Make technology leadership a company strength – not a hiring problem.
Whether it’s upskilling high-potential tech leaders or delivering a 250-person transformation leadership programme, we equip organisations with the leadership capability they need to succeed.
Build a capability uplift across your leadership team for technology, business, and transformation.
Rated 4.9 on Trustpilot and trusted by organisations navigating complex digital change.
CTO Academy works with a wide range of stakeholders, from CEOs to Training Academies to L&D Teams.
Bringing business and technology together for greater impact.
Digital Transformation Programme that creates a Movement, not a Moment
Aligning the executive board and broader management around common tech language, cadence and toolkit so that change moves from slideware to delivery.
This is what makes it feel different from generic leadership training or broader executive education.
Virtual Learning Programme to Bridge Gaps
Bring together tech leaders from our global group of companies to deliver a consistent, practical definition of best practices and what “good” technology leadership should look like.
Cohort-Based Programmes
Cohort-based programmes work across time zones and business units.
Common Curriculum
Common curriculum and assessment, tailored where necessary to clients’ context.
Monthly Online Sessions
Monthly online sessions for group networking and cross-pollination of ideas.
Grow Your Own Next Generation of Tech Leaders
We’re growing, but rather than recruit, we’d prefer to help our high-potential engineers and managers develop into commercially fluent technology leaders.
Our partnerships start with understanding your goals — not selling a course.
Case Studies
Proven Global Impact
Real results from real organizations.
Here’s a sample of how we have helped organizations around the world.
USE CASE 1
Capability Uplift at Scale
When a European financial institution needed 250 leaders aligned on a multi-year digital roadmap, we designed a blended learning academy that connected virtual lectures, live workshops and real projects.
USE CASE 2
Global Tech Leadership
A multinational tech-led business asked us to define a single, practical standard for technology leadership across regions. We facilitated a global cohort model, shared curriculum and monthly group coaching to create a coherent leadership message and stronger internal pipeline.
USE CASE 3
Building The Next Layer
We’re regularly asked to work with future Heads of Engineering, Aspiring CTOs, and Talented Product Leaders. Combining structured learning with real-world application, we accelerate tech leadership readiness while reducing the risk and cost of external recruitment.
How we work with companies
We don’t deliver off-the-shelf training. Every engagement begins with understanding your context — your strategy, culture, and leadership challenges.
Together, we design a learning pathway that fits your organization and scales globally.
Diagnose
We clarify your context, capability gaps and success metrics.
Design
We shape the right blend of content, cohorts, coaching and projects.
Deliver
We run the programme with you, providing measurable outcomes.
Embed
Capability uplift that embeds via behaviour change and operational impact.
How We Work With Our Training Partners
We can deliver virtual, in-person or hybrid programmes anywhere in the world — flexible, integrated, and built around your organisation.
Deliver Anywhere
We can deliver virtual, in-person or hybrid programmes anywhere in the world.
Plug Into What You Have
We integrate with your existing frameworks, LMS and internal academies — we do not replace them.
Business & Technical Language
We combine the language of commercial and technical, so senior stakeholders see business impact, not just training.
Flexible on Scale
From helping one high-potential leader through to organisational-wide, multi-cohort programmes.
Simple Procurement
Clear scope, transparent pricing and delivery that fits your governance — no complexity, no surprises.
Ready to explore what this could look like for you?
Whether you’re launching a new leadership pathway or enhancing an existing program, we can help you build the capability your technology organization needs to thrive.
Book a discovery call with our CEO, Andrew Weaver, to talk through your specific needs.
Build Technology and AI Leadership Capability Across Your Organisation
Download CTO Academy’s programme brochure to explore how we help organisations strengthen technology leadership, improve digital and AI decision-making, accelerate transformation, and develop the next generation of leaders.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
CTO Academy specializes in the professional development of technology leaders, and since launching in 2019, we have worked with thousands of customers in 100+ countries.
This has enabled us to develop a nuanced understanding of the support required by those moving into senior technology roles as they’re forced to significantly shift their skill set and mindset from the technical capabilities that got them this far in their career, to the more hybrid skills demanded as they rise through an organisation.
We also recognize this presents an upskilling challenge for the L&D teams when looking for the right training programs for their high-performance tech leaders.
Because of the expertise our team has built over the years, we understand the challenge and the nuances involved, and we embed this into everything we deliver.
Our executive leadership program is The Digital MBA for Technology Leaders, aimed at those with 5+ years of management experience who are looking to move into and/or have more impact in senior roles.
It’s an online course built around the following key pillars:
-Practical Insight delivered by senior technology and business leaders
-Leadership Skills Assessments that help to benchmark and measure outcomes
-Weekly Online Debates with a global community enable peer engagement, exchange of best practices and a safe space to grow and learn
-Cohort Reports and Engagement Metrics enable HR/L&D teams to track the progress of participants
-Our own Flexible Learning Platform fits around busy executives’ schedules, plus can be adapted to suit your specific training requirements
-Lifetime Access, so the course is an ongoing resource
We deliver a Future Leaders Course focused on those at the start of their leadership journey, plus a Membership Program with live Masterclass sessions that focus on many of the new technologies and challenges faced by technology leaders.
We have created our own, unique leadership skills assessments to complement the courses and help participants benchmark themselves today and at the end of the learning experience.
These assessments provide them (and you) with measurable outcomes, particularly around the behavior and mindset changes required of those moving into senior roles.
Additionally, we provide you with Course Analytics throughout so you can measure engagement and impact.
For a wider and more anecdotal measurement of past achievements, take a look at our Trustpilot Reviews and our near 100% success rate with 5-star reviews.
Yes, we can deliver in-person lectures and workshops instead of or alongside our online courses and sessions.
You can see 3 examples above with the “Use Cases” about how we can adapt to suit your specific requirements.
Yes, our courses have been formally recognized and certified by the Continuing Professional Development Certification Service (CPDUK) as “conforming to continuing professional development principles”, recognizing both the high standard of professional training and exceptional value being delivered by this course to technology leaders seeking to advance their careers.
Yes.
We launch new cohorts every month, and you can enroll one or more of your tech leaders at any time.
We can also provide private cohorts bespoke programs with your own course facilitators and program managers.
We can share standard terms, a DPA, and security posture during due diligence. Data handling follows GDPR-aligned practices; additional documentation is available on request.
The courses have been designed for tech leaders in every corner of the globe, so online delivery is not an issue for any time zone.
Clearly, for the in-person and/or live sessions, we have to review on a case-by-case basis, but again with a global team and network of coaches/lecturers, there is no schedule we cannot adapt to.
Our course pricing is publicly available for individual participants.
For group enrollment and bespoke packages, we provide tailored pricing based on cohort size and support needs.
You can download a brochure via this page.
You can book a discovery call with our CEO via the form.
Or just send through your questions by email: [email protected]