CTO Academy Blog

CTO Academy collaborated with The School of Code for a presentation on a career in tech and leadership development

Suddenly as I stepped into a tech leadership role i was facing unknowns where my decisions would impact directly on my team and how effective they and I could be

Managing a negative team member is never easy so this article looks at how it can be handled.

Active listening is very different to hearing and it is what differentiates an effective leader from an average manager.

A lot of us have spent 2020 adapting to the new normal and a lot of us have found remote working for the first time. I’ve been there for a few years and worked in organisations that have embraced remote first mentality before it was cool required by a pandemic. Here are ten things my teams work on when working remotely

Emotional intelligence (“EQ”) in the workspace is a leadership topic and conversation that become particularly hot in recent years but which some technology leaders struggle with. 

“Identify your daily radar” Another diary instalment from our great friend Mostafa Khattab, based in Dubai and experiencing at first hand the challenges faced by someone dropped into a CTO role ahead of their planned schedule aka The Accidental CTO. For those interested in starting from the beginning, you can find at the footer of […]

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure without any loss of enthusiasm” - Winston Churchill