Coaching for CTOs and Senior Engineering Leaders

Supporting CTOs and senior engineering leaders to lead with more confidence, clarity, and impact.

The leaders I work with are talented, ambitious, and care deeply about their teams and organisations. What brings them here — whether a new role, a period of rapid growth, or simply wanting to lead better — is a recognition that the right thinking partner makes a real difference.

• 1-1 Coaching for CTOs

  Get greater clarity about your role, build genuine confidence in yourself as a leader, and develop the skills and self-awareness that you continue to build on long after our work together.

• Group Coaching for Engineering Leaders

  Connect with a peer group of talented engineering leaders facing similar challenges. Build resilience, broaden your perspective, and leave each session with fresh ideas to bring back to your team.

• Workshops for leaders and teams

  Interactive workshops on leadership and team effectiveness, grounded in the real challenges engineering leaders face — and customisable to your team’s specific context and needs.

Contact

Not sure where to start? A short call is a good way to find out.

Or you can email me at joel@monkeysthumb.co.uk.

What people say about working with me

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  As a first-time CTO at a growing tech-startup, Joel’s coaching has been instrumental in helping me step up to my new leadership role and to work through some of the most challenging aspects of scaling a company. After only a few months, I have seen really positive results. I couldn’t recommend his coaching any higher!

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  Joel has an impressive ability to create a safe space and calmly discuss a range of topics and to provide useful input. His coaching would benefit anyone who is going through a difficult and stressful challenge in engineering leadership.

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  Joel was the founding CTO and subsequently COO of FutureLearn from launch and laid the foundations for its successful fundraise at a valuation of £100m in 2019. He is not only a clear expert in his technical field but also one of the best managers and leaders I have had the privilege of working with.

  The high-performance, supportive culture that we built at FutureLearn was heavily influenced by Joel’s leadership instincts and expertise. I strongly endorse Joel as an outstanding CTO and extremely valuable all-rounder in a start-up/scale-up company.

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