For Managers
Get the coaching rhythm, frameworks, and support to lead your team with consistency-and fewer hard conversations.
The Reality
Here's what this looks like day to day.
Report Fewer Crisis Conversations
More Consistent Coaching Rhythm
Apply Skills Within First Week
The Problem
You've probably tried training before. Here's why it didn't hold.
Today - Ungoverned
Why training alone fails
- Management workshops feel disconnected from your actual challenges
- You learn techniques but have no rhythm to practice them
- There's no accountability to apply what you learned
- One-time events don't build the habits you need
- You return to the same environment that created the problems
Installed - Governed
What success looks like
- Coaching conversations happening consistently, not reactively
- Fewer surprise performance crises because you caught issues early
- Confidence in handling difficult conversations
- A team that knows what's expected and delivers on it
- Time back in your calendar because your people are more self-sufficient
What We Install
What gets installed
The 6-Step Performance Engine
Every installation runs the same six steps, in order. Skip one and the standard doesn't hold, it just gets announced.
Winning
Identity
Behavior
Tolerance
Standards
Performance
“You weren't promoted to manage spreadsheets. You were promoted to lead people - and nobody taught you how.”
Reinforcement
Reinforcement cadence (MMI)
Installation without reinforcement fails. Here's how we sustain the change.
Phase 1
One specific skill focus per month you can actually practice
Phase 2
Peer cohort to share challenges and hold each other accountable
Phase 3
Real application with your actual team, not role-play scenarios
Phase 4
Regular check-ins to troubleshoot what's not working
Phase 5
Progress that builds over time instead of fading after events
From the DEC Emerging Leaders Academy
The flagship instance of Preparation for Installation, delivered in partnership with the Detroit Economic Club.
“I realized that treating every person the same was not always the most effective way to lead.”
Michael Mannina
Assistant Clinical Manager, Henry Ford Health
Doctrine
“Results do not create behavior. Behavior creates results.”
We govern behavior first, because results are just the trailing indicator.
Drift Check™
Free 5-minute self-diagnostic. See where pressure is bending your default leadership behavior.
Drift Audit™
$10,000
A 14-day, application-only audit that pinpoints exactly where the standard is drifting.
Preparation for Installation
From $6,500 per seat
Cohort-based GDD installation for leaders before a full team or org commits.
Executive / Team Installation
$12,500 per leader
Install the standard into your executive and leadership team so it holds under pressure.
Enterprise Installation
From $90,000
Full-organization installation across every level - 8 phases, 44 modules.
Ongoing Governance
$5,000-$10,000 per month
Weekly governance that keeps the installed standard from drifting back.
Installation Partner Certification
From $20,000
Become certified to deliver GDD installations inside your own organization or practice.