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Become a great manager,
faster.

Most managers learn the hard way, through years of trial and error. The book, coaching, and workshops that give you the shortcut: proven strategies and AI tools so you lead with confidence from day one.

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35 Proven Strategies
20+ Senior Leaders Interviewed
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The Hard Truth

Why most new managers struggle

The skills that got you promoted won't make you a great manager. And nobody tells you that until it's too late.

The Imposter Trap

You feel like a fraud. You put on a mask of confidence that works, until it cracks. Your team can feel it before you do.

The Competent Jerk

You steamroll your team to get things done. Results happen short-term, but trust evaporates and your best people leave.

Always Firefighting

You spend every day reacting. No time to think strategically, no time to grow your team, and definitely no time for yourself.

Politics Blindside You

Decisions happen in rooms you're not in. You execute without context and wonder why nothing you drive ever sticks.

It took me 10 years to figure this out. You don't have to.

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The Field Guide

A decade of lessons in 238 pages

It took me 10 years to climb from junior employee to VP. Every hard lesson, every framework, every mistake is in this book so you can skip the struggle and lead well from the start.

Key Frameworks Inside

ABOOM
The Project Brief Framework

Turn vague requests into crystal-clear briefs your team can actually execute. No more re-work, no more confusion.

4S
Managing Up & Across

Navigate Subordinates, Superiors, Senior Leaders & Stakeholders without ever getting blindsided by office politics.

PIP
Performance Management

Handle underperformers decisively and fairly, with specific scripts. No more avoiding the hard conversations.

80/3
Time Protection

Combined with the Eisenhower Matrix to cut the noise and focus exclusively on work that gets you promoted.

What You'll Discover

  • Drop the Mask: build real trust by solving problems, not performing confidence
  • Wield the Baton: lead your team without micromanaging every decision
  • Hire & Fire with Confidence: scripts that work for both sides of the equation
  • Use AI as your "Third Brain": your personal Chief of Staff, HR Partner, and Mentor
  • Draft difficult feedback in seconds with exact AI prompts, clear and kind
  • Turn messy meeting notes into polished Executive Summaries automatically
  • Prioritize your chaotic to-do list in seconds and stop drowning in admin
  • 35-strategy playbook across your first week, 90 days, and full year
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Get there faster, with help

The book gives you the foundation. Coaching and workshops help you apply it to your specific situation, right now.

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1:1 Executive Coaching

Personalized coaching for your managers and senior employees. I work through real challenges using real frameworks, applied directly to their current situation, not theoretical case studies.

Best for:

  • New managers in their first 90 days
  • Senior ICs transitioning into leadership
  • Managers navigating complex team dynamics
  • Leaders who want to move faster with AI
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Team Workshops

Half-day or full-day workshops for management teams. Hands-on, interactive, and built around the frameworks in the book. Your team leaves with tools they can use the next morning.

Workshop Topics:

  • Crushing Your First 90 Days as a Manager
  • AI-Augmented Leadership for Tech Teams
  • Managing Up, Across & Down (the 4S Framework)
  • Building High-Performance Teams
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Alexandre Mancini, author of Manager Augmented

"Your first year isn't the finish line. It's the starting line."

Alex Mancini, Manager Augmented
About the Author

I took the long road so you don't have to

I climbed from junior employee to VP over a decade in tech, and made every mistake a new manager can make along the way. The imposter trap. The competent jerk. The endless firefighting. I lived all of it.

I interviewed over 20 senior tech leaders and synthesized a decade of hard-earned lessons into 35 concrete strategies. The result is Manager Augmented, the book I wish I had on day one as a manager.

Now I bring those same frameworks directly to businesses through coaching and workshops, helping managers and senior employees accelerate their growth without the decade of trial and error.

  • Author, Manager Augmented (Amazon, March 2026)
  • 10+ years in tech leadership, from IC to VP
  • Insights from 20+ senior tech leaders
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What Readers Say

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"A must-read for anyone stepping into management for the first time. Practical, honest, and immediately actionable."

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"The AI prompts alone are worth the price of the book. This is not theory - these are real tools for real managers dealing with real problems."

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"I've read a lot of management books. This is the first one that actually addresses what it feels like to be a new manager in tech - the fear, the politics, the pressure."

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