STEPPING UP ยท IC โ MANAGER ยท IN DEVELOPMENT
You were promoted for the work. Now the work is people.
The jump from individual contributor to manager is the hardest one you'll make โ and the least supported. Stepping Up is the journey that helps you make it: the practical skills of leading others, and the deeper shift of letting go of the doing and stepping into who you are as a leader.
THE REAL SHIFT
It isn't a skill. It's who you are at work.
Your instinct is to keep doing what earned you the promotion โ being the best doer on the team. But the job has changed. Success is now measured by what your team produces, not what you produce. That means handing off work you're good at, coaching instead of fixing, and grieving a little of the hands-on mastery you loved.
We name that shift, normalize how uncomfortable it is, and walk you through it โ so the step up actually sticks. For new and aspiring managers making the first move from doing to leading.
WHAT'S INSIDE
One journey, four layers.
Built on courses we already teach โ reassembled as a passage, with the identity work on top. Enter at any layer and go as deep as you need.
The skill core
Above & Below the Line, Listening & Openness, Delegation That Works, and Giving & Receiving Feedback.
The transition cohort
A facilitated cohort focused on the identity shift โ alongside peers making the very same move.
8โ12 weeks, together
4โ6 first-time leaders in a structured Collective Learning Lab โ peer learning where the change becomes real.
Tailored to you
Optional personal coaching, shaped entirely around your team and your situation.
Be first through the door.
Stepping Up is in development. Join the waitlist and we'll tell you the moment it opens โ with founding-cohort pricing for the first group.
