The Curriculum
The program is deliberately sequenced: managers start with who they are as a leader, build the core operating skills, navigate the human complexity of managing people, and finish with a module on AI leadership before integrating everything into a 90-day plan they walk away with and immediately use.
The focus of every module is the same: not what a good manager looks like in theory, but how they operate day to day with their actual team.
Weekly Modules
Module 1: Identity and Team Mission
Learn about values, behaviors, and the mindset shift from individual contributor to manager. Define the team's mission and organizational value.
Module 2: Goal Setting, Metrics, and Business Acumen
Set meaningful goals aligned with real engineering work. Use metrics responsibly, connect technical decisions to business outcomes, and communicate them clearly.
Module 3: Communication, Conflict, and Cross-Functional Leadership
Productive 1:1s, clear executive updates, confident conflict resolution, and credible representation of engineering across the organization.
Module 4: Personal and Team Accountability
Build reliable follow-through and hold teams accountable without micromanaging. Design a weekly leadership cadence that creates predictability.
Module 5: Delegation and Trust-Building
Delegate based on readiness, build genuine trust, and develop the team members who will carry more responsibility over time.
Module 6: Hiring and Team Building in the AI Age
Design screening questions that surface real capability, adapt skills verification for AI-augmented environments, and distinguish between AI-assisted output and independent performance.
Module 7: Driving Execution and Cross-Functional Delivery
Maintain delivery momentum, detect blockers early, escalate appropriately, and coordinate across teams without losing ownership.
Module 8: Motivation, Resilience, Burnout, and Performance
Sustain high performance without sacrificing team health or your own. Recognize burnout signals before they become crises, and give meaningful feedback that leads to growth.
Module 9: AI Leadership and Team Governance
Assess AI risks in team workflows. Set proactive AI norms before policy forces the issue. Lead the transition thoughtfully and defend a clear point of view.
Module 10: Practical AI Workflows for You and Your Team
Use AI to improve your own effectiveness as a manager and help your team do the same, responsibly, without eroding the skills that matter.
Module 11: Building Your Leadership Roadmap
Integrate all program skills into a Personal Leadership Roadmap. Build the habits and operating rhythm that sustain great leadership over the long haul.
Weekly Modules (90 Minutes - Live Virtual Sessions)
60 minutes of interactive instruction and discussion
30 minutes of optional Q&A to allow participants to address specific questions or scenarios together
Included During the Program
1:1 Coaching Session
Two one-hour of private coaching with Jonathan, scheduled at the point in the program most useful for each participant
Additional sessions available for purchase
Between Sessions
Curated learning from management books, articles, and videos
Personal writing assignment to promote reflection, not graded/submitted, just yours
Attendee Takeaways
A Personal Leadership Roadmap built across the program and presented in the final session, designed to be revisited and updated as their leadership evolves
A 90-day action plan to maintain momentum and build lasting habits coming out of the program
After the Program
The cohort experience ends at Module 11. The development does not.
In the three months following the program, your cohort stays together for six group sessions. Each session works directly from your Personal Leadership Roadmap, the real situations you are navigating, the friction you are encountering, and the adjustments your plan requires. This is not open-ended support. It is deliberate continuation with people who know exactly where you started.
This is where the 90-day action plan meets reality. The skills get tested. The habits either stick or they get refined. It is also where the real work on AI leadership continues, because the pace of change in how teams actually use these tools is moving faster than any program can fully anticipate. Modules 9 and 10 build the foundation, but the post-program sessions are where that foundation gets stress-tested against what is actually happening in your organization right now.
Included after completion:
Three months of post-program group coaching (6 sessions, your cohort stays together)
Lifetime access to all session recordings and course materials
20% discount on any continued coaching with Jonathan, applied within one year of completing the full program
What comes next:
For participants who want continued development beyond the post-program period, Jonathan offers ongoing coaching options. Reach out directly to discuss what makes sense for where you are.