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Spec sheet 01 // executive coaching East Hampton, NY 11937

we coach first-time engineering managers.

Promoted last month? Six weeks. One coach. A written plan at the end.

call (631) 375-2247Mon–Thu 11am–5pm · Fri to 2pm
Length6 weeks
CadenceWeekly 1:1
Fee$1,200 fixed
BaseEast Hampton, NY
Spec 02 // the process

the stone, week by week

Best engineer on the team. Now the manager. Different job, no manual. Whetstone is six weeks of sharpening it, coarse to fine, one grit at a time.

  1. Wk 1 // 120 gritresetOld role out. New role named.
  2. Wk 2 // 240 gritcalendarCut the meetings. Protect the 1:1s.
  3. Wk 3 // 400 gritfeedbackSay the hard thing. Plainly.
  4. Wk 4 // 800 gritdelegationHands off the keyboard.
  5. Wk 5 // 1500 gritupwardManage your own manager.
  6. Wk 6 // 3000 gritthe planYour 90 days, on paper.
A coach and a new engineering manager talking across a sunlit table
Fig. 1 // the weekly 1:1
Deliverable 01 // weekly

six 1:1s. same hour. same coach.

You bring the week’s real problem. We work it. You leave with one move to make by Friday.

  • Your org chart, even if it’s a napkin.
  • Notes from your last two 1:1s.
  • The conversation you’re avoiding.
Bring to session one
Printed 360-degree feedback report pages with a pencil on a sunlit desk
Fig. 2 // the 360 readout
Deliverable 02 // week 3

the 360 readout.

Your reports, peers and manager answer the same questions. Unnamed. We read the results together, line by line. No spin. No softening.

Patterns, not people. You get the pattern and a plan for it.

A hand writing a 90-day plan in a notebook in bright light
Fig. 3 // the 90-day plan
Deliverable 03 // week 6

the 90-day plan. in writing.

Week six ends with a document. Priorities. People moves. Habits. Check-in dates.

It’s yours. You run it without us.

Spec 03 // fee sheet

one stone. one price.

$1,200

Per engagement. Fixed. Billed by invoice.

  • 6weekly 1:1s
  • 360feedback readout
  • 90day written plan
  • 1invoice. that’s it.
start the six weeks(631) 375-2247

Or write: info@whetstoneexecutive.com

Spec 04 // outputs

what you carry out

A wet whetstone and a knife blade on pale linen
Fig. 4 // stone, wet
Out 01

a 1:1 you no longer dread.

Out 02

a plan with dates on it.

Dated. Specific. Printed. Pinned above the desk.

Out 03

a calendar with room in it.

Out 04

a script for the hard conversation.

Written in week three. Rehearsed out loud.

Out 05
360°

a read on how your team sees you.

Out 06

a manager who doesn’t grab the keyboard.

Spec 05 // side by side

two first months

Plan A // alone

winging it

  • You guess what good looks like.
  • Feedback shows up at review time.
  • Your calendar fills with other people’s meetings.
  • The plan lives in your head.

price: free. cost: your first year.

Plan B // whetstone

six weeks, one coach

  • The week’s real problem on the table. Every week.
  • A 360 readout before habits set.
  • Same hour. Same coach. Same standard.
  • A written plan by day 42.

price: $1,200. fixed.

book plan bCall now
Spec 06 // the front desk

pick up the phone.

Phone first. We answer Mon–Thu 11am–5pm · Fri to 2pm.

Card 01 // call

talk to a human

(631) 375-2247
Mon–Thu
11am–5pm
Fri
to 2pm
Sat–Sun
closed
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Card 02 // visit

find the studio

165 Dahlia Drive
East Hampton, NY 11937

Sessions in person on Dahlia Drive. Call first.

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Card 03 // write

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