Turn your Managers into Leaders.

Manager-to-Leader is a 6-week leadership development program. Unlike other "leadership" courses. Your managers won't learn theory. They'll start applying specific tactics and frameworks to lead their team, increase results and grow their careers

1400 managers have graduated from this program to become incredible leaders. I'm confident I can help your managers too.

Lead confidently

in 6 weeks

Manager-to-Leader is a 6-week group coaching program delivered live on Zoom. I've helped 1300 managers become confident leaders and I can help you too.

Manager-to-Leader is not like other "leadership" courses. You won't learn theory. You'll start applying specific tactics and frameworks to lead your team, increase results and grow your career.

Manager-to-Leader starts on August 14th, 2025.

(Only 5 seats available)

Our Alumni are Leaders at Great Companies

What is the cost of a struggling manager?

$70,000 is how much it costs you to have a poor performing manager in your company.*

Money aside. The fastest way to lose your top individual contributors is to make them report to an untrained manager.

Not only are you losing money, you're also losing talent.

You might have another problem. You want to train your managers but don't have the time to create content, tools, templates *and* do your day job!

(Asking your people to read an article on HBR or LinkedIn will only take them so far)

Saving time, money and frustration is why HR leaders send their managers to MTL.

Joe Conaty is CEO of Commerce Architects, he liked MTL so much, he sent all his managers through it. Here's what he says.

"Since taking this 6-week course, we have dramatically upped our management game. This training pays for itself very quickly by making managers more efficient with their time."

Sending your managers to this training is the classic 1+1= 3.

Your employees will appreciate that you're investing in their career. And you'll save yourself a lot of headache and time.

Six weeks is all it takes to have your managers start speaking the language of confident leaders.

*Research from Humu

Are you a new manager, experienced manager or a senior leader?

Read this if you're a new manager.

Read this if you're an experienced manager.

Read this if you're a Senior leader or HR executive.

Retain, recognize and recruit talent without the stress and hassle.

Retain talent

1 in 2 employees quit because of a bad boss. Trained managers are your key to healthy retention.

Recognize talent

Great managers want to keep growing. A good training program is a great way to recognize your people.

Recruit talent

Everyone wants to work for a great boss. Trained managers attract and recruit great talent.

👈🏻 SWIPE 👉🏻

Student Success Stories

Murray Kastner

Senior Manager, Paid Social

MTL was absolutely amazing! Ali does a great job finding pain points in my day to day role and providing clear solutions.

Everything was very tactical and super relevant. I spend a good amount of my time in 1:1 meetings and I've been able to apply a lot of our lessons to create more impact and meaningful relationships with my direct reports.

After trainings, I would frequently find myself immediately using Ali's techniques and recommendations in my next meeting.

I highly recommend this training for anyone who is looking to increase their leadership skills and improve their career.

Josh Carter

Engineering Director

I thoroughly enjoyed MTL.

I learned many new tools to help guide my team by asking the right questions to challenge them to resolve issues themselves instead of fixing things for them.

The course also reinforced some things that I have learned previously and reinforced my choices and my confidence in what I was doing.

Mike OCallahan

Talent Acquisition leader

"I just received word that I've been promoted from Manager to Director!!

I am absolutely thrilled and can't thank you enough for the course and your guidance with everything."

Deon Pretorius

Technology Team Lead

As a young manager, I have been actively seeking a meaningful vision and striving to define the type of leader I aspire to become.

I must say that your courses have been instrumental in this journey, and I genuinely appreciate the overarching themes and insights we've discussed.

Your teachings have resonated with me, and I am committed to embodying the ideals of an exceptional manager. I am eager to implement the valuable strategies and action plans we've covered.

Student Testimonials

Your managers will gain 7 leadership skills to lead confidently in 6 weeks

Build trust and run engaging 1:1s

Increase Psychological safety

Give and get feedback

Delegate effectively

Coach confidently

Manage up with influence

Lead with AI

3-step plan to turn your managers into leaders

Since 2018, we've helped over 1400 ambitious managers become confident leaders in six weeks.

Here's our step-by-step plan to help your managers get there:

STEP #1: You'll be invited to attend 6 live trainings on Zoom. We'll discuss real-world tactics that you can use immediately after class. These training sessions will last for two hours and you'll have plenty of time to ask as many questions as you want. You'll come out of each session energized and ready to start applying your new knowledge. You'll also get a one-page recap and recording if you miss the session.

STEP #2: Every session comes with tools, templates and frameworks. The tools and frameworks will help you immediately apply what you're learning. The faster you apply, the faster you gain confidence. The templates are fully customizable to fit the needs of your team.

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STEP #3: To make sure you continue growing your leadership skills you'll also receive weekly leadership emails with access to tactics, latest research and playbooks.
On top of that, you'll have lifetime access to all course materials to help you tackle any future leadership challenges.

Manager-to-Leader curriculum

WEEK #1: Run engaging 1:1s

Start running engaging 1:1s to connect with your employees.

✔️ Apply the 3 ingredients of great 1:1 meetings.

✔️ Use the 4K framework to engage your employees as soon as your 1:1 starts. (Most managers ignore these)

✔️ Use the 6P meeting agenda to keep your 1:1s on track. (Your employees will thank you)

✔️ Apply these 3 powerful coaching tactics to motivate and engage your employees in your 1:1s.

✔️ Start having these 5 high-leverage 1:1 conversations to grow and retain your employees. (Most managers do 2 at the most)

WEEK #2: Increase Psychological safety.

Increase your team's performance by eliminating fear

✔️ Discover the 3 secrets of high-performing teams to increase your team's performance.

✔️ Create a healthy culture where team members like to work with each other and aren't afraid of taking risks.

✔️ Apply tactics to design a team where no one is afraid of difficult conversations. Open and honest conversations are encouraged. Teams are able to voice their opinions and risk-taking is rewarded.

✔️ Use the same leadership tactics Pixar and Netflix use to build high-performing teams and companies.

✔️ Use these 7 questions by a Harvard researcher to measure (and increase) the Psychological safety of your teams.

WEEK #3: Give and get positive and constructive feedback

Share positive and constructive feedback to increase your team's motivation and performance.

✔ Use the S.T.A.R framework to give positive feedback and create engaged AND motivated employees.

✔ Avoid this big mistake managers make when giving positive feedback. This will immediately improve your feedback.

✔ Apply this 3-step framework to give constructive feedback with confidence and clarity.

✔ Avoid this costly mistake most managers make when giving constructive feedback. This is #1 reason why most constructive feedback fails.

✔ Discover this tactic to give feedback to the most defensive employees, bosses and coworkers.

✔ Use targeted feedback questions to figure out what your boss and your employees think of your performance.

WEEK 4: Start delegating

Delegate to save time and build capability.

✔️ Discover how delegation will save you hours of time (and frustration). It'll also make you a valuable leader at your company.

✔️ Master this 4-step delegation system to delegate like a pro. Finally stop working on everything and start prioritizing the right things.

✔️ Understand the skill + will profile of your employees to identify gaps on your team.

✔️ Discover the "4 types" of employee profiles on your team and how to delegate to each type.

✔️ Access your very own customizable delegation playbook and checklist to start delegating today.

✔️ Discover the 4 questions to understand what you can delegate to your team.

WEEK 5: Start coaching

Bring out the best in your team.

✔️ Discover (and apply) the 3 tactics of GREAT coaches and leaders. Use these tactics to motivate and inspire your teams.

✔️ Avoid this costly mistake most managers make when coaching. (This is a big reason why coaching conversations backfire)

✔️ Stop solving all your team's problems. Discover the 5 secrets of great questions to bring out your team's best thinking and problem-solving skills.

✔️ Discover this powerful "type" of question to instantly connect and coach your employee.

✔️ Avoid using this "type" of question when coaching your defensive employees.

✔️ Get access to these 30 powerful coaching questions to extract your employee's BEST thinking.

✔️ Increase your listening skills today by mastering 5 real-world tactics of great listeners.

✔️ Become a highly respected leader by mastering the skill of coaching.

WEEK 6: Manage up with influence.

Start managing up and build credibility.

✔ Understand and apply the C.A.S.E framework to start managing your boss and senior stakeholders.

✔ Identify your manager's communication style to build rapport.

✔ Use the i4 framework to share bad news with influence.

✔ Identify your manager's priorities and align your team's priorities with theirs.

✔ Keep your boss updated with the 3Rs communication technique.

✔ Extract your boss's honest feedback to see your blindspots

✔ Identify strategies to manage a micromanager and come up with plans to cope with a toxic boss.

Here's your 3-step plan to gain 6 leadership skills in 6 weeks.

Step 1: Attend training

You'll be invited to attend 6 live trainings on Zoom.

We'll discuss real-world tactics that you can use immediately after class. These training sessions will last for two hours and you'll have plenty of time to ask as many questions as you want.

You'll come out of each session energized and ready to start applying your new knowledge. You'll also get a one-page recap and recording if you miss the session.

Step 2: Apply tools + templates

Every session comes with tools, templates and frameworks.

The tools and frameworks will help you immediately apply what you're learning. The faster you apply, the faster you gain confidence.

The templates are fully customizable to fit the needs of your team.

Step 3: Reinforce

To make sure you continue growing your leadership skills you'll also receive weekly leadership emails with access to tactics, latest research and playbooks.

On top of that, you'll have lifetime access to all course materials to help you tackle any future leadership challenges.

All-In Manager Masterclass

curriculum

📆 WEEK #1: Run engaging 1:1s

📆 WEEK #2: Increase Psychological safety

📆 WEEK #3: Give and get positive and constructive feedback

📆 WEEK 4: Delegate effectively

📆 WEEK 5: Start coaching with confidence

📆 WEEK 6: Manage up with influence.

Success stories

Sarah Engel

President

Ali did a phenomenal job. His training was incredibly well received by our team.

I am now expanding his training significantly for all people managers in the organization, up to the executive level.

Every people manager in our organization, and therefore every employee, is better equipped to lead clients, teams and this business to success because of Ali.

Tom Steiger

COO

With 15 years of experience managing technology teams across businesses from start-ups to large companies such as Symantec I have experienced LOTS of approaches to management training. The All-In-Manager training is by far the most high value and engaging experience I have ever had.

Ali's ability to stay focused, engaged, and tie things together is exceptional, and like nothing I have experienced before.

By far the most valuable training experience I have had in years.

Joe Conaty

CEO

Managing people doesn't have to be hard. Ali's practical and immediately applicable training taught us this lesson. Since taking this 6-week course, we have dramatically upped our management game.

This training pays for itself very quickly by making managers more efficient with their time.

While the course is called "All-In Manager", it doubles as leadership training, and it has made us all more effective leaders.

Special bonus - the tools for creating connections with your direct reports can be applied in your personal life as well :).

Todd Wilhelm

Head of Global Leadership Development

Thanks again for delivering a couple of terrific sessions.

I commend you for your in-depth and insightful content. I really appreciate your engaging and comfortable style in presenting the material.

You went beyond the surface-level, sometime pedestrian material in the realm of feedback. I’m confident our leaders were able to gain some wisdom, perhaps even a different perspective in the art of giving and receiving feedback.

Todd Wilhelm

Head of Global Leadership Development

Thanks again for delivering a couple of terrific sessions.

I commend you for your in-depth and insightful content. I really appreciate your engaging and comfortable style in presenting the material.

Your managers will get access to...

6 live leadership sessions on Zoom.

The heart of the Manager-to-leader masterclass are our 90-minute leadership sessions.

Your manager are going to show up live, ask questions, engage with their peers and get their toughest leadership challenges solved in a safe (judgment-free) environment

While we encourage you to attend live and engage, we know you have a day job. If you miss a day, we'll make sure to send you a recap and recording.

Here's what you unlock when you join

6 (2hr) live leadership sessions on Zoom.

The heart of the All-In Manager masterclass are our 2 hour leadership sessions.

You're going to show up live on Zoom, ask questions, engage with other leaders and get your challenges solved in a safe (judgment-free) environment

While we encourage you to attend live and engage, we know you have a day job. If you miss a day, we'll make sure to send you a recap and recording.

Tools, Templates, and Frameworks

All-In Manager comes with a growing library of tools templates and frameworks for yours to keep, forever.

Struggling to create a 1:1 agenda? We have a template.
Struggling to give constructive feedback? We have a template.
Don't know how to praise your team? Yep!. We have a template for that too!
Never coached your team before? We got you!

BTW, these aren't fancy PDF templates that collect dust. These are customizable docs that you can put to use TODAY. Oh and you get to keep them for life.

Tools, Templates, and Frameworks

All-In Manager comes with a growing library of tools templates and frameworks for yours to keep, forever.

Struggling to create a 1:1 agenda? We have a template.
Struggling to give constructive feedback? We have a template.
Don't know how to praise your team? Yep!. We have a template for that too!
Never coached your team before? We got you!

BTW, these aren't fancy PDF templates that collect dust. These are customizable docs that you can put to use TODAY. Oh and you get to keep them for life.

Recaps and recordings within 24 hours.

If you miss a session. No problem! We'll send you a recap, recording and slides so you can catch up when you get a breather.

We encourage you to attend live and engage, but we also know you have a day job and life happens. Expect a session recap with recording within 24 hours.

Recaps and recordings within 24 hours.

If you miss a session. No problem! We'll send you a recap, recording and slides so you can catch up when you get a breather.

We encourage you to attend live and engage, but we also know you have a day job and life happens. Expect a session recap with recording within 24 hours.

Coaching cards

We don't want you to passively consume knowledge. We want you to apply your knowledge immediately. To help you do that, we've created a set of 10 beautiful coaching cards for you.

These digital cards contain some of our most important leadership frameworks and will help you remember to apply what you're learning.

Coaching cards

We don't want you to passively consume knowledge. We want you to apply your knowledge immediately. To help you do that, we've created a set of 10 beautiful coaching cards for you.

These digital cards contain some of our most important leadership frameworks and will help you remember to apply what you're learning.

Become a certified leader in 6 weeks

Clients trust us with their managers.

Ali did a phenomenal job. His training was incredibly well received by our team.

I am now expanding his training significantly for all people managers in the organization, up to the executive level.

Success stories

Ryker M.

I will be very direct and transparent, I was hesitant at first as I have been a part of leadership trainings before and they have not resulted in much success.

BUT, I came out of our training this morning with some really great tools to implement to see tangible results. I am very much looking forward to next week.

Jessica W.

When I’ve been in leadership trainings before, they’ve felt unauthentic and more like a check the box.

Your session already has truly insightful, helpful content to make a difference.

Chris H.

I was a little skeptical at first when I first saw them, just because I've been through trainings like this in the past but after getting to know you and going through the materials that you had, I learned a ton and I think it'll make me a way better leader moving forward.

I found your trainings very valuable. I appreciate it very much Ali.

John W.

I have done a lot of manager training in my career in addition to an MBA.

The time we spent with Ali has been the best that I experienced. He facilitates great sessions and discussions.

Jill B.

I have had several leadership training sessions, especially around feedback and difficult conversions. I think this is the best one I have attended on this topic.

I really like Ali's style and how he goes through examples and breaks it down.

Elizabeth W.

This training was so helpful and definitely helped me recognize my good & "not so good" managerial habits.

Kerry L.

Hi Ali! I loved last week's training and am doing my best to implement it in my 1:1s. Thanks for the excellent content and for making it engaging - that's no easy trick over zoom!

Dheeraj B.

I loved the training today. It was fun- Ali is amazing. Clear actionable recommendations- nothing theory/philosophical.

Peter S.

This training has been really great (and much needed). Looking forward to a few more weeks of this class.

Artem V.

Your session sparked a lot of good conversations. This was invaluable! I'm looking forward to attending the virtual sessions.

Celena N.

Thank you so much for your guidance last week! I feel a lot more confident going into the next few months as an up-and-coming manager.

Saba Q.

I'm really enjoying the training and working on putting it into practice.

Kavita S.

Thank you for a super insightful and incredibly engaging couple of days - I really enjoyed it.

Spencer S.

With becoming a manager recently, these sessions have really helped.

Hi, I’m Ali 👋

My mission is to help you become a confident leader today. (Not someday)

That's why I created the All-In Manager masterclass in 2018

I created this masterclass because I was frustrated watching incredible managers like you not gain the skills to become successful leaders.

Over 1300 incredible managers like you have become certified leaders. These managers have gained 6 skills to lead with confidence in as little as 6 weeks. You can too.

If you're asking yourself "Who's this guy and why should I believe him?"

Here's a little about me:

16 years leading teams
10 years in Senior leadership roles
Trained 1000s of managers all over the world
Coached 100s of leaders from managers to CEOs
Live in Chicago with my wife, Sarah and dog, Lenny
I also write daily on Linkedin for over 51,000 leaders

The All-In Manager masterclass is offered 2-3 times a year and we only accept 5 leaders.

If you're interested to attend,I invite you to share your name and email address and I'll immediately send you an application form.

Apply today to learn about the masterclass.

(Class starts Jan. 25th - Feb 29th)

10 9 seats available.

(No credit card required to apply)

Hi, I’m Ali

My mission is to help you become a confident manager today. (Not someday)

That's why I created the All-In Manager masterclass in 2018

I created this masterclass because I was frustrated watching incredible managers like you not gain the skills to become successful leaders.

Over 300 incredible managers like you have become certified leaders. These managers have gained 6 skills to lead with confidence in as little as 6 weeks. You can too.

If you're asking yourself "Who's this guy and why should I believe him?"

Here's a little about me:

16 years leading teams
10 years in Senior leadership roles
Trained 1000s of managers all over the world
Coached 100s of leaders from managers to CEOs
Live in Chicago with my wife, Sarah and dog, Albert
I also write daily on Linkedin for over 44,000 leaders

The All-In Manager masterclass is offered 2-3 times a year and we only accept 10 leaders.

If you're interested to attend,I invite you to share your name and email address and I'll immediately send you an application form.

Apply today to learn about the masterclass.

(Class starts Jan. 25th - Feb 29th)

10 9 seats available.

(No credit card required to apply)

It all started in a small conference room in Fort Worth, Texas in 2018.

The very first session of All-In Manager was delivered in a small conference room in Fort Worth, Texas in 2018. (Pictured on your right).

After Covid hit, I started delivering the class on Zoom and since then I've helped 1300+ ambitious managers become leaders.

1000s of hours have gone in creating, designing and testing an experience that is relevant to you.

While a lot has changed since 2018, our commitment to you remains the same. We want to help you become a better leader today, not someday.

I hope to see you inside.

Be well.

Ali

It all started in a small conference room in Fort Worth, TX in 2018.

The very first session of All-In Manager was delivered in a small conference room in Fort Worth TX in 2018. (Pictured on your right).

After Covid hit, we started delivering the class on Zoom and since then we've delivered it to 300+ ambitious managers all over the world.

1000s of hours have gone in creating, designing and testing an experience that is relevant to you.

While a lot has changed since 2018, our commitment to you remains the same. We want to help you become a better leader today, not someday.

I hope to see you inside.

Be well.

Ali