FWD Coaching

April Cohort

After taking this course, students will have a playbook for leading a high performing and happy team, by design.

High performance leadership coach.

Adam Griffin

High performance leadership coach and writer. 

You were a high performing IC, so you were rewarded with a leadership role.But now?Those same IC skills are mostly irrelevant. You're tasked with leading, not doing. Yet it feels more like drowning.Under-performing direct reports. Multiple demanding cross-functional initiatives. Buffering the pressure from the top. Managing the stress from the team. Back to back meetings, all day everyday."Is this what I signed up for?" on repeat in your mind.Here's what no one tells you when you move into a leadership role...What got you here won't get you where you want to go.Great leaders have an operating system. A playbook. A rhythm. A method.And that operating system is what turns them from a good leader into a transformational one.In this course, you'll build your own personal leadership playbook that does just that.

Become a transformative leader. By design.

Master the art of developing your people

Build a team that runs like a well-oiled machine

Lead work that gets results, without the chaos

Become the leader who has it together

First-time leaders wanting to know the foundations of being a great leader and manager

Seasoned front-line leaders struggling with the day to day challenges of the role and feeling overwhelmed by all of it

Front-line leaders who get results at the expense of culture or culture at the expense of results, but not both

Why This Exists

The Identity Shift

The Energy Audit

The User Manual

The Compass

First 90 Days Action Plan

The first 90 days either set you up for success or haunt you for two years. This is the framework no one handed you.

I coach leaders through the jump from doing the work to leading the people.

The First 90 Days as a Manager: A Toolkit for New Leaders

High Performing + Happy Teams: A Framework for Leaders

Founder at FWD Coaching (former Global VP @ CoderPad and Automattic)

There is an equation to great leadership. Learn the framework that turns interactions into opportunities.

Become the leader that transforms their team.

Use this framework for transformative leadership to create a culture of trust and accountability.

Build trust and accountability with your reports.

Walk away with clarity on how each individual on your team can do their best work.

Actionable insights you can execute on today.

Executives and senior leaders who set strategy, lead teams, and drive organizational outcomes.

Startup founders building new businesses, from MVP to scale.

Developing leadership skills — inspiring teams, building culture, navigating organizational complexity, and driving results through others.

Day-to-day people management — 1:1s, feedback, performance management, hiring, and team operations.

Learn directly from FWD Coaching

FWD Coaching

Courses

High Performance Leadership Playbook for New and First-Line Leaders

Lightning Lessons

High Performing + Happy Teams: A Framework for Leaders

Resources

The First 90 Days as a Manager: A Toolkit for New Leaders