You were great at your job, so they made you the boss. Now the rules have changed. I help first-time managers find their voice, build trust with their team and stop working until midnight.
📷 img/hero.jpgMost new managers get a title and a team, but no training. These are the four things I hear most on first calls.
You still do your old job and now your new one too. Evenings disappear.
You avoid giving feedback because you don't want to hurt a friendship.
Some of your team are older or more experienced. You feel you have to prove yourself.
Your manager is busy. Nobody has told you what "good" looks like in this role.
Rate six statements from 1 (rarely true) to 5 (always true). You'll get a quick read on where to focus first. Nothing is saved or sent.
📷 img/about.jpgAt 29 I was promoted to lead the team I had worked in for three years. I said yes to everything, rewrote other people's work at midnight and nearly quit after six months.
Over the next 12 years I led product teams of 4 to 40 people. I learned, mostly the hard way, that leadership is a skill you can practise. Now I help new managers skip the painful part, with practical tools for one-to-ones, feedback, delegation and saying no.
We talk about your team and what's hardest right now. No sales pitch. If I'm not the right fit, I'll say so.
In our first session we agree on 2 or 3 goals, such as better one-to-ones or delegating real work.
We meet every two weeks on video. Between sessions you try one new habit and message me when you get stuck.
All prices in US dollars. Not sure which one? Book the free call and we'll decide together.
These are example stories written for this demo website, to show how real client feedback would appear.
"I finally delegated the reports I'd been rewriting every Friday night. My team does them better than I did."
"I used the feedback script from our session word for word. It went better than I imagined, and we're closer now."
"Maya helped me stop trying to be the smartest person in the room and start being the most useful one."
20 minutes on video. Times are shown in your own time zone.
Get my free guide with the seven conversations to have in your first 90 days, with example questions for each one.
No. Coaching is about your work: goals, habits and skills for the future. If something deeper comes up, I'll help you find the right kind of support.
Often, yes. Many companies have a learning budget. I can send an invoice to your employer and a short note explaining the plan.
No problem. Move or cancel any session up to 24 hours before at no cost.
On Zoom or Google Meet, so you can join from anywhere. Most clients are in the US and Canada, and I offer early and late time slots.
Yes. What we talk about stays between us, even when your company pays for the coaching.