leadership
To change yourself, you have everything you need.
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You - The Internal Domain of Change
You just need to get through the parts of you that block the way. One common block engineers face when solving people problems is overthinking. The engineering mindset is very active and analytical.
We think we need to eliminate that thinking to get it out of the way. But trying to stop a part of us that serves us so well won’t work. Your mind and ability to think got you this far, right?
The more effective approach is to go through thinking and bring it along as we go deeper inside to learn more about ourselves.
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I know this because I am an over-thinker, too. My physics degree and engineering career saw to it. My curiosity about how people work steered my attention toward people management and earning my Master's in Organizational Leadership. I began a rigorous study of people and systems. That’s when I saw the mirror we all are to our external reality. Learn more about the External Domain of Change.
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Chris, Staff Engineer
Josh helped me see things differently. I work more collaboratively now. I have learned how to pay attention to other's thoughts and feelings and see that my way is not always the best way.
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Charlie, Founder & CTO
Working with Josh, I gained skills to help me through new and unique managerial challenges - first as a new manager, then as Founder & CTO of my own VC-funded company.
Ilyas, Founder & CTO
Josh's guidance has had a profound impact on my professional and personal life, and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have worked with him.
I wrote my first code as a curious kid on an Apple II Plus in the early 80s. In 1994, I started my career as an engineer. Curiosity about how people work steered me into engineering management over 20 years ago (see my career experience here). I have been a leadership coach and mentor for 10 years. I have a bachelor's in Physics, a master's in Organizational Leadership, and over 20 years of study in humanistic psychology, based primarily on the work of Virginia Satir, a pioneer in human systems thinking. I have attended and facilitated over 500 days of personal growth, career development, and leadership training around the world. In my career, I have held multiple leadership roles in technology startups. I am a certified Agile Leadership Journey Guide and studied Crafted Leadership. I am excited to share the tools of discovery that I have used to help others and myself.​
It's better to talk to someone who gets the engineering mindset.
