How People Work
Individual Coaching
Success isn’t just about what you do and whether you’re good at it. It’s also about how well you work with others. Like it or not, we all work with other people.
Great work needs relationships based on trust and empathy, but we don’t get taught how to work with others. Learn how people work, and you—and your work—will have a better chance to succeed.
Who this is for
This is for you.
It’s for you because you work with other people.
No matter what you do, whether it’s in Github or Outlook, Excel or Asana, Figma or Visual Studio Code, Confluence (sorry) or Sharepoint (also sorry), you’re someone who needs to understand other people and communicate clearly with them — which also means thinking clearly about goals, strategy, and tactics.
How coaching works
Coaching with Dan is like having your own personal expert, in your corner, focussed on your success and growth. During a session, we’ll
teach you, covering the four core topics of learning how to improve your relationships, become more influential, get rid of that business bullshit when you communicate, and techniques for better strategy;
mentor you, giving practical advice and what to do next (and what not to do next!) based on our experience of what works;
provide feedback; regularly share clear, specific things for you to do to help you thrive.
We work with people from different levels of seniority and different backgrounds—in fact, we welcome it. It doesn’t matter what your discipline is.
Coaching happens over video or by phone. We’ll work out a schedule, and you can buy sessions as you need them, or a package for more regular check-ins.
What coaching can do for you
You’ll be the person who knows who to influence, why to influence them, and how to persuade them to help your work succeed.
You’ll be more likely to get the answers you need from people because you’ll have stronger relationships built on trust.
It’ll be easier for people to support your work, because you’ll have learned to spot and remove bullshit, and know how to clearly communicate to meet different peoples’ needs.
You’ll be someone who can develop better strategies for success when you spot big problems, ones that really increase the chances of success, instead of creating strategies that feel like make-work. People will work with you because you’ll make goals clearer, strategy understandable, and tactics make sense.
Choose what you need, when you need it
We know making decisions is hard, so we’ve made coaching easier. Choose from the four core topics of How People Work—or you’re always open to pick a freeform session.
Improve my relationships
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Communicate more clearly
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Become more influential
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Focus on what matters
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Meet your coach
Learn how people work, and you – and your work – will have a better chance to succeed.
Testimonial
“The hands-on bootcamp with Dan saved my ass. He turned the tide of our engagement: we went from being on the back foot with our main contact to influencing up two layers. He left the project with stronger stakeholder relationships, learned patterns to influence the people who mattered, and better alignment in our team and the organization. Work with Dan however you can get him: bootcamp, workshop, you name it.”
—Alexis Kostibas, Sr. Manager Product at Truss