Every decision finds its way back to you.
You want your team to own the work, yet stepping in feels faster—or safer—than letting go.
FOR PEOPLE LEADING IN TECHNOLOGY
Make room for
the leader you
want to be.
Move beyond constant firefighting. Lead with greater clarity, build a team that shares ownership, and make an impact you can sustain.
Schedule a free conversation
REAL EXPERIENCE. HUMAN PERSPECTIVE.
25+ years leading design & product teamsFormer design leader at CNN & OracleWHEN LEADERSHIP ASKS MORE OF YOU
You’re getting things done.
But is it the work
that matters most?
Your calendar leaves little room to lead.
The urgent keeps displacing the important. Strategy, relationships, and your own development wait for a quieter week.
The expectations keep changing.
A bigger role, shifting priorities, or a new direction asks you to lead in ways that may feel unfamiliar.
WHAT WE CAN WORK TOWARD
More space to think.
More ownership in your team.
A way of leading you can sustain.
Choose where you have impact.
Clarify your priorities and make deliberate choices about where your attention will do the most good.
Help others carry the work.
Develop clearer decision boundaries, strengthen trust, and give your team room to exercise judgment.
Navigate change with intention.
Understand what’s being asked of you, work through difficult conversations, and decide how you want to respond.
We’ll define progress together, around your goals and the realities of your organization.
THE SUSTAINABLE LEADER FRAMEWORK
Reflection that leads
to practical change.
Knowing what you want to change is a beginning. We’ll explore what keeps the current pattern in place, then test manageable changes in the situations you face every day.
Define Outcomes
What matters to you, and what would meaningful progress look like?
Assess Current State
Look at your patterns, your team, and the organizational conditions shaping the work.
Commit to a Plan
Choose a small number of actions and a useful way to recognize progress.
Address Assumptions & Frictions
Examine what feels at risk, what gets in the way, and what you can influence.
Test & Evaluate Progress
Try a leadership experiment, gather feedback, and examine what happened.
Scale & Iterate
Keep what helps, adjust what doesn’t, and build ways to continue learning.
This high-level roadmap provides a foundation for coaching, and is personalized for each client.
The Leadership Circle Profile™ 360 assessment is available when useful to your goals. It’s optional.
MEET YOUR COACH
I know how much
leadership can
ask of you.
Jim Lane
I spent more than 25 years leading design and product teams in startups and large organizations, including CNN and Oracle.
Today, I coach technology leaders who want to grow their impact and find more sustainable ways to lead. I bring experience of the pressures you face, curiosity about your situation, and a willingness to ask questions that may be difficult to ask yourself.
We’ll examine your assumptions and habits alongside the realities of your organization: resources, expectations, priorities, and decision-making. Together, we’ll identify what you can change and where a wider conversation may be needed.
Cognitive psychologyCarnegie Mellon University
Professional coaching educationDuquesne University
Certified practitionerLeadership Circle Profile™
PERSPECTIVES ON WORKING WITH ME
My time with Jim has been incredibly impactful on my growth as a leader. I recommend him as a coach because of his thoughtful approach, knowledge of frameworks, and leadership experience.
Jim is an excellent coach. He holds space and challenges his clients. What’s more, his years of corporate experience and his forward-thinking approach, particularly as we find ourselves in the age of AI, make him well-suited to coach leaders today.
A FEW THINGS YOU MAY BE WONDERING
Start where
you are.
Is coaching right for my situation?
You might be navigating a larger role, struggling to delegate, working through a difficult relationship, or trying to protect time for strategic work. Our first conversation is a chance to explore your challenge and whether working together would be useful.
What does working together look like?
We’ll agree on outcomes that matter to you and shape the coaching around them. Conversations, reflection, feedback, and practical experiments help you apply what you learn. We’ll discuss the right format for your goals on our first call.
Do I need to be burned out to benefit?
No. You may want to grow into a new role, strengthen how your team works, or make a change before your current way of working becomes unsustainable.
What happens on the free introductory call?
We’ll spend an hour getting to know each other and understanding the challenge you’d like help with. I’ll explain how coaching works and give you a chance to experience it. There’s no preparation needed. We can also discuss whether a coaching engagement would be a good fit.
YOUR NEXT CHAPTER STARTS WITH A CONVERSATION
What would you like
to change about how you lead?
Let’s make some space to think it through together.
Schedule a free conversation