- Stop Looking for Your “Authentic Self”—It Doesn't Exist
"Instead of trying to uncover a mythical "true self," focus on intentionally crafting who you want to become. This aligns with what philosophers call an existentialist perspective—authenticity comes from taking responsibility for creating yourself, not discovering yourself" - The victim trap of engineering managers
Anton Zaides and Taha Hussain highlight the trap that we can fall into when we feel like victims, and some guidance on how to escape - What to expect from coaching?
Evgeny Shadchnev shares his inisghts into what you can expect from coaching - It’s all invented!
Kate Leto shares the narratives that we tell ourselves and how can we change them to be more useful - It’s all invented!
Kate Leto shares how our personal narratives shape our work, with particular reference to the Karpman Drama Triangle - Mentorship, coaching, sponsorship: three different — and equally important — tools for developing talent
Jacob Kaplan-Moss's explains the differences between mentoring, coaching and sponsorship - So you wanna de-bog yourself
Adam Mastroianni on building your awareness of the different sources of 'stuckness' and gaining agency - How to work with a coach
Evgeny Shadchnev shares some excellent advice on making the most of your coach - How to get the most out of coaching
George Sudarkoff provides valuable guidance on getting the most from your coaching - The Drama Triangle
Ken Norton shares roles and faces that keep us in drama and suffering and how we can step out of them - Uplevel your managers with Mini-M support groups
A series of articles from Jade Rubick's on how to create peer support groups to help your managers develop their skills - A complete guide to finding the right executive coach for you
Richard Hughes-Jones' guide to coaching and finding the right coach for you is excellent - Coaching helps you create different, better, decisions
Flora Devlins's explanation of the benefits of coaching is spot on - Why loneliness in technology is a serious matter and how to support tech leaders
Amber O'Brien shares the reasons that technology leaders might feel lonely and how you can support yourself and others. - As an engineering leader, should you be working with a coach?
An Ask Me Anything Q&A with with Cate Huston and Jean Hsu about coaching - Immunity to change
This brief summary of some of the tools outlined Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey's book "Immunity to Change", which be helpful for exploring what is preventing you from making a change. - Everyone needs a coach
Barry O'Reilly and Kate Leto explain what coaching is and how you might benefit from it. - How to tame your Advice Monster
Michael Bungay Stanier's talk about the pitfalls of giving advice is wise, practical and really entertaining - The leader as coach
Herminia Ibarra and Anne Scoular offer guidance on using coaching to unleash innovation, energy, and commitment in your teams - Finding a CTO coach
Dave Schuman on getting the support to become an excellent CTO - Understanding the drama triangle vs. presence
The Conscious Leadership Group outlines the roles that trap us within the drama triangle and keep us repeating issues in our lives - How to find (and choose) a coach
Ed Batista offers practical advice on finding and choosing a coach - Coaching plain & simple
Peter Szabo and Daniel Meier give practical guidance on using a solution-focused approach to coaching - How being coached set me on a new career course
Nigel Smith's reflections on how coaching helped him make a career change are well worth a read. - The BRAVING inventory
Brené Brown breaks down trust into 7 elements - The coaching habit: Say less, ask more & change the way you lead forever
In this excellent and practical book Michael Bungay Stanier gives you seven core questions that will help you provide more effective support to your employees and co-workers. By unlocking their potential, you'll be able to unlock your own.
Coaches
People who offer coaching services
- Joel Chippindale (me)
I work with start-up and scale-up CTOs and suppor them to successfully navigate the changes in their roles as their team and company evolves - Gergely Orosz's recommended coaches and mentors
Gergely's recommendations both personal and from trusted sources - Anemari Fiser
Amemari combines technical, leadership and coaching skills to help people get the best out of themselves! - Cara Wilson
Cara Wilson is an experienced executive coach for engineering leaders and team coach for engineering teams - Cat Totty Coaching
Cat supports Founders, CEOs and senior leaders transform themselves to transform the world. - Charlotte Jarrett Badman
Charlotte is an outstanding coach and facilitator who works with organisations and individuals determined to realise their full potential - Clare Downes
Coaching business leaders and athletes to embrace a high performance mindset - Coaches for early stage companies
Josh Herzig-Marx's a list of coaches, across a range of disciplines, who specialise in early stage companies - Connie Liu
Whether you’re a founder, career changer, or team leader, Connie will help you find your true north, and then weather the highs and lows to get there. - CTO Craft
CTO Craft have a roster of over 30 CTO coaches (including me) and will talk to you about your needs and then be able to recommend a few coaches who could work with you. - Dan Smith
Dan is an experienced Advisor and CTO Coach - Douglas Squirrel
Squirrel as a Service offers flexible help (both coaching and advice) when you need it - Flora Devlin
Flora is a coach to founders and executives at VC-backed tech companies who want to ignite progress across strategy, leadership and personal growth. - Founder Coaches Network
A network of highly recommended coaches for founders (including me 😀) - Freddie Birley
Freddie Birley is a coach to founders and VCs - Garrett Mears
Coach and mentor to first-time CTOs or emerging technology leaders taking on additional responsibilities - George Sudarkoff
George coaches technical leaders, to lead authentically, make better decisions and have a lasting impact - James O'Halloran
James has been a Founder coach since 2015, based in Bristol. Working with James isn’t about short term ROI, it’s about fundamental change in your personal vision, company direction and management of your team - Jennifer Clamp
Jennifer specialises in providing coaching for female founder CEOs - Jonathan Kahn
Jonathan offers one-to-one Communication Coaching to support the development of your skills in public speaking, handling conflict and giving feedback - Josh Herzig-Marx
Josh helps early stage-product leaders through coaching and mentorship. - Jossie Haines
Jossie is an executive coach, who specialises in coaching women leaders in tech. - Julia Whitney
Julia offers leadership, crossroads and team coaching - Kate Bradshaw
Kate's coaching was an invaluable in helping me better understand myself, challenge my fears and take greater control to successfully navigate my most recent career change. I highly recommend Kate to anyone looking for a coach. - Kate Sandars
Kate is an Executive Coach, who supports private and corporate clients with leadership development, growth and career transition, with a particular focus on tech / media companies. - Kevin Ball
Kevin works with motivated software engineers and engineering managers to help them navigate the transition from execution to influence. - Larry Jacobson
Larry is a coach who specialises in supporting technology leaders to get their next job or next promotion - Laura Morgan
Laura is an experienced product manager and an excellent coach who supports product professionals - Lena Reinhard
Having spent the last decade growing engineering organisations, Lena now offers empowering engineering management & leadership coaching - Luca Sartoni
Luca Sartoni's Remote Leadership Works provides coaching and training to new engineering managers - Lulu Cheng
Lulu is a leadership coach who love's helping people define success on their own terms so they can live a life aligned with their values. - Mags Hanley
Mags is based in Australia and offers career coaching and mentoring for design professionals - Mark Farrer-Brown
Mark is a founder coach to scale up CEOs - Mary Butler
Mary is based in Australia offers leadership coaching to founders to help them grow with their startup - Melinda Seckington
Melinda is an excellent coach, advisor and mentor to people who want to improve their skills as a speaker - Moon Negotiation
Joan Moon is a coach who focusses on helping women negotiate - Nancy Choi
Nancy meets leaders as whole human beings and helps them unlock higher levels of performance and connection to a deeper purpose while reducing invisible labor and suffering. - Noah Cantor
Noah coaches engineering leaders from overwhelmed to overachieving, and supports them to bring peace, satisfaction, and growth to themselves and their teams. - Paul Ryan
Speaker trainer and executive coach - Richard Hughes-Jones
Richard is an excellent Executive Coach to CEOs and senior technology leaders. - Robbie Clutton
Robbie is a Fractional CTO/VPE who also coaches engineering leaders - Ruth Penfold-Jones
Ruth is a coach who supports you to accelerate the development of your leadership skills and to create an environment where your teams can win, and watch your business flourish. - Sanja Moll
Sanja supports founders, leaders and executives of entrepreneurial companies to scale themselves and their companies with grace and clarity - Sara Shondrick
Sara is a leadership coach who specialises in working with scientists-turned-leaders. - Sarah Ing Coaching
Sarah helps women in tech fall back in love with their careers - Sarah Milstein
Sarah helps executives and emerging leaders level up their effectiveness and job satisfaction. She has particular experience in tech and media companies and has run remote and hybrid teams for 25 years. - Sarah Timms
Sarah is highly recommended as a Product Coach and Interim Product Leader - Seb Agertoft
Seb has a background in product and helps Founders and Leaders to build the skills and mindset to thrive. - Simon Pearson
Simon Pearson provides 1-1 coaching to support Product Managers - Startup Happiness
Marcia Swenson and Dale Larson help founders grow as fast as their companies. - Stefan J Hull
Stefan is a coach who supports agency leaders to grow their businesses - Tobi Tonner
Tobi offers growth leadership coaching to individuals and innovative companies. He focuses on building self-awareness and developing leadership habits for success. In the past he has led software engineering teams in startups and scaleups. - Tony Piper
Tony is a coach who is at his best when he is helping you achieve your goals - Val Dryden
Val is an excellent coach to emerging leaders in technology - Vandena Daya
Vandena is an excellent coach who helps her clients clarify personal and business goals, evaluate and manage career changes, and improve leadership capabilities - Women in tech coaches
Lulu Cheng's list of women in tech who offer coaching services - Young Women's Trust
This fabulous charity offers free coaching programmes to women, who are aged 18-30 and live in England or Wales.
Training
Training and learning resources for coaches
- Foundation in coaching practice - i-coach
I took the online version of this 9 month course and highly recommend it for anyone wanting to get into coaching. The course is very practial and had a profound impact on the way that I coach. - Group coaching skills workshop — Catalyst 14
An amazing 3-day workshop that I took in Dec '23 and can wholeheartedly recommend to anyone looking to build their group coaching skills