Leadership development for technical experts and engineers-turned-manager

Leadership development for technical experts and engineers-turned-manager

Support and develop leadership potential at every level of your organization.

ENGINEER-TURNED-MANAGER

Are you navigating the learning curve that comes with people management?

We help you uncover your strengths, clearly define your role, and grow your confidence to lead your team.

DIRECTOR/VP OF ENGINEERING

Do you promote engineers into management and want to set them up for success?

We're your partner when you don't have the capacity to develop each employee to the extent you would like.

SENIOR EXECUTIVE

Do you lead a growing organization and strive to take care of its people?

We come alongside you as a thought partner, a strategic sounding board, and an organizational psychologist.

Here's how we support you and your team:

12-WEEK MANAGEMENT FOUNDATIONS

A 12-week coaching & educational program for new managers to gain the knowledge, perspective, and practice they need to let go of their old job, embrace their new role, and establish a foundation to build upon.

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LEADERSHIP COACHING

One-on-one sessions provide an outside perspective and thought partner to help you make rapid progress in achieving business and personal objectives.

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GROUP COACHING

A mix of facilitated group sessions and one-on-one coaching align the leadership team to critical business objectives. We identify where you are, where you want to be, and how to get there. Fast.

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STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOPS

Facilitated, half-day or full-day workshops align your leadership team on goals, strategies, and tactics.

Trusted by growing organizations, including

"Dain has excellent insight into the changing landscape of leadership. These insights are thoroughly backed by what is clearly extensive reading of primary sources, sources that he has at the ready to help enlighten others. I learned a lot about myself and a lot about what it means to be a leader. I can't recommend more highly."

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER, IN-SITU, INC.

Myles Bostwick

"We sent two new managers through the Rev Ø Manager program together and it was an invaluable experience for them both. Dain set them on a strong foundation that they've been able to build upon right out of the gate. The structured, systematic approach was exactly what was needed to set them up for success."

VP OF ENGINEERING, OXEN TECHNOLOGY

Justin Nevins

"We enlisted Dain's expertise to help our leadership team become more cohesive and unified in guiding our company. Dain's contributions were invaluable in aligning our leadership and fostering a strong, team-oriented mindset."

PRESIDENT, HCL ENGINEERING

Julian Sisneros

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Our approach is rooted in coaching, positive psychology, and just-in-time learning

Learn & Leverage Self-Management

Human behavior is complex. We help managers develop mental self-command, create productive habits, and learn how to manage themselves first.

Use Your Strengths to Manage Others Well

There is more than one way to be an effective manager. We help connect each person's unique leadership styles to the needs of the business and give them practical tools to manage, enable, and encourage other people.

Build Collaborative Relationships

We help managers uncover their specific role within the company and teach them how to foster collaborative and productive relationships at every level of their organization.

Meet the Coach

Dain Johnson, Engineer-turned-Psychologist

M.A. I/O Psychology : B.S. Mechanical Engineering : ICF ACC : PMP

With experience as an engineer, a manager, an executive, and a leader, Dain has a unique ability to relate to technical professionals. Through coaching, he challenges participants in a way that educates, encourages, and grows them. He coaches engineers, project managers, IT professionals, senior managers, and executives as they create better workplaces and more productive teams.

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Why Coaching?

Rapid Learning & Application

Coaching provides one-on-one guidance for applying new knowledge to bring immediate benefit to their organization. Throughout our engagements, coachees learn new things, try them at work, observe and reflect on the outcomes, and adjust as needed.

Develop & Retain Productive People

Good managers have an impact far beyond their own efforts. Coaching helps managers communicate with, motivate, and enable the people that report to them. Organizations with good managers attract and retain great employees and are more likely to achieve their objectives.

Align Actions Across the Business

From CEO to front line supervisor, every manager plays a specific role in the success of the organization. Coaching helps managers understand their role and align their actions to the vision of senior leadership, department goals, and the actions of their team.

Expert & Personalized Support

Coaching sessions with an engineer-turned-psychologist give technical managers the chance to ask questions, process their role changes, understand their leadership strengths, and work through questions they aren't able to ask anywhere else.