leadership
However your problems manifest on the surface, there is a place you still need to look. Inside of you.
Here’s the secret: for improvements to work, an internal shift must match every change you make externally. In other words:
if (internal_change) {
return external_results;
} else {
return status_quo;
}
To successfully create change for your team, you must understand how to influence the team's behavior and change yourself simultaneously. This is no easy task.​
The path to leadership is not what you think
​​
Your team needs to perform better​​​
​​​​
You're going slow
Delivering poor quality
Not meeting requirements
Working in
strained relationships
You - The Internal Domain of Change
To change yourself, you have everything you need. You just need to get through the parts of you that block the way. The engineering mindset is very active and analytical. But it's not the problem. It's our over-identification with our mind that can block the way.
​
Learn more​
​Team - The External Domain of Change
To influence team behavior, you need a framework. If you don’t know your framework, your unconscious has made one up, and you’re using it without conscious attention. I use People, Process, and Technology as pillars that can be leveraged by Structures, Policies, and Metrics.
Learn more​
​​The Next Step Toward Change
I help people create change in their organizations by starting with themselves. Click the button below to book a 30-minute call, and I’ll reveal with you what internal change you need to create the external change you seek.
The External and Internal mirror one another. When you align them, change happens quickly and effectively.
With a guide who understands how this works on your side, you'll be amazed at what you can accomplish.
Jamie, Founding Engineer
I wanted some tactical advice to help me succeed in a new leadership role. I ended up rethinking my relationship with myself and the world as a whole. This was life-changing, giving me new skills to leverage across all parts of my life - professional and personal.
Charlie, Founder & CTO
Working with Josh, I gained skills to help me through new and unique managerial challenges - first as a new manager, then as Founder & CTO of my own VC-funded company.
Adam, CTO & Co-Founder
I am a better leader now. I was confused and frustrated. Josh gave me space to surface and confront the self-defeating behaviors I didn't know were there. His gentle yet structured approach allows me to make habitual leadership improvements. My team noticed.
I wrote my first code as a curious kid on an Apple II Plus in the early 80s. In 1994, I started my career as an engineer. Curiosity about how people work steered me into engineering management over 20 years ago (see my career experience here). I have been a leadership coach and mentor for 10 years. I have a bachelor's in Physics, a master's in Organizational Leadership, and over 20 years of study in humanistic psychology, based primarily on the work of Virginia Satir, a pioneer in human systems thinking. I have attended and facilitated over 500 days of personal growth, career development, and leadership training around the world. In my career, I have held multiple leadership roles in technology startups. I am a certified Agile Leadership Journey Guide and studied Crafted Leadership. I am excited to share the tools of discovery that I have used to help others and myself.
​
It's better to talk to someone who gets the engineering mindset.
