The Missing Basics:
A 7-Week Bootcamp
That Turns Engineers Into Confident Managers
Practical tools for goal clarity, prioritization, emotional stability, ownership, feedback, and accountability — built from 20+ years of real-world engineering leadership coaching.
The Leadership Crisis Is Real
Backed by the Global Leadership Forecast 2025
Leaders report increased stress
Have considered leaving their leadership role
Trust in managers (down from 46%)
Feel confident in their leadership pipeline
Translation:
Leaders are missing basic management skills — especially new engineering managers who haven't received training or coaching.
The Mindset Shift Nobody Told You About
You were promoted because you were a great engineer. But nobody told you the job completely changed.
IC Mindset
How you used to think
- ✗"My value comes from the code I write"
- ✗"I need to be the smartest person in the room"
- ✗"I'll scale my impact by doing more technical work through others"
- ✗"Success = shipping features myself"
Manager Mindset
How successful managers think
- ✓"My value comes from creating space for my team to perform"
- ✓"I need to make others the smartest in the room"
- ✓"I'll scale my impact by developing people and removing blockers"
- ✓"Success = team output and growth"
The hard truth: Most new managers spend their first year struggling because they're still operating with an IC mindset. They're trying to scale their technical contributions through other people — instead of learning to lead.
That's exactly what this bootcamp teaches: the fundamental shift and practical skills to make it stick.
Why Engineering Managers Struggle
The 6 most common failures in engineering leadership:
Unclear goals
Lack of prioritization
Stress and overwhelm
Lack of team ownership
Having difficult conversations
Lack of accountability
These basics drive 90% of project failure, burnout, and communication breakdowns.
This program fixes them.
The 7 Essential Modules
Fix the exact failures that kill engineering teams and projects.
The Manager Mindset
Start HereSolve: IC mindset, hero complex, identity confusion.
The fundamental identity shift from individual contributor to leader that nobody told you about.
Lock-In Crystal-Clear Goals
Solve: confusion, reactivity, scope churn, unclear requirements.
Learn how to define, communicate and stick to persistent goals.
Kill the Noise & Protect Deep Work
Solve: endless Slack, random requests, meeting overload.
Regain control of your time with ruthless prioritization and a deep-work workflow.
Don't Lose It Under Pressure
Solve: stress leaks, emotional reactivity, burnout.
Build emotional containment so your team feels safe, not destabilized.
Make Your Team Own Outcomes
Solve: low commitment, no autonomy, "I thought someone else was doing it."
Develop ownership loops and accountability frameworks that stick.
Give Feedback Without Triggers
Solve: defensiveness, resentment, misalignment.
Use a proven 90-second feedback method engineers respect and respond to.
Run Retros That Actually Fix Problems
Solve: blame cycles, retro fatigue, no improvement over time.
Turn retrospectives into real problem-solving systems with measurable outcomes.
Why This Is Needed
Backed by the Global Leadership Forecast 2025
CHROs worldwide report:
Frontline leaders lack basic management skills
Trust in managers is collapsing
Emotional reactivity is increasing
Prioritization & decision-making are deeply underdeveloped
High potentials leave when not developed (3.7× more likely)
83% of HR teams expect skill shortages to worsen
Only 20% are confident in their bench strength
Alpha LMS directly solves these deficits
by training the six foundational leadership skills that are most needed.
How It Works
A modern leadership bootcamp built for busy engineering managers.
7 weekly video modules
Short, tactical lessons recorded by our lead trainer.
7 templates & frameworks
Designed specifically for engineering workflows (1:1s, sprints, retros, OKRs).
Real work scenarios
Fix real problems the same week you learn the tools.
Less than 15 minutes a day
Micro-learning designed for overloaded managers.
HR-ready documentation
Outcomes, usage reports, and team-level improvements for enterprise rollout.
Meet Your Mentor
Tony Wong
Leadership Coach for Technical Teams
Tony has spent 20+ years coaching technical leaders across some of the world's most demanding engineering environments. He specializes in simplifying leadership fundamentals for engineers, turning reactive managers into calm, clear, high-output leaders.
What makes Tony different:
- •Combines startup execution with leadership basics
- •Thousands of hours coaching engineering teams at scale
- •Frameworks engineered for real-world technical environments
- •Direct, practical, and no-fluff teaching style
"Most new managers aren't trained to lead — they're promoted because they were great engineers. My mission is to teach them the basics that make leadership predictable and effective."
Start Your Leadership Transformation
Built for engineers → Approved by HR
Monthly
Full access to the 6-week training.
Includes:
- All 6 video modules
- All templates & frameworks
- All tools & exercises
- Monthly new programs built by feedback from our alumni
- Cancel anytime
Annual
Full access for 12 months. Best value.
Everything in Monthly, plus:
- All 6 video modules
- All templates & frameworks
- All tools & exercises
- Monthly new programs built by feedback from our alumni
- 12 months of updates
Alpha Coach AI Assistant:
- • Rewrites feedback messages
- • Troubleshoots team issues
- • Prepares 1:1s & tough conversations
- • Personalized leadership guidance
- • Supports prioritization & clarity
- • Available 24/7
Enterprise
For teams of 10+ managers.
Everything in Annual, plus:
- Group licensing for your team
- Custom onboarding
- Priority support
- Usage analytics
- Dedicated account manager
For Engineering Directors & CHROs
Enterprise Training Programs
Scale this 6-module system across your engineering organization.
What Engineering Managers Are Saying
"This is the first leadership training that actually made sense to me as an engineer."
— E.M., Software Team Lead
"Every module solved a real problem in my team that same week."
— A.R., Senior Engineer
"I finally understand how to give feedback without creating drama."
— M.H., Engineering Manager