Organizational Physics 

High-Leverage Leadership

Lex Sisney

Top business coach to CEOs and Leadership Teams. $10B+ in value creation.

Learn the core principles that govern every system so you can instantly spot where performance is breaking down.

See the System

Discover how to read your company, find the friction, and apply leverage where it counts.

Know What to Do

Get practical tools to cut through noise, align people, and focus energy on what actually moves the business forward.

Drive Results

Tomorrow's leaders will be equal parts&nbsp;charismatic and systematic. They will inspire their people and engineer systems to support them. In just&nbsp;12 class hours over 4 weeks, you'll develop a complete management system that combines proven leadership tactics with cutting-edge AI tools to maximize your impact. The management challenge is clear:&nbsp;Most organizations take their best individual contributors and promote them to management without proper training. The result? More than 60% of new managers fail within their first two years. Even at the best companies, success is barely better than a coin flip. This course is designed to change those odds in your favor by providing: ☑️&nbsp;A complete&nbsp;Management Operating System's CODE&nbsp;(Coach, Operate, Delegate &amp; Engage) based on 30+ years of leadership experience across Google, Bridgewater, Goldman Sachs, and more. ☑️&nbsp;A refined&nbsp;Decision-Making System&nbsp;tailored to your individual leadership style and strengths, helping you amplify your advantages while neutralizing your weaknesses. ☑️Practical&nbsp;AI Prompts and Tools&nbsp;that supercharge your impact by automating routine tasks, enhancing your coaching conversations, improving your written communication, and giving you back precious time. ☑️Access to an&nbsp;Engaged Community of 1200+ Alumni&nbsp;who are in lockstep on their leadership journey, providing ongoing support, accountability, and shared learning. Why this approach works:&nbsp;Most management courses focus on either theory or isolated tactics. MGMT Accelerator is different. We focus on building a complete system that works in the real world, with real teams, facing real challenges. Our approach combines the best of human leadership with AI-enhancement to create a management playbook that compounds your impact over time. The results speak for themselves:&nbsp;Our alumni consistently rate the program as worth&nbsp;25x their investment, and over&nbsp;50% of our students&nbsp;come from word-of-mouth referrals or are additional leaders from companies who've worked with us before. WHO WILL BENEFIT MOST FROM THIS PROGRAM: Leaders who get the most from this program tend to share the following: ☑️ You believe leadership is both an art and a science, and you're committed to mastering both ☑️ You're capable of greater impact, but you refuse to sacrifice your team's well-being to achieve it ☑️ You're the kind of leader who's never satisfied with "good enough" when excellence is possible ☑️ You trust in systems and processes, not just charisma and discipline, to deliver consistent results ☑️ You're brutally honest with yourself, willing to acknowledge what's working and what isn't ☑️ You see your leadership journey as a continuous evolution, not a destination you've already reached ☑️You believe the best leaders create other leaders, not just followers ☑️You're willing to be vulnerable in support of genuine growth and improvement Our alumni leaders are from: Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, OpenAI, ByteDance, Zoom, Veeva, Braze, and&nbsp;OnDeck. Built, Visa, Acadian, Travelers, CapitalOne, Citi, Keystone Group, Houlihan Loki, Charter, Invisible, Pfizer, Bridgewater, and countless startups and scale-ups. What unites them isn't their employer. It's their curiosity and commitment to becoming the leader they'd want to follow. WHO THIS IS NOT FOR: - New managers&nbsp;with less than 2 years of experience.- Leaders wishing for a quick fix&nbsp;rather than building sustainable systems and habits.- Those who "don't have the time" to implement what they learn with their teams.- Leaders who aren't open to feedback&nbsp;about their management approach. WHAT TO EXPECT Interactive Learning Experience ☑️ 8 Core Modules&nbsp;covering the essential elements of modern leadership☑️ Live Q&amp;A After Each Session&nbsp;to address your specific challenges and questions☑️ 3 Small Group Coaching Sessions&nbsp;where you'll bring real problems and get personalized solutions☑️ Hands-on Exercises&nbsp;that help you apply concepts immediately to your team☑️ Lifetime Access&nbsp;to all recordings and materials Develop Your Leadership CODE COACH:&nbsp;- Transform your approach to developing talent- Learn the science-backed approach to giving feedback that actually creates change- Master the balance between maximizing strengths and neutralizing weaknesses- Create development plans that align with both individual goals and team needs- Use AI tools to prepare for coaching conversations and track development progress OPERATE:&nbsp;- Build systems that drive consistent results- Establish a performance-focused operational cadence that creates accountability- Transform vague goals into crystal-clear expectations that prevent misalignment- Implement a simple but powerful diagnosis system to identify and solve root causes- Leverage AI to monitor team performance and spot potential issues before they escalate DELEGATE:&nbsp;- Multiply your impact through others- Learn the art of strategic delegation that develops your team while freeing your time- Master the "Who, What, When &amp; Why" framework for delegating with confidence- Build oversight systems that provide visibility without micromanagement- Use AI tools to track delegated work and provide timely, targeted feedback ENGAGE:&nbsp;- Create a high-performance culture- Define and reinforce the values that drive your team's success- Establish rituals and systems that build trust, even in remote environments- Learn how to recruit 1/10K talent that elevates your entire team- Leverage AI to enhance team communication and strengthen connections Practical AI Enhancement for Leaders Throughout the course, you'll receive specific AI prompts and tools designed to:☑️ Prepare for difficult coaching conversations with empathy and precision☑️Generate insightful questions for more effective 1:1 meetings☑️Analyze team communication patterns to identify potential issues☑️Create clear, compelling expectations documents☑️Develop more effective delegation strategies based on team member strengths☑️Enhance your written communication for maximum impact A Community That Elevates Your Leadership Learn in an Intimate Cohort Experience- Join a curated group of just 50 leaders (intentionally capped for personalized attention)- Build meaningful connections with experienced managers facing similar challenges- Engage in focused discussions during live sessions and small group coaching One Year Access to MGMT Accelerated Community- Continue your growth with ongoing group coaching sessions- Access our detailed management playbook with frameworks and templates- Explore targeted recorded courses on specific leadership challenges- Connect with our broader network of 1200+ alumni for diverse perspectives and support

Build Your Codified Management Playbook

Course syllabus

Managers with 3+ years of experienceReset and give yourself space to clear out the management equivalent of 'tech debt.'

Scaling Founders Skip unnecessary mistakes that plague inexperienced leaders. Let our systems be your early-stage cheat code.

Experienced managers leading new teamsMaximize this new opportunity to hone your approach. Jumpstart your first 90 days.

Who is this course for

Overcome The Most Common Management Challenges

You'll develop a top-down approach to setting team goals, apply proven practices to delegate efficiently, and a simple system to monitor progress.

Overwhelmed by the pile of unrelated tasks on your desk?

You'll learn how to set unbreakable expectations, set an operational cadence, and establish clear performance metrics.

Wondering why your team is underdelivering? 

Managing up requires strategy and finesse. Flip that dynamic on its head by learning the do's and don'ts for managing your manager.

Failing to build a real connection with your boss?

You'll develop a simple system to collect, prioritize and anticipate your team's issues before they become fire drills.

Frustrated your team can't prevent problems?

You'll leave with detailed feedback for 2-3 of your direct reports and a plan to assess progress in their development.

Exhausted giving feedback that doesn't produce change?

We'll upgrade your practices to enhance connection and manufacture trust across your team.

Struggling to build trust remotely?

You'll overcome imposter syndrome and refine your management approach to attract a mutually supportive community of management peers.

Feel like you're alone on an island?

Proven management tactics and clear mental models for leading high-performing teams. Now with practical AI tools and prompts.

Dave Kline

Founder of MGMT Accelerator, former Bridgewater, Moody's, PwC

Marsden Kline

Founder of MGMT Accelerator, former Google, Goldman Sachs, Compass

Take your leadership to the next level through curated advise and methods from an experienced leader. The course covers the basics of leadership role : people management, delivery management, stakeholder, business acumen, decision making, project management and lot more. Think of it as a time-boxed version of everything you need to bootstrap or ramp-up your leadership career. Whether you are a people leader (managing individuals or teams), individual contributor leader (senior most contributor) or someone who is curious and thinking about getting into this role over time - you all will be benefited. Leadership cannot just be taught, it needs to be practiced and learnt. Like any muscle, you can train on aspects of leadership if you have limited exposure and experience in that aspect - ensuring delivery on time, handling conflicts, communicating to wide variety of audience, dealing with uncertainty and fuzziness, handling performance management, influencing other leaders etc. There are thousands of books on leadership and management out there, with over hundreds being written every year. There are countless podcasts, articles and workshops in this space. Yet, you find bad leadership in all disciplines leading to varied outcomes often bad. Bad leadership does not just affect a particular team or organization, it creates a long term negative impact to many people directly or indirectly. Hence, I say that we need effective leaders, not just good. Good leadership is about self awareness, being outcome driven, making effective decisions and being people oriented. I believe all of us can learn to be good leaders. This cohort is one tiny contribution to that learning process.

Leadership stripped down and reduced to the essence

Get to know your cohort, understand your role as a leader and learn techniques to lead your team and organization

Saturday

Learn how to build business acumen, make decisions - when to go fast and when to go slow, Leading yourself through self awareness and a special AMA (Ask me Anything)

Sunday

Course schedule

Folks who just got promoted or moved to leadership role (Team lead, manager, Head, Director etc).

Those who are thinking to move in the leadership role, but are undecided. You are not sure if a formal leadership role is for you.

Experienced leaders who want to sharpen their skills and acquire new ideas and methods to accelerate their career.

What you’ll get out of this course

Understand the different dimensions of leadership role and how to use situational leadership methods to be effective in your role

In-depth view of all aspects of leadership

Whether its about leading people, process, decisions, stakeholder, and complex project - there are practical advise that you can apply and learn from

Practical advise that meets the real world

Get first hand accounts for hard parts of leadership and how to navigate such situations.

First hand account for hard parts of leadership

Beyond the course curriculum, you hear from other experienced leaders through their stories and how they navigated leadership challenges. You also get to have moderated Q&amp;A sessions with these leaders

Learn from experts and peers

Each cohort members become part of a community that supports each other. You get to ask questions or share your challenges to get practical advise from the group. Periodically you will get to participate in community events to connect with other leaders

Ask questions and get advise from community

Vivek Juneja

Engineering leader and Podcaster

July 2025

December 2025

MtL is a hands-on, case-based learning experience where your own organization serves as the case. You’ll apply each tool and method directly to real challenges your team faces, making every session immediately relevant and actionable. Delivered in a flipped-classroom format, MtL combines asynchronous preparation with ten, two-hour weekly live sessions featuring instruction, practice cases, role plays, and guided application to your organization—reinforced by real-time feedback from teammates, peers, and instructors. You’ll come away with real solutions to real problems—and with initiatives ready to implement that drive performance and growth. MtL Tools and Methods make doable what is otherwise hard to do, through actions grounded in seven disarmingly simple truths that leaders often overlook.

Your own organization is the case: 

An organization.
Its leader.
The leader’s team.

To maximize your experience, bring:

Clarify or define an important initiative. 
Accelerate growth and improve performance. 
Engage openly and actively for meaningful impact

Come prepared to:

Ahead of our first live session, open and work through the Get Started and Ramp Up modules.

Course Opens

Plan on at least:<ul><li>40-minutes prep for live sessions</li><li>20-minutes post live sessions</li></ul>

Weekly Assignments

Weekly 2-hour live sessions on Thursdays

Your work in MtL culminates with a management presentation that you prepare and run through with at least one outside executive, factor input into your final submission, and that you turn in one week after the last live session for evalution and grading.

Management Presentation

Schedule

Professionally financed management teams driving to complete value creation initiatives.

Organization, unit, and function leaders driving change initiatives to grow faster/perform better.

Owner-Operators who are ready to transition but whose organizations are not transition ready.

Leaders and their team with a change in mind to accomplish a mission, leave a legacy, or get promoted.

Startup Entrepenuers looking to go from Powerpoint to Profits.

Manage to Lead is for:

An integrated system of tools & methods that gets leadership teams clear & aligned to architect, build, govern & change their organization.

Your mandate defines what you aim to achieve by when—it’s the game you’re playing. MtL teaches you how to always know:<ul><li>Where things stand now</li><li>Why things must change</li><li>What success looks like</li><li>How to get there</li></ul>

Master the Change Framework

Most leaders agree alignment is key, yet <a href="https://www.spiceworks.com/tech/innovation/articles/the-importance-of-organizational-alignment-and-how-to-achieve-it/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fewer than one-third say their top team is fully aligned</a>. MtL helps surface disconnects and build alignment using tools honed by leaders who have built and scaled successful organizations.

Discover Disconnects and Align Your Team

Identify which of five common operating models best fits your organization, then draft a DO–SELL–GROW process map for the area most limiting growth and performance.

Map, Manage, and Mature Your Core Processes

Learn how to track performance using key metrics—financial and otherwise—relative to past performance, future plans, and peer benchmarks.

Know What to Watch and How to Measure It

Discover how to prioritize initiatives, align your team around them, and lead them to completion—on time, on target, and on budget.

Conceive, Launch, and Guide Strategic Initiatives

Most people think you either lead or manage. The truth is you need to do both. The first thing a good leader needs to manage, is themself!

Cohort 16

Unison

Compusult Limited

Aquilent

Oracle

SAIC

Peter DiGiammarino

Professional CEO, Strategic Advisor, and Creator of Manage to Lead (MtL).

Joyce Reynolds Ph.D.

MtL Course Designer and Co-Instructor

Cohort 15

Cohort 17

An advanced-level course for senior and rising design leaders ready to address the most common challenges Design Leaders face. Learn how to build your durable design operating system to withstand scale, restructuring, evolution, and growth. Establish mechanisms and high-leverage activities that maintain quality and effectiveness for your teams and for the business. Course Topics + Content Build and activate high-impact teamsApply effective organizational design, strategic planning, and performance measurement Define and optimize your operating systemEstablish rhythms and rituals, shape a positive design culture, streamline processes and workflows, and build a robust reporting and communication strategy Identify the most effective design team structuresLearn how to choose the right team structures for your organization Activate your team’s strengths through organizational designAnticipate common challenges within and across teams and learn strategies for effectively addressing them Create your organization’s ideal design teamTogether, we’ll design and build your design team and organization 7 Live, Interactive Sessions, with timezone-friendly options for most APAC/EMEA/AMER locales - One Welcome Kickoff Session- Three Live, Interactive Learning Sessions including Q&amp;A sessions with guest experts- Two Office Hours / Q+A sessions with Kristin for personalized guidance- One Reflection/Wrap-up Session

Design Your Organization's Operating System 

Directors+ of Design and Operations leading teams across a portfolio of products and services.

Senior Leaders and Practitioners who are establishing, evolving, and leading a Design Organization or Operations practice.

Operations leaders who want to sharpen skills, learn new approaches and methods, and accelerate their organizations.

You'll learn how to establish mechanisms, routines, and high-leverage activities that maintain and enhance culture, quality, and community as you grow.

Best practices to build infrastructure that scales

<ul><li>Design and structure a high-performing design organization.</li><li>Effectively prioritize and plan work to maximize impact.</li><li>Utilize visual staffing tools to manage resources efficiently.</li><li>Implement accountability measures to maintain high-quality standards.</li></ul>

Build and activate high-impact teams

<ul><li>Establish effective rhythms and rituals that enhance team productivity and alignment.</li><li>Shape a positive design culture that fosters innovation and collaboration.</li><li>Optimize processes and workflows for greater efficiency.</li><li>Develop and implement robust reporting and communications</li></ul>

Define and optimize your operating system

<ul><li>Learn approaches and tactics that address common organizational and team challenges</li><li>Mitigate these challenges via a fixed vs. flexible framework</li><li>Gain new strategies to keep your team focused and thriving</li></ul>

Identify and anticipate the most common team and organizational challenges 

Guest Experience: Experienced leaders will join to share their stories and give examples of how they navigated similar challenges Instructor Experience: You'll learn directly from Kristin's first-hand experience establishing and leading multiple large-scale global design orgs

Access to first-hand experience and guidance customized to your unique situation

Included are multiple, moderated Q&amp;A sessions with Kristin and other industry leaders so that you can get expert advice on your unique challenges and aspirations.