Leadership Reset Sprint for Technical Leaders
The Leadership Reset Sprint is a focused coaching package for technical leaders who are getting results, but can feel the cost rising. This is for strong operators who are stepping into heavier leadership weight and realizing that the habits that made them valuable may not be enough for the next level. You may be overexplaining, second-guessing, rescuing, carrying too much in your head, dealing with stakeholder tension, or trying to stay useful in ways that make leadership harder than it needs to be. Across this sprint, we work on the real leadership behaviors that show up under pressure: clearer communication, cleaner decisions, stronger self-trust, better boundaries, and less leadership drag. The goal is to help you build more calm authority, so you can lead without brute-forcing everything. This is not generic career coaching. It is practical leadership coaching for technical professionals who need a cleaner way to operate in the role they are actually in now.
What's included
My coaching style is direct, diagnostic, and practical. We will not just talk about leadership in theory. We will look at the actual situations you are dealing with, slow them down, identify the pattern underneath them, and decide what needs to shift. You should expect honest questions, clear reflection, and practical next steps. I bring both coaching depth and real operator experience from technical environments, so the work stays grounded in what leadership actually feels like when the pressure is real. The goal is simple: communicate clearer, decide cleaner, and lead with less friction.
- A clear diagnosis of the leadership habits creating the most friction
- A calmer communication approach for tense or unclear situations
- A decision-making reset to reduce second-guessing and overexplaining
- A practical operating rhythm for leading without carrying everything yourself
- A 30-day leadership reset plan
Meet your expert
Jay F.
Technical Manager Coach | People Leadership OS | Former Zapier Data Leader
A lot of high-performing technical managers are doing good work, but paying too much for the way they lead. That is usually where I come in. I’m Jay Floyd, a leadership coach and former Engineering Manager, Data Platforms at Zapier with 15+ years across data engineering, analytics engineering, data platforms, governance, and technical leadership. I coach technical managers who were promoted because they were strong technically, but now need a stronger system for people leadership. Delegation. Performance conversations. Hard conversations. Trust. Communication under pressure. Stakeholder friction. Former peer dynamics. The stuff that becomes the real job once you are no longer just responsible for your own output. My work is built around a simple idea: technical skill got you promoted, but people leadership is the job now. I help clients build their People Leadership OS, a practical leadership system built around how they actually think, communicate, decide, handle pressure, and build trust. I do not coach people into generic leadership templates. I help them turn the way they are wired into the way they lead.
