You were promoted for your work. Now the work is people.
That's a different job, and almost nobody gets taught it. I coach people through the leaps where the job changes underneath them, and I work with companies who'd rather develop their best people than lose them.
I want to grow as a leader.
First team. First time leading leaders. First seat in the exec room. The expectations changed and nobody handed you a manual. You care about your people and you want to do this well without losing who you are. Let's build the skills that make both true at once.
This is me → For companiesI want to help my leaders grow.
You have high performers you want in leadership. In a growing business it's hard to carve out the time to mentor them the way you'd want to. Sponsored 1:1 coaching and manager cohorts accelerate that learning, and show your best people you want them growing with you.
This is me →Most people get handed a team
and wished luck.
The leap into leadership is steep, and most people take it alone. What happens in those first couple of years tends to stick, for better or for worse. Here's what investing early actually buys.
Habits set fast
The defaults someone builds in their first leadership role are the ones they carry for the next decade. Early is the cheapest, easiest time to shape them, and the only time you get to do it before a team has already felt the cost.
Time is the hard part
Most managers are stretched thin and most businesses are running lean. The intent to develop people is real, and the calendar keeps winning anyway. Coaching adds that time back without pulling your senior leaders off their own work.
Your high performers are watching
People who want to grow will grow somewhere. Right now the fastest route to a bigger title and a bigger number is usually a new company. Investing in them is how you make growing with you the better deal.
The gap gets expensive
Leaders who never got taught avoid the hard conversation, hold the bar unevenly, and pour their hours into the work they already know how to do. Losing a strong leader and having to replace them costs far more than developing one.
No costume required.
I'm Jane. I've spent 15+ years leading People teams, most recently as VP of People at two tech companies. That work took me through hypergrowth, a pandemic, layoffs, and managing profitable, growing businesses. I did all of it while caring out loud and being radically, openly myself.
It didn't hold me back. It's why it worked. I coach people to lead like themselves, on purpose, and to get better results because of it rather than in spite of it.
Let's talk.
A free 30-minute consult. No pitch deck, no pressure. Just a real conversation about where you are and whether I can help.
Email me and I'll send back a few times that work.