Lead Well and Be Home by Six

Private weekly coaching for tech leaders tired of stress following them home.

  • Led by a coach with 27 years in tech
  • Honest feedback, not generic advice
  • Start with one session, upgrade with full credit
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Leading Shouldn't Cost You Your Evenings

When every question, decision and fire runs through you, the always-on trap takes your evenings.

A tired leader rubbing his neck at a laptop in a dark, empty office at night, the wall clock near ten
  • Your best people stop growing because nothing moves without you
  • Your team stalls the week you’re away
  • Your family gets whatever’s left
  • You burn out

What You Get From Weekly Coaching

Escape the always-on trap and become the leader whose team doesn’t need you at 10pm.

Your team makes decisions without waiting on you

Leave work at work and be present at home

A score in five areas, every week

years in technology organizations
27
From developer to Director of IT, leading teams like yours. PMP certified.
one-on-one sessions
700+
From CEO to front-line leads.

Coaching From Someone Who's Been There

“I've been the leader still answering emails at 10pm, sure I was the only one who could fix things. Nobody told me what I was getting wrong. That's the coach I wish I'd had.”

Dan Romano

Leaders Who Stopped Carrying It All

“Dan helped me see a hard conflict differently and gave me a concrete way back into the conversation. I stopped losing evenings to it.”

Noah K., Team Lead

“Instead of getting frustrated with a quiet team member, I handled it with patience and a plan. Dan helps me step back from a people problem and see the structure behind it.”

Lucas T., Manager

“Dan helped me build one simple habit: asking ‘Is this worth saying?’ I use it, and it’s changed how I handle frustration with my team.”

Emma M., Director

Case study

The manager who escaped the always-on trap

A relaxed manager sits back with arms crossed, smiling, while a woman on his team leads a whiteboard discussion with colleagues
  1. The habit

    A two-minute daily log of each direct report’s wins and misses.

  2. The shift

    When part of his team slipped, he let a strong team member lead instead of stepping in. Performance picked up.

  3. The result

    He’s home by six most days. His team no longer needs him at 10pm.

    Empowerment score: 3 → 9 in 12 weeks

The Six O'Clock Plan

Three steps from a free video call to a workday that ends on time.

1

Book a free video call

Bring your biggest challenge. Leave with a first step.

2

Start weekly coaching

Get honest feedback every week. Build habits that stick and watch your scores climb.

3

Be home by six

Trust your team and close your laptop on time.

The Coaching Promise

  • Completely confidential. Nothing reaches your boss, your team or anyone else.
  • Straight talk. Direct, honest feedback, not cheerleading.
  • Your agenda. Every session starts with what’s on your plate this week.
  • Every dollar counts. Upgrade within 7 days and what you’ve paid goes toward your new program.

Choose Where to Start

Weekly 60-minute video sessions.

  1. 1

    session

    Reset Session

    When one problem can't wait

  2. 4

    weeks

    Focus Sprint

    When one problem keeps coming back

  3. 12

    weeks

    Home by Six Program

    When you're the bottleneck for everything

Upgrade within 7 days and what you’ve paid counts toward the next step.

Not sure where to start? We’ll pick together on your free call.

Leadership Coaching That Gets You Home on Time

If you lead a team in tech, you know the always-on trap: meetings, decisions and other people’s problems all day, and your own work after everyone logs off.

Private coaching breaks the pattern. Each week: honest feedback, one or two practical habits and a score in five areas, so you see your progress.

It starts with a free 15-minute video call. The alternative: more late nights, until you burn out.

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Books and workshops offer advice, but none of them can see your team, your week or what’s holding you back. On the free video call, you’ll pinpoint what’s costing you your evenings and map your first steps. Weekly coaching then builds the habits, from delegating to handling conflict, that let you trust your team and close your laptop on time.

The leader smiling and talking with his family at the dinner table in warm evening light

The Free Leadership Check

See What's Costing You Your Evenings

10 questions, 2 minutes. See which of five areas is stealing your evenings, plus one thing to try this week.