Leadership & career coaching · Pittsburgh and online
You were great at the work. Now become great at leading it.
Coaching for new managers and founders who were promoted for their craft and now have to lead people. In twelve weeks you’ll delegate with confidence, have the hard conversations sooner and get your evenings back.
4.9 out of 5 from 180+ client reviews
Free intro call20 minutes · video
92%
of clients feel more confident leading their team within three months.
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Who it’s for
Coaching for the moment the job changed under you.
Most of my clients are very good at what they do. Then the role shifted from doing the work to leading the people who do it, and nobody handed them a map.
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New managers
Promoted in the last 18 months, still doing your old job at night and unsure what “good” looks like now.
Most start with First 90 Days
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Founders
You went from four people to forty, and the way you lead hasn’t caught up with the company you’ve built.
Most start with Executive 1:1
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Senior leaders
Stepping up to director or VP and leading other managers for the first time, with a bigger remit and less air cover.
Most start with Executive 1:1
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Career crossroads
Good at your job, less sure it’s the right one. You want a considered plan for what’s next, not a leap in the dark.
Most start with Foundations 1:1
Outcomes
Less firefighting. More leading.
Every engagement ends with the same short survey. These are the numbers since 2019, unrounded and unpolished.
Leaders coached
340+
Across 120 companies since 2017
Feel more confident leading
92%
Within three months of starting
Hours a week won back
6.5
Average, from fewer and better meetings
Promoted or stepped up
71%
Within 18 months of finishing
Programs
Three ways to work together
1:1 coaching
Foundations & Executive
Private, fortnightly sessions built around your role, your team and the decisions on your desk this quarter.
From$2,400/ 3 months
Most popular
First 90 Days cohort
Eight weeks with seven other new managers. Live group sessions, peer practice and two private calls with Nadia.
$1,450/ person
Next cohort starts January 13, 2027
For teams
Team workshops
Half-day and full-day sessions on feedback, delegation and decision-making, designed around your team’s real work.
From$2,900/ half day
The Bearing Method
Four points, one direction.
Every engagement follows the same four points of the compass. Not a script: a way of making sure we never skip from “what’s wrong” straight to “try harder”.
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1. Notice
Where are you really? A 360° listening tour, a week of calendar data and an honest look at the habits that got you here.
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2. Envision
Where are you heading? We define the leader you want to be in a year, in specific behaviours your team would notice.
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3. Strengthen
Build the two or three skills that close the gap: delegation, feedback, saying no, running a meeting that ends with a decision.
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4. Walk it
Practise in the real job between sessions, with small experiments, a weekly check-in and someone noticing when you slip back.
Client stories
In their words
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I stopped rewriting my team’s work at 11pm. Three months in, two of them have been promoted and I took my first real holiday in four years.
Priya AnandEngineering manager, Corvid Health -
Nadia asked the question nobody on my board would: what are you still doing that someone else should own? That one question restructured my week.
Jonah LindgrenCo-founder and CEO, Fieldnote -
The cohort was the first time I realised every new manager feels like a fraud. Hearing seven people say it out loud was worth the fee on its own.
Marisol OrtegaDesign lead, Allpoint Logistics -
Our leadership team now makes decisions in the meeting instead of in the corridor afterwards. It sounds small. It changed how the whole company runs.
Dana ReyesCOO, Brightwater Credit Union -
I came in wanting to quit and left with a plan, a promotion case and a far better relationship with my own manager. Calm, practical, never fluffy.
Tomasz KowalSenior product manager, Halyard -
We brought Nadia in for one workshop on feedback. A year later “can I give you a Bearing note?” is still how our team starts hard conversations.
Amara HughesHead of People, Loomwork
Free guide · 24 pages
The First 90 Days Field Guide
The checklists, scripts and weekly rhythm I give every new manager I coach: your first one-to-ones, the delegation ladder, and the five conversations to have before day 30. Plus one short letter a fortnight. Unsubscribe any time.
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Your next step
It starts with one honest conversation.
Tell me what’s on your plate. If coaching is the right fit, I’ll suggest where to start. If it isn’t, I’ll tell you that too.