The Take monthly · Beta
An executive coach in your pocket.
Ask your burning question the moment it comes up. Capture your wins once a month. We keep them ready for every moment you need them.
How it works
Two ways we're in your corner.
Ask when it matters
A manager meeting tomorrow? A stakeholder grinding your gears? Email us the situation, your role and your goal. An executive coach writes back within 2 business days.
Capture your month
One short email: your wins, new skills, memorable moments and any numbers. Small ones count. Reply right from your inbox.
What you can ask
Anything that's on your mind.
The moments where a second opinion changes the outcome.
A manager 1:1
“How do I bring up my promotion without sounding entitled?”
An interview
“They asked for a 30-60-90 plan. What do they really want to see?”
A stakeholder meeting
“How do I get a skeptical director to back my roadmap?”
A big presentation
“I have ten minutes with the VP. What do I lead with?”
The one grinding your gears
“A peer keeps taking credit in meetings. How do I handle it without drama?”
Or anything else on your mind
If it’s keeping you up at night, it counts.
What a reply looks like
Real advice, not a template.
An example of how a question comes in, and what comes back.
Hi Steph! I have my first 1:1 with my skip-level next week. She joined three months ago and I'm not sure she really knows what my team does yet.
I'd love to make a good first impression and start building a relationship with her, without it turning into me listing everything I've worked on. For context, I'm a senior PM on payments and I've been here about four years.
How should I open, and what should I bring?
Love that you're thinking about this now, not the night before. Here's how I'd play it:
Skip the status update; that's your manager's job. I've attached a one-page prep sheet with opening questions you can steal.
Steph, ICF-certified executive coachYour highlight reel
Every win, ready when it counts.
We see it in coaching all the time: a year later, the details of your best project are gone. Your highlight reel keeps them for your 1:1s, bonus asks, promotion case, review, resume or next interview.
Every month
Saved as you go
Every win, skill and number lands in your reel the moment you reply.
Every quarter
Your quarter, on one page
What you shipped, learned and moved, in words you can paste into your next 1:1.
Before review season
Your case, written before you need it
Timed to your review or promotion cycle. Drafted for your self-review, promotion case, resume and bonus asks.
Private by default
Your wins, in your words. The confidential bits stay with you.
Tell us what happened. Leave out confidential numbers, product names and colleagues' names. We'll leave a space, and you fill it in when it's just you.
Founding price
$49/mo
Locked in for as long as you stay. Month to month: pause or cancel before your next billing date.
Starts January · No payment now
Questions
Good to know.
An executive coach. Right now that's Steph, ICF-certified, with almost 15 years leading people in Big Tech.
Anytime. Email us when it comes up, and we reply within 2 business days. One question a month is included.
Yes, for up to 3 months, from your account, before your next charge. Your highlight reel stays put.
You have 90 days to download your highlight reel. Then we delete it.
The Take monthly · Beta
An executive coach in your pocket.
Ask your burning question the moment it comes up. Capture your wins once a month. We keep them ready for every moment you need them.
$49/mo founding price · Starts January · No payment now
How it works
Two ways we're in your corner.
Ask when it matters
A manager meeting tomorrow? A stakeholder grinding your gears? Email us the situation, your role and your goal. An executive coach writes back within 2 business days.
Capture your month
One short email: your wins, new skills, memorable moments and any numbers. Small ones count. Reply right from your inbox.
What you can ask
Anything that's on your mind.
The moments where a second opinion changes the outcome. Swipe through.
A manager 1:1
“How do I bring up my promotion without sounding entitled?”
An interview
“They asked for a 30-60-90 plan. What do they really want to see?”
A stakeholder meeting
“How do I get a skeptical director to back my roadmap?”
A big presentation
“I have ten minutes with the VP. What do I lead with?”
The one grinding your gears
“A peer keeps taking credit in meetings. How do I handle it without drama?”
Or anything else on your mind
If it’s keeping you up at night, it counts.
What a reply looks like
Real advice, not a template.
An example of how a question comes in, and what comes back.
Hi Steph! I have my first 1:1 with my skip-level next week. She joined three months ago and I'm not sure she really knows what my team does yet.
I'd love to make a good first impression and start building a relationship with her, without it turning into me listing everything I've worked on. For context, I'm a senior PM on payments and I've been here about four years.
How should I open, and what should I bring?
Love that you're thinking about this now, not the night before. Here's how I'd play it:
Skip the status update; that's your manager's job. I've attached a one-page prep sheet with opening questions you can steal.
Steph, ICF-certified executive coachYour highlight reel
Every win, ready when it counts.
We see it in coaching all the time: a year later, the details of your best project are gone. Your highlight reel keeps them for your 1:1s, bonus asks, promotion case, review, resume or next interview.
Every month
Saved as you go
Every win, skill and number lands in your reel the moment you reply.
Every quarter
Your quarter, on one page
What you shipped, learned and moved, in words you can paste into your next 1:1.
Before review season
Your case, written before you need it
Timed to your review or promotion cycle. Drafted for your self-review, promotion case, resume and bonus asks.
Private by default
Your wins, in your words. The confidential bits stay with you.
Tell us what happened. Leave out confidential numbers, product names and colleagues' names. We'll leave a space, and you fill it in when it's just you.
Founding price
$49/mo
Locked in for as long as you stay. Month to month: pause or cancel before your next billing date.
Starts January · No payment now
Questions
Good to know.
An executive coach. Right now that's Steph, ICF-certified, with almost 15 years leading people in Big Tech.
Anytime. Email us when it comes up, and we reply within 2 business days. One question a month is included.
Yes, for up to 3 months, from your account, before your next charge. Your highlight reel stays put.
You have 90 days to download your highlight reel. Then we delete it.
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