Your leaders and managers need support.

We partner with mid-sized organizations to develop their managers, leaders, and teams — not through off-the-shelf content, but through programs designed for your people, your challenges, your culture.

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The Challenge

The bridge between strategy and execution

You’ve been working to mature your organization through strategy, process, and systems, but your leaders and managers seem to be making things harder, not easier. That’s because they aren’t properly prepared for what you’re asking of them.

You expect them to translate the strategy, cascade accountability, develop their people, and model the culture. But you haven’t identified the skills, support, or even a shared understanding of what “good management” looks like.

How We Help

Three modes of engagement

Every organization is different. We work in ways that fit your context, your timeline, and your goals.

Programs

Sustained development for cohorts of managers and leaders. 3-9 months of blended learning, coaching, and real application.

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Workshops

Focused sessions on specific capabilities or challenges. Often an entry point to deeper, sustained work.

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Coaching

1:1 support for individual leaders navigating growth, transitions, or specific challenges.

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What Partners Say

Stories from the work

Dan is a truly gifted Talent Development Expert. He spearheaded the development of our manager foundation training, and the results were exceptional. Dan's unique approach involved genuinely listening to, communicating with, and collaborating across our organization, allowing him to craft a program that perfectly addressed the needs of new managers.
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Cara Gettridge

Director, People, Erickson Senior Living

We are deeply grateful to Dan Lawner and Bevel Talent for delivering a custom Leadership and Management Excellence Program that truly strengthened our team. Even in a period of heightened stress and uncertainty, Dan created an engaging, supportive, and thought-provoking learning environment. Both new managers and seasoned leaders walked away with practical tools they could use immediately and with stronger, more connected relationships across the organization. We could not have asked for a more impactful and empowering experience.
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Hope Gleicher

Chief Strategy Officer, Identity

Working with Dan on our recent management workshop was a dream. He is attentive, a great listener, and keen on detail. The content of the presentation was thorough and his style is engaging, respectful and fun. We'd highly recommend hiring Dan for your next workshop, coaching session, or management opportunity. You will be wowed!
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Megan Walton

CEO, Southern Maine Agency on Aging

As head of HR, I can see when training sticks, and this one did. Managers are holding 1:1s and documenting them, and agreement on receiving helpful feedback went from 64% to 75% this year in our engagement survey. Bevel Talent made this fully customized program work for both our corporate and property teams around a single standard. Dan was a true partner, responsive and practical, and he cared about the outcome as much as we did.
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Heather Ochoa

VP, Human Resources, The Tower Companies

Dan partnered with us to design and deliver our organization's very first 9-month Emerging Leaders Program, and the experience exceeded our expectations. The program was tailored specifically to our agency and our culture, which made it immediately relevant and impactful for our first cohort of seven emerging leaders. What stood out most was watching the individual growth — increased confidence, stronger leadership presence, and a deeper understanding of how each participant contributes to our organization's mission. Launching our first leadership cohort felt like a big step, and Dan made it not only manageable, but inspiring.
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Renee Longarini

Chief Operating Officer, Southern Maine Agency on Aging

Resources

A resource hub for leaders navigating the middle

Stories, resources, and research for the managers and leaders doing the hard work of leading from the middle. Real voices. Practical wisdom. No corporate platitudes.

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About Bevel Talent

Built from the practitioner’s seat

Bevel Talent was founded by Dan Lawner, a facilitator, coach, and learning experience designer who spent over 10 years inside organizations as a Learning & Talent leader. Dan has built and facilitated transformative manager and leader development programs at growing organizations like DT Global, PSI, Pathfinder International, and Federated Wireless.

Dan realized that managers and leaders in mid-sized organizations badly need guidance and support long before those organizations hire their first Learning & Development leader. That’s why he founded Bevel Talent. To give mid-sized organizations in-house quality support with the flexibility of an outside partner.

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Let’s talk about your organization

Every engagement starts with a conversation. Tell us what’s happening, and we’ll explore whether — and how — we can help.