Our Story
About Kestryl Edge
We started Kestryl Edge because the leadership development industry was not built for where we work.
Technical experts get promoted into leading people without the preparation for it. The industry's answer is a few hours of generic training, and leaders are left to figure out the people side alone. You can't buy trust. You can build it, when leaders and teams go through something hard together.
10+
Years coaching experience
6+
Years managing in high-consequence environments
8 to 20
Ideal team size we serve
Clients
Teams we've worked with.
The Team
Founder
Dan Korus
Dan specializes in people-first leadership, continuous improvement, and operational strategy. He holds a master's degree in Chemistry from Western Washington University and brings 10+ years coaching leadership alongside 6+ years managing in high-consequence, high-operational-tempo work environments.
He believes a leader's goal is to become replaceable. Build teams where problems get solved because people know the mission and have what they need to do it right the first time.
“Leadership is inviting others to greatness and accepting your own invitation first.”
Lead Facilitator
Tessa Rose
Tessa designs and facilitates applied EQ curriculum for leaders in operational environments. Her M.S. in Adult Learning and Development grounds the work in behavior change methodology, not awareness exercises. She holds the room so hard conversations can go where they need to go.
Belief
You can't buy trust. You can build it.
How We Work
Three things we won't compromise on.
Leaders in the room.
Required, not optional.
Neutral ground.
Rank drops away for the day. You shouldn't be able to tell who the CEO is.
Measured.
A live survey in the room, a report and action plan, and quarterly re-measurement.
Our Niche
Who we're built for
Technical teams in high-consequence settings like defense, nuclear, aerospace, and manufacturing. In these environments, the cost of leadership failure is immediate and visible.
We work well with organizations where leadership stays close to the day-to-day, where people care about how they show up, and where improvement is embraced as a shared responsibility rather than imposed from above. If your team is willing to reflect, learn, and act, we are built to support you.
Build the Workplace You Actually Want
Every great team started with a conversation. Let's talk.
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