Hi!

I'm Dr. Andrej Tusicisny, founder of Coachutopia.

Throughout my career—from leading shigh-performing teams at Google to building innovative startups to coaching others—I've worked with some exceptional managers who transformed their teams into legends. I've also observed managers whose leadership style should have been banned by the Geneva Convention. And I've seen a few people learn from their costly mistakes and grow into outstanding leaders over time. These experiences crystallized a critical insight: leadership is a skill that can be learned.

Unfortunately, traditional management training approaches are fundamentally broken, and most managers are set up to fail. Brilliant individual contributors are suddenly thrust into leadership roles with minimal preparation, expected to simultaneously motivate their teams, navigate complex organizational dynamics, and drive strategic vision in an uncertain and rapidly evolving world.

Consider my friend Sarah, who was promoted to lead her team. Without much onboarding, she became responsible for:

• Managing a team while expected to maintain the same high quality of her technical contributions
• Delivering awkward feedback for colleagues who were recently her peers
• Securing resources from other departments that didn't care about her timelines

Her company offered some group workshops that covered generic topics like "communication skills" and "impostor syndrome." Sarah took only a couple of them because she was too busy. It wasn't clear how to apply the presented theoretical frameworks to her specific workplace challenges anyway—and she was afraid to ask "stupid" questions in a room full of her peers.

Sarah's boss got access to an executive coach with whom they could bounce ideas off and debug specific situations in private. However, they could meet only once every two weeks, and only for 6 months because the coach was charging $500 per hour. Without adequate support, both Sarah and her boss eventually burned out and quit.

All this is going to change with Coachutopia. We're democratizing leadership development through AI-powered, on-demand 1:1 coaching. With a pricing point that most organizations can afford, we're going to spread more effective management and communication through the entire economy.

Our coaches:

• Provide immediate, confidential guidance whenever you need it
• Apply decades of management and psychology research to your specific situations
• Help you prepare for challenging scenarios through immersive role-playing

I believe exceptional leadership isn't a mystical talent—it's a learnable skill. Our goal is to democratize world-class leadership coaching, empowering professionals at every level to communicate more effectively, lead with empathy, and drive meaningful organizational change. Whether you're an ambitious individual contributor, a mid-level manager, or an executive dealing with existential challenges, Coachutopia will meet you exactly where you are—and help you reach the next level.