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The Secure Methodology Course

People Skills for Smart People.

A self-paced course on the 7-step Secure Methodology, designed for technical leaders who have outgrown the limits of their hard skills and need the soft skills that decide who actually leads.

I am no longer taking 1:1 coaching clients. This course is how to work through the full Secure Methodology with me.

What's included

Inside the course.

  • 9 hours of video

    Full walkthrough of every step, with examples drawn from real engagements.

  • 10 modules

    Digestible lessons you can take one at a time, in order, without overwhelm.

  • 14 exercises

    Practical work designed to land each step in your actual day-to-day, not in theory.

  • 1 year of access

    Revisit modules and exercises as situations change at work and at home.

  • Private group access

    Connect with other technical leaders working through the same material.

  • Course sample on YouTube

    Preview the format before you enroll.

The framework

The seven steps, at a glance.

The course is built module by module around the same seven-step arc, from Awareness through Kaizen, that anchors the book and the workshops.

The 7-step Secure Methodology: Awareness, Mindset, Acknowledgement, Communication, Monotasking, Empathy, Kaizen
The Secure Methodology, the spine of the course, the book, and the workshops.

Outcomes

By the end of the course.

The course is built around outcomes, not theory. Each module ends with an exercise you actually do.

  • 01

    Identify bad habits and break them, using NLP to reprogram your default reactions

  • 02

    Embrace uncertainty and new challenges with a growth mindset

  • 03

    Increase influence through self-acknowledgment and acknowledgment of others

  • 04

    Communicate effectively to get the result you actually want

  • 05

    Increase productivity and presence through monotasking

  • 06

    Apply cognitive empathy to lead technical teams

  • 07

    Use root cause analysis for continuous, compounding improvement

The shift

From this, to that.

  • From

    Surrounded by problems, not solutions

    To

    Inner confidence about a path forward

  • From

    People are hiding things from me

    To

    Skillfully interact with and influence people

  • From

    Scattered and distracted

    To

    Clarity and productivity

  • From

    Not good with people

    To

    Tools for any interaction

  • From

    Avoid what I'm not great at

    To

    Embrace stepping outside the comfort zone

  • From

    Feel criticized all the time

    To

    Don't take things personally

  • From

    Always in an uphill battle

    To

    Headed in the right direction

  • From

    Uninformed optimism

    To

    Informed realism

Ready to start

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