The Engineering Manager Accelerator Program
Most engineering managers are just winging it. Your organisation pays the price.
Technical brilliance isn't enough. Most technical experts are promoted with little preparation for the complex people and business challenges they'll face.
You give them a team to lead and expect them to 'figure it out.' But leadership isn't all based on instinct. It's a muscle that needs to be developed.
In today's business environment, companies are focused less on growing headcount and more on creating efficient, productive teams with existing resources. This shift makes effective engineering leadership more critical than ever, yet many organizations are missing the structured development needed to create those leaders.
The result? Team performance suffers. Deadlines slip. Top talent leaves. And your engineering managers burn out trying to figure it out on their own.
The Real Impact of Not Developing Leaders
The problem
43%
of workers have left a job at some point
in their career because of their manager (Visier)
53%
of those considering leaving are looking to change roles because of their manager
(Visier)
82%
of workers entering management positions have not had any management and leadership training, creating "accidental managers" (CMI)
The opportunity
23%
increase in organisational performance when we invest n management and leadership development
32%
increase in employee engagement and productivity when we invest n management and leadership development
Ready to stop the cycle of struggling managers?
Book a 15-minute call to discuss your team's specific challenges and see if this program could help your engineering leaders thrive from day one.
This is why I built an Engineering Manager Accelerator
After years of experiencing these challenges firsthand as an engineering manager, I built a program that helps your technical leaders succeed from their first few weeks.
Too often, I see brilliant engineers convinced they need to be more charismatic, less empathetic, or completely change their personality to be effective leaders. They're measuring their success against individual metrics at the expense of team outcomes. They're following delivery frameworks designed for perfect environments while their reality is full of bottlenecks that no playbook accounts for.
This program is built around a different philosophy: Authenticity is their leadership superpower.
Instead of teaching your managers to copy other leaders, we help them:
Define their leadership identity based on their innate strengths, not a borrowed persona
Build delivery systems that work with their team's real constraints and quirks
Develop people management approaches that feel natural to their communication style
Navigate stakeholder relationships using their technical credibility as an asset
This isn't about your engineers becoming cookie cutter templates. It's about helping them become the most effective versions of themselves as leaders, and building the practical systems that empower their teams to succeed while they do it.
Introducing the Engineering Manager Accelerator Program
A transformative program designed specifically for technical experts transitioning to leadership roles. This is not theoretical management training. It's a practical, hands-on program that addresses the real challenges engineering managers face every day.
Program Structure
6 Week journey
4 Interactive Workshops
Halfday workshops covering core content
3 Group Coaching Sessions
Implementation support and guidance
Email Support
Questions answered between sessions
Intimate cohorts
5-8 people for personalised attention
Investment
£600 per person
Program Journey
Week 1
Introduction & Leadership workshop (Half day) + Delivery workshop (Half day)
Week 2
Group office hours for implementation support (1.5h)
Week 3
Team Performance workshop (Half day)
Week 4
Group office hours for implementation support (1.5h)
Week 5
Influence & Impact workshop (Half day)
Week 6
Final office hours + Program closure session with reflections and action planning (1.5h)
Program content
Pillar 1: Ground Your Leadership
Stop trying to be someone else's version of a leader.
Your engineers think they need to become more extroverted, less technical, or completely change their personality to lead effectively. They're also measuring success using rudimentary metrics: lines of code written, features shipped, personal output instead of team performance and impact.
We help them identify their actual strengths, redefine what success looks like as a leader, and build a leadership approach that feels authentic to who they are. Because when you're trying to be someone else, you lose authenticity, and without authenticity, you can't build trust.
Pillar 2: Refine Your Delivery Practices
Build systems that work with your reality, not with “ideal” scenarios.
Most delivery frameworks assume perfect conditions. But your teams have bottlenecks, interruptions, and constraints that no textbook covers. Maybe that stakeholder who has to validate every POC is only available Tuesdays. Maybe your testing environment breaks every other week. Maybe regulatory approvals add three weeks to every "simple" change.
We help your managers map their actual delivery process, identify where things really break down, and create predictable systems that account for their environment's quirks.
Pillar 3: Build Your People Management Toolkit
Learn to give feedback, resolve conflicts, and create team alignment.
Your technical leaders need to have difficult conversations, but they're terrified of damaging relationships or being seen as harsh. They also need to give their team a shared sense of purpose and direction, not just a list of tickets to complete.
We teach practical approaches to feedback, conflict resolution, performance management, and vision setting that feel natural to their communication style.
Pillar 4: Master Stakeholder Dynamics
The art of dissolving confrontational dynamics into collaborative dynamics
Your managers need to communicate with product teams, executives, and other departments who don't understand engineering constraints. We help them translate technical concepts into business language and transform those tense "us vs them" moments into genuine collaboration - where engineering, product, and business teams work together like different specialists on the same creative project, each bringing their unique expertise to build something great.
Want to explore if this approach fits your team?
Let's have a brief conversation about your current leadership challenges and whether this 6-week program could accelerate your managers' success.
What Sets This Program Apart
Built for Engineering Context: Designed specifically for the unique challenges of technical leadership
Practical Application: We don’t waste time with more theory. Every concept is immediately applied to real work situations
Personalised Support: Combines group learning with individual support
Ongoing Implementation: Structured feedback between sessions ensures concepts stick
Supports Diverse Leadership Styles: Develops adaptable leaders who can succeed regardless of personality type, moving beyond the traditional extroverted leadership stereotype
Support from a community: You will be part of a community of EMs who can share their experiences and learn from and support each other
Why This Matters for Your Organisation
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Faster time to productivity for new managers
Get your technical leaders contributing effectively in weeks, not months
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Reduced turnover of both new managers and their direct reports
Keep your best people engaged and growing
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Improved delivery predictability through better planning and team management
More reliable timelines and consistent execution
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Stronger technical leadership pipeline as managers gain confidence and competence
Build a sustainable foundation for growth
Ready to Transform Your Engineering Leadership?
Book a short call to explore whether this programme is a good fit for your team. We'll look at your current challenges and whether this approach could help your managers lead with clarity and confidence.
No pressure, no sales pitch - just an honest conversation about what your team needs.