Three to four days of structured training for your IT management team. Drawn from "Practical Guide for IT Leaders". Tailored to your situation - or run as a standalone working session for any IT leadership team that wants to upskill in focused, practical work.
Why this is not a generic leadership course
A generic leadership course is a brochure. The frameworks are useful in the abstract and rarely change anything in practice, because the room is full of people from different companies with different problems, and the material has to stay general to fit them all.
The Master-class works differently. The audience is your team and only your team. The material is the working playbook from 30 years of in-seat IT leadership, drawn from the chapters of "Practical Guide for IT Leaders". And the cases we work through are either yours - if you have had an IT Assessment with me - or selected to match the questions your team most needs to answer.
The result is three to four days that change how your IT management team thinks, decides, and operates. Not a binder of slides they will never open. A working reference they keep using.
Available after an IT Assessment.
If you have already had an IT Assessment with me, this is the natural next step. The modules we cover map to the dominant culprit the assessment surfaced - process, people, or alignment - and the cases we work through are yours, not generic. This version of the Master-class typically runs after the assessment recommendations have been reviewed by leadership, and it acts as the working session that turns those recommendations into the way your team operates.
Format: 3 to 4 days in-person, scoped against the assessment findings.
Direct from the book.
For IT management teams who want structured training without first going through an assessment. The full four-module curriculum, run as a 3 to 4 day in-person working session, drawn from the chapters of "Practical Guide for IT Leaders".
Suitable for any IT management team that wants to upskill in a focused way, for any HR or Learning & Training leader putting together a leadership-development programme, or for any executive who has bought copies of the book for the team and wants someone to teach the material in person.
Each participant receives a copy of the book. Reading it first is recommended but not required.
Format: 3 to 4 days in-person, fixed curriculum (all four modules), typically 5 to 15 participants.
The four modules cover the working frame of an IT leader. Run in full for the standalone version, or selected against assessment findings for the tailored version.
The session closes with a working Q&A on the specific challenges your team is facing right now, and a concrete list of what to do in the weeks after the Master-class ends.
Format details
Length: 3 to 4 days, in-person.
Group size: Typically 5 to 15 participants. Below 5, the team-dynamics work weakens. Above 15, the room loses depth and individual contribution drops.
Audience: IT management teams (CIO or CTO plus direct reports plus team leads) for the focused version. Joint Business + IT leadership when alignment between the two sides is the dominant theme.
Location: Your offices, an off-site venue, or a neutral location agreed in advance. Most clients prefer their own offices because the discussions stay grounded in their actual context. Travel costs are billed at cost where applicable.
Language: English by default. Romanian or Russian available on request for regional clients.
Materials provided: A copy of "Practical Guide for IT Leaders" for each participant. A working notebook. All exercises, case studies, and worksheets used during the session.
Why this works
Three things make the Master-class different from generic leadership training.
It is built on the book. The same content I have been refining for 30 years of in-seat IT leadership work is what gets taught. Participants leave with a working reference they can return to, not a deck of slides they will never reopen.
The room is one company. Generic courses run with attendees from different companies. The Master-class runs with your team. The discussion is about your situation - your Roadmap, your team structure, your business stakeholders. The work transfers directly because it never leaves your context.
I have done the job. Every framework in the book and the Master-class came from running IT functions, not from observing them. The "what to do" in the room is informed by what worked, what failed, and what got me asked back. Participants ask hard questions, and they get answers from someone who has had to answer them in their own meetings.
The book is the source
"Practical Guide for IT Leaders" and the Master-class are the same body of work in two forms. The book is the reference. The Master-class is the working session where the reference becomes the way your team operates.
Reading the book first is not required, but it does compress the discussion time and lets participants arrive with sharper questions. If you are running the standalone version, I recommend that each participant has the book at least two weeks before the session begins.
How to start
The right first step depends on which version is right for you.
If you are not sure which one applies, book a 30-minute call. We will scope it together.
If your IT function is clearly struggling and you want the diagnosis first, take the 12-question self-assessment or book a scoping call for an IT Assessment.
If your team is functional and you want focused training that lifts the whole management layer, book a scoping call for the standalone Master-class directly.
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