Reset how you manage in 2026
Leadership gets noisy. This challenge helps you clear the clutter, reflect intentionally, and rebuild the habits that make you a steady, trusted manager.
Who this challenge is for
This free challenge is designed for engineering managers, tech leads, and senior ICs who want to lead with more clarity, less chaos, and stronger boundaries in 2026.
Over three weeks, you’ll get one short daily prompt (sent on business days) that helps you:
Look back at what actually worked this past year
Reset one core leadership pattern that affects how you communicate, delegate, and make decisions
Set clean priorities, boundaries, and expectations for 2026
We’ll focus on one pattern at a time. If more come up, you’ll be able to reuse the same prompts to work through them later.
You’re doing this alongside a larger community of leaders who are resetting their leadership operating systems at the same time.
We kick off on January 5, 2026.
What to expect
Over the course of 15 business days, you’ll receive a simple, reflection-driven prompt each morning. You can reply directly to the email with your answer for accountability, or you can write it down privately.
Here’s how it works:
15 short daily prompts designed to reset your habits, systems, and approach to leadership
A weekly synthesis email highlighting themes and insights emerging across participants
A sense of community as we all move through the reset together
If you complete all 15 days, you’ll receive one free month of All Access to keep your leadership momentum going.
One participant will also win a full year of All Access.
Sign up for the challenge
Ready to join? Add your email below and you’re in.
Joining the challenge also adds you to the weekly Modern Leader newsletter. If you unsubscribe during the challenge, you’ll miss the remaining prompts, so it’s worth sticking around.
A few things to know
✔️ It’s lightweight. Each prompt takes about five minutes. No prep. No homework. No falling behind.
✔️ Business-day cadence. You’ll get prompts Monday–Friday for three weeks so you have space to breathe.
✔️ Your replies stay private. They go straight to me. Weekly roundups share only anonymized insights.
✔️ This is a reset, not a course. It’s meant to help you think clearly and start 2026 with intention, not overwhelm you with content.
✔️ You’re joining a community moment. Hundreds of managers will be moving through this together.