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# From engineer to leader

A workshop for first-time tech leaders

This workshop assists new and emerging tech leaders to understand their roles and gain the skills to make them confident, happy and effective.

8 hoursNew and emerging tech leaders

The challenge

Common challenges

  • Balancing technical work with leadership responsibilities
  • Delegating effectively while maintaining quality
  • Communicating with non-technical stakeholders
  • Building trust and credibility with your team
  • Managing competing priorities and expectations

What you'll gain

  • Practical frameworks for effective delegation and team management
  • Communication strategies for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Tools for building trust and fostering collaboration
  • Techniques for managing competing priorities effectively
  • Personalized action plan for your specific leadership challenges

What you'll learn

Leadership blueprint

Delve deep into understanding leadership, touching upon themes such as emotional intelligence, influential communication, and resilience building.

  • Understanding emotional intelligence in leadership
  • Developing influential communication skills
  • Building resilience as a leader
  • Creating your personal leadership style

Essential leadership skills

Master the strategies to navigate conflicts constructively, communicate to non-technical audiences, influence stakeholders and build trust with your team.

  • Building trust and relationships
  • Delegating work effectively
  • Empowering team members
  • Influencing stakeholders

Communication skills and influence

Develop powerful communication techniques that help you convey technical concepts clearly, influence decision makers, and align teams around a shared vision.

  • Communicating complex technical concepts
  • Influencing without authority
  • Tailoring your message to different audiences
  • Building a compelling business case

Practical application

Put theory into practice through interactive exercises, role-playing, and real-world scenarios. Get access to additional learning resources.

  • Interactive exercises and role-play
  • Real-world case studies
  • Personal action planning
  • 6 months access to online learning platform

Who it's for

Tech / team leads

Build trust, manage your team effectively, and foster collaboration across teams and disciplines.

Principal & staff engineers

Build strong relationships and trust to lead. Influence technical direction and nurture talent through mentoring.

Engineering managers

Delegate effectively, empower others, and balance strategic business with engineering objectives.

Workshop format

8

Hours of focused learning

Deep dive into practical leadership frameworks and techniques for first-time tech leaders.

6

Months of access

To additional online leadership training material to help you continue your learning journey. Access to workshop material for life.

1

Post-workshop coaching

Complimentary 1:1 coaching session to help you apply your learnings immediately.

Agenda

9:00 AM

Welcome & introductions

Setting expectations and getting to know your fellow participants

10:00 AM

Leadership skills

What skills are important? What skills are important to YOUR role?

11:30 AM

Staying productive as a leader

Developing a productive mindset and staying focused.

1:00 PM

Lunch & networking

2:00 PM

Delegating effectively

How to delegate work effectively and empower your team members

3:30 PM

Effective communication

Mastering the art of influential communication

4:30 PM

Wrap-up

Reflection and preparation for applying the learning tomorrow

Investment

Early bird: $995 | Regular: $1,495

What you get

  • 8 hours of intensive leadership training
  • Comprehensive workshop materials
  • 1:1 post-workshop coaching session
  • 6 months access to online learning platform
  • Lifetime access to alumni community
  • Certificate of completion

Includes

  • Comprehensive workshop materials and resources
  • Interactive exercises and role-playing scenarios
  • Personalized action plan for your leadership journey
  • Post-workshop 1:1 coaching session

Kind words

I was so impressed with the impact the program made that we expanded it to a different audience in the following year. The customisation Andrew made to the content really made it stick with our team.

Justin Gould

Head of Technology

The mindsets and models around difficult conversations, such as poor performance, have helped me be more confident and successful in handling them.

Barry Scott

Engineering Manager, Mobile Apps

Andrew breaks down complex topics into bite sized tools you can put to practice straight away. Highly recommend.

Tate Johnson

CTO, The Lookout Way

Andrew's teachings have enabled me to develop a high-trust, empowered team of developers; they have given me the confidence to trust in my leadership and management abilities.

Michael Lambert

Head of Engineering, Tapendium

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Your facilitator

Andrew Murphy

Former software developer who has held various leadership positions in consultancies and SaaS companies like Linktree. With the right support, Andrew believes that everyone can become the leader they want to be, which is why he now focuses on teaching those skills.

By sharing his experiences, tools, and techniques, Andrew equips emerging and new tech leaders with the necessary skills for success in the modern workplace.

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Interested in this workshop?

Get in touch to discuss running this workshop for your team, or to find out about upcoming public workshop dates.