Leadership Mentoring

I help IT leaders manage the part that
doesn't come with a manual.

Mentoring for managers navigating new roles, difficult teams, and hard conversations.

Day to day leadership is complicated, not because the work is hard, but because people are. I help you see the situation differently and find the pragmatic path forward.

I turn delivery into a profit engine and people into leaders.

Let's Talk How I Help

15+

Years Experience

250+

Engineers Led

€14M

Budget Managed

The Reality

THE PART NO ONE PREPARES YOU FOR

Day to day leadership is complicated, not because the work is hard, but because people are. Most managers get stuck not from lack of effort, but from looking at the situation from the wrong angle.

The technical skills that got you promoted will not save you here. Managing people, navigating politics, having hard conversations, growing into a new role, none of this comes with instructions.

What changes everything is perspective. Seeing the situation as it actually is, not as anxiety or frustration frames it.

How do I manage a difficult situation?

When the team is stuck, the stakeholder is unhappy, or the conversation keeps going nowhere.

How do I grow into this new role?

When the expectations are higher, the visibility is greater, and the old playbook no longer works.

How do I manage my team or my manager?

When the relationships are complex, the dynamics are tense, or you are not sure how to lead.

The Approach

HOW I HELP

We tend to overcomplicate what is often simpler than it looks. Through 1-on-1 mentoring, I help you step back, look at the context differently, and find the pragmatic path forward.

No templates. No generic advice. Just a clearer view of your specific situation, grounded in 15+ years of real leadership experience across sales, IT delivery, and global teams.

My approach is rooted in empathy, honesty, and practical wisdom. I offer real conversations that help you think more clearly and act more decisively.

I contribute as a mentor at Bridging Gaps, a non-profit supporting middle managers, first-time managers, and senior SMEs navigating leadership transitions. Mentees from Bridging Gaps looking to continue their journey are welcome here.

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First-Time Managers

Navigating the leap from individual contributor to people leader.

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Role Transitions

Growing into new expectations when the old playbook no longer fits.

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Hard Conversations

Building the confidence and skill to handle what most people avoid.

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Perspective Shift

Seeing the situation as it actually is, not as fear or frustration frames it.

Know Yourself

LEADERSHIP PROFILE

Great leadership starts with self-awareness. This free assessment maps how you lead across personality, skills, drivers, and the patterns that show up under pressure.

In 15+ minutes you get a full profile: your leadership archetype, a competency breakdown across four clusters, what drives you, and concrete development moves.

No sign-up needed to see your result. It is a tool for reflection and growth, not a test you can pass or fail.

Take the assessment

What you get

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Your leadership archetype, from nine distinct styles
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A competency profile across personal, interpersonal, management, and strategic skills
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Your core drivers, and what energises you
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Under-pressure patterns to watch
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Development moves you can act on

About Me

WHO I AM

I started in sales and account management, where I learned to read what clients actually need before a line of code is written. That commercial instinct still shapes how I lead delivery today.

Now, as Delivery Director and Business Partner in Cegeka's Global Delivery Center, I lead 250+ engineers across 5 countries and 3 continents, with full accountability for delivery, growth, and the commercial relationships behind them.

My style is hands-on and collaborative. I act as a trusted partner, mentor, and sounding board for clients and teams alike, because I believe great delivery starts with great relationships, not great processes.

Across 15+ years, my work has spanned Romania, Greece, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, and Germany, a genuinely international view of how delivery and business growth really work.

The hardest part of leadership was never the technology. It was the people part: the hard conversations, the politics, the judgment calls nobody trains you for. That is the part I care about most, and the reason Build to Lead exists: I help IT leaders manage the part that doesn't come with a manual.

I also give a good share of my time back to the next generation of leaders, more on that below.

250+

engineers led, 5 countries

200+

team grown, from 73

12%

attrition, from 41%

customer NPS

60+

mentees helped

180+

mentoring sessions

Credentials Professional Scrum Master · Advanced AI Prompt Engineering for IT Directors · Generative AI Fundamentals (Databricks)

Services

SERVICES

Three ways to work with me, from a single conversation to running the fix inside your company.

For Scaling Teams

Consultancy

Delivery Leadership

For scaling software companies: I make delivery predictable and keep your best people, as the operator who has run it at 200+ engineers. Turnarounds, a fixed scope health check, or fractional delivery leadership while you scale.

See how I work Starts with a free 30 min Delivery Health Call.

Mentoring

1:1 Leadership Mentoring

Book a 1:1 and let's have a conversation. The first session is on me; ongoing sessions are paid. The sharpest ones start from your leadership profile, so if you have not yet, take the 15+ minute assessment first and bring the result.

Book a free first session Take the assessment first

Coming Soon

Workshops

Group workshops and training programs for leadership teams are in development. If your organization wants early access, reach out and I will keep you posted.

Express Interest

Beyond the Day Job

GIVING BACK & BUILDING COMMUNITY

Mentorship

Bridging Gaps

I've mentored managers informally for years. In 2025 I made it formal and pro bono, joining the Bridging Gaps non-profit to support middle managers, first-time managers, and senior SMEs through leadership transitions, 1:1, and free, because growth shouldn't depend on who can afford it.

Visit Bridging Gaps →

Community

Cut the Knot

Cut the Knot, a monthly peer community for IT managers. We put real management knots on the table and work them through together, no theory, no slides, just people who've tied the same knots.

"Management knots, cut by people who tied the same ones."

Explore Cut the Knot →

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Watch & Listen

See and hear the real conversations

The Cut the Knot podcast is where we get candid about leading people: the messy, unscripted truth of management. If you want a feel for how I think before we ever talk, start here.

Watch on YouTube

I help IT leaders manage the part thatdoesn't come with a manual.