Hi, I'm Marcus.
I help Tech Leads and Software Managers become better technical leaders through systems thinking, relational leadership, and self-awareness.
What my clients are saying
I require every new manager that reports to me to sign up for Marcus's newsletter and often discuss it in staff meetings. Leadership with a capital "L" is a real part of the discipline I now bring to the coaching experience with my team.
I continue to work one-on-one with Marcus to this day, and I hope I will always be able to lean on him and dialog about challenges.
He is worth way more than you can ever pay him."
Andrew Coven, Director of Content Acquisition Engineering of Netflix
Oddly, I felt like I would be unable to put this new information and ideas into action, and would, therefore, feel worse about myself than before.
I found the opposite. Working with Marcus has been the best form of support I could ask for. He helps me question bad assumptions, brainstorm better solutions, and he's taught me how to manage people without screwing up.
I like the small group focus. I find that the focused attention helps dig deeper into troubling issues."
Jonathan Wold, CMO of XWP.com
Where other technical coaches focus on process or tools, I focus on the human aspects of leading programmers.
I help you hire the right people, create the right culture, and setup the right process which achieves your goals. Managing your team isn't something you learned in college. In fact, my clients often tell me "I never prepared for this role, I always focused on doing the work".
My philosophy is everyone deserves a good boss and your people want to do a good job. You can be as good at leading as you were at coding!
If you're ready to improve your leadership, process and team then you've come to the right place.
To your success!
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"I became much more confident as a manager very quickly. Within a few calls with you, I was already doing a better job of working with people and communicating with others. You also completely shifted my mindset on how to build and scale my operations."