Business Development - Palantir

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Every famous athlete, every famous performer has somebody who's a coach.

A coach really, really helps.

Eric Schmidt - Former CEO of Google

Your Challenges

We coach clients through a broad range of challenges.

Personal Challenges

  • Imposter syndrome and confidence
  • Working relationship difficulties
  • Too many meetings
  • Communicating effectively
  • Too much context switching
  • Feeling lonely or unsupported
  • Performance review problems
  • Self-care, wellbeing and balance
  • Prioritizing your time
  • Difficult feedback
  • Coping with overload or burnout
  • Lacking creativity

Team Challenges

  • Building team alignment
  • Burned out team
  • Collaborating in a remote first world
  • Managing conflict in a sustainable way
  • Problems with ownership and accountability
  • Lacking mission clarity
  • Coaching skills
  • Growing a team
  • Working across cultural differences
  • Wrestling with making / hitting deadlines
  • Toxic or less than healthy culture

Role Challenges

  • Growing a sustainable high-performing culture
  • Delegating / coordinating work
  • Defining your role
  • Championing quality
  • Establishing processes
  • Starting to lead teams
  • Lack of tooling
  • Career pathing
  • Lacking leadership experience
  • Finding a path to leadership
  • Making trade-offs and difficult decisions
  • First time manager
  • Difficulties working with your manager

Our Tools And Methods

We combine research-backed, proven and effective tools, models and methods to support you in almost any work-related circumstance.

Career Tools

  • Professional self-branding
  • Articulating your value
  • Resume review and overhaul
  • Offer negotiation
  • Values assessment
  • Effective 1-on-1s
  • Goal setting
  • 30-60-90 on-boarding planning
  • Interview prep and practice
  • Personal development plans
  • Role definition

Craft Tools

  • Crafting powerful questions
  • Crafting and communicating roadmaps
  • Reducing WIP
  • Product and tech alignment tooling
  • Crafting a compelling narrative / storytelling
  • Agile methods and rituals
  • OKRs and KPIs
  • Strategic planning
  • Quarterly planning

Self-Improvement

  • Giving and receiving better feedback
  • Empathy and listening tools
  • Reducing context switching
  • Creating more focus and flow
  • Setting boundaries
  • Building self-care as a habit
  • Bringing play and creativity into your approach
  • Time auditing
  • Managing impostor syndrome

Leadership Growth

  • Prioritization methods
  • Making more confident decisions
  • Developing your leadership voice
  • Increasing your presence and influence
  • Writing vision statements
  • Building trust
  • Conflict management skills
  • Facilitation skills
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Coach Spotlight: Andre

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A seasoned and dedicated coach who draws on over 20 years of leadership in high-performance, product-oriented technology teams. He got his start as a software developer at an ISP, where he turned his experiences into a technology book.

He was the Director of Engineering for a 400-person engineering team at Riot Games, a core systems team at Facebook, and an advertising product group at LinkedIn. In those roles he led product engineering across many domains and gained deep experience with growing leaders, designing cross-functional organizations, managing performance, scaling development processes, and leading product and technology strategies.

It is this experience that allows Andre to build deep empathy with new and seasoned professionals alike. He's taken the journey they're on and is never happier than when helping them get to their destination.