Lead your team with intention - like the dozens of managers who recommend the Academy.
For 8 weeks you work on yourself as a manager, in a small closed group under Marcin Dakowski's guidance. Applications are open - don't delay. Leave your email and we'll send you the details, the dates, and the current price of the next edition.
For 8 weeks you work on yourself as a leader, in a small closed group under Marcin Dakowski's guidance. Applications are already open - don't put yours off. The next edition starts on September 24, 2026, and every edition so far has drawn far more applicants than there were spots.
Leave your email and we'll send you the details, the dates, and the current price of the next edition.
It's not another training.
It's a program of deep work
on yourself as a leader.
For 8 weeks a group of managers works online on how to lead their teams - starting not with tools, but with themselves.
Who am I in this role and what drives me, what's the team's goal, how do I delegate and build the team's structure. What sets the rhythm of our work and how to find the balance between control and engagement. How to have hard conversations, give feedback and manage your own boss?
We work through every theme on real situations from your companies. After the Academy you leave with knowledge, but above all with a change everyone around you will see.
Live sessions
Regular workshops and weekly meetings, plus Marcin's office hours, where we work on your real challenges.
Work between sessions
Materials for each week, exercises solo and in pairs, discussions. Marcin is available on Slack throughout the program and replies to every message.
The group
A closed group of managers from different companies and industries. We work through real situations - yours and other participants' - not textbook examples.
For managers who want to lead their team with intention, not just on autopilot.
The Academy is for people who lead a team and feel they could do it better, even if they don't quite know how. For everyone who manages on instinct because no one ever showed them another way. And who don't want to wait for a crisis to change something.
It doesn't matter whether you've led a team for a year or for over a decade - participants at every career stage rate the Academy just as highly. Some of you will sign up on your own, some will be sent by a boss who cares about their people's growth.
The Academy is for you if:
- you lead a team and want to do it with intention (which means more effectively!)
- you want to work on your own challenges, not slides and theory
- between the tools, you're ready to look at yourself
It's not for you if:
- you're looking for ready-made checklists and one right model
- you can't find 3-4 hours a week for your own growth
- you believe change is possible without effort
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What we work on during the Academy
Eight weeks, step by step. Each week is one theme.
- 01Week 1
Start with yourself
- Who am I as a manager, and what really drives me?
- How do my emotions shape my decisions and my team?
- How do I pause before reacting on autopilot?
- 02Week 2
The team's goal
- Is my team really playing toward one goal?
- What's the difference between declaring a goal and living it?
- How do I set a goal that frees me from micromanaging?
- 03Week 3
The shape of the team
- Does the team's structure help our goals, or hold them back?
- Are roles clear, or does everyone do a bit of everything?
- What lets the team run without my constant presence?
- 04Week 4
The team's rhythm
- How do I build a rhythm that brings order to the work?
- How do I prioritize when everything is due yesterday?
- What makes a team creative rather than passive?
- 05Week 5
Team engagement
- What actually builds engagement, and what kills it?
- Where's the line between control and trust?
- How do I spot engagement dropping before it's too late?
- 06Week 6
The person on the team
- Why do I put off hard conversations, and what does it cost me?
- How do I give feedback that builds trust?
- How does caring about a person translate into their results?
- 07Week 7
Beyond the team
- Is my team's work visible across the organization?
- How do I manage my own boss and stakeholders?
- How do I build relationships before I need them?
- 08Week 8
What kind of manager will you be?
- What has actually changed since the start?
- What kind of manager can I become?
- What's my concrete plan to put into action after the Academy?
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What Academy participants say
I was afraid to set boundaries and to demand things - I was more of a 'mom' than a 'boss'. Thanks to the Academy I bring in rules, routines, clear priorities and regular follow-up. Now I demand, and I get feedback that it's great.
During the Academy I learned I don't have to get involved in everything. I made more room for myself. I step back and observe. I let my team make mistakes.
I came in as a chaotic person doing 20 things at once. I leave as a manager who realized that calm is her superpower. Everyone around me sees the change, from my team to my family.
I went into the Academy without much enthusiasm. But after just two sessions I knew it was a place I should have found long ago. This program helps you rediscover the joy of being a leader!
This academy is a process where a manager stops for a moment and rebuilds the foundations of how they lead.
It definitely wasn't another one of those courses focused only on setting up processes. We spend a lot of time first looking at ourselves - that's what's unique about the academy.
I'd been to many soft-skills trainings and they were all useless. That's why I hesitated whether the Academy would be the same. It was great!
After the Academy I know how to work with myself and with my team so that everyone knows what's theirs to own. I know what steps to take to make the team independent and take the load off myself, so I can keep growing.
The Academy was the first training where I touched on my own emotions and what matters to me. It was eye-opening and genuinely changed how I see my own team.
I leave knowing I'm a really good manager. But that doesn't mean my ego grew. Quite the opposite - my ego settled, and my skills grew.
The Academy is the best training I've ever been to. Really. It's exceptional: personalized, deep, eye-opening, and it restores your faith in people.
I never imagined that in an era of remote meetings you could create such a bond between participants in such a short time.
The Academy forces reflection - where I am, what matters to me, what I need to consider to reach my goal. It lets you see familiar things from a new perspective.
The only leadership course that shows a deeper perspective on what it's really like to be a leader. A program full of introspection that makes you stop and rethink far more than you expect.
Marcin answers questions in a way that makes your head spin, and then you reach the right answer yourself and put it into practice.
If you have a ton of things every day and don't know which matter most - the Academy will help you put it in order. I'm really surprised how much it gave me.
Marcin Dakowski
Previously, among other roles, Managing Director at InPost, CEO of eBilet Polska, founder of Fixly and head of OLX Praca. Today, the creator of the Good Leadership Academy.
He trains in team building and organizational restructuring, and works with companies on scaling and org design. Trainer at EY Academy of Business. Mentor at MIT Enterprise Forum, BCG EmpowerPL and Vital Voices. Member of the Forbes 25under25 jury.
Beyond business, he also trained as a psychotherapist. He's a sea skipper too, with over 20 voyages led for more than 300 crew members.
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