leadership
To change yourself, you have everything you need.
You - The Internal Domain of Change
Most people think your behaviors create your mindset. But really, your mindset either supports or undermines your behaviors.
You just need to get through the parts of you that block the way to what you want. One common block engineers face when solving people problems is overthinking. The engineering mindset is very active and analytical. Has anyone ever told you you’re “too much in your head” or that you need to work on your “soft skills”?
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 the thinking and bring it along as we go deeper inside, bringing more of ourselves into our interactions.
I am an over-thinker, too. My physics degree and engineering career saw to it. My curiosity about how people work steered me toward people management and earning my Master's in Organizational Leadership. I began a rigorous study of people and systems.
Now, I thrive on helping people make the journey from head-centered thinking to incorporating awareness of all our senses, leading to greater accomplishment with others.
We are all mirrors of our external reality. Learn more about the External Domain of Change.
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. I have held multiple leadership roles in technology startups (see my career experience here). I have a bachelor's in Physics, a master's in Organizational Leadership, and over 20 years of study in humanistic psychology. My multi-dimensional coaching combines business and technical acumen, organizational development, and understanding of the human psyche. In 7 years of coaching leaders, I have supported clients in building and growing over 50 software products. I am a certified Agile Leadership Journey Guide and studied Crafted Leadership.
