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Title:Joel Chippindale's Coaching
Description:Coaching CTOs to develop their skills and build high-performing and inclusive software development teams.
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h1Monkey's Thumb CTO Coaching
h1Joel Chippindale's Coaching
h2Coaching CTOs to develop their skills and build high-performing and inclusive software development teams.
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h3Group Coaching for Engineering Leaders
h3Workshops for leaders and teams
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h3What people say about working with me
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Joel Chippindale's Coaching # Monkey's Thumb CTO Coaching - 1-1 Coaching - Group Coaching - Workshops - About me # Joel Chippindale's Coaching ## Coaching CTOs to develop their skills and build high-performing and inclusive software development teams. - - - - I am Joel Chippindale. I am a CTO coach who has 20 years of experience building, scaling, and leading software development teams, mainly in start-ups, including CTO and COO roles at FutureLearn and CTO roles at Econsultancy and Unmade. I believe in the importance and value of building inclusive, empowered, sustainable teams and have experienced the challenges of nurturing the cultures, skills, and practices that enable teams and individuals to achieve their full capabilities. > Joel ran the least dysfunctional engineering team I had ever worked in. Tom Stuart, Technical Leader and Computer Scientist I use my experience, beliefs, and skills to help people overcome the challenges they face in building more effective and inclusive software development teams. **I can help develop engineering leaders by providing:** - ### 1-1 Coaching for CTOs 1-1 coaching is a powerful way to invest in talented CTOs and senior engineering leaders and support them to accelerate their development, navigate change successfully, and have much greater impact. - ### Group Coaching for Engineering Leaders Group coaching is an excellent way to provide ongoing support to CTOs and senior engineering leaders. It increases their resilience and gives them a network of talented leaders to draw upon and helps them tackle the complex challenges that they encounter in their roles. - ### Workshops for leaders and teams Structured courses and workshops to build leadership skills and support leaders and teams to work much more effectively together. ### Contact Please get in touch if you want to explore how we might work together. Book a call Or you can email me at joel@monkeysthumb.co.uk. ### What people say about working with me - > 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! Adam Hurst, Co-founder & CTO, Log my Care - > 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. Simon Nelson, Chief Executive Officer, FutureLearn More testimonials - 1-1 Coaching - Group Coaching - Workshops - Testimonials - About me - Coaching scholarships - Thursday chats - Mastodon - Bluesky - LinkedIn - Blog Monkey's Thumb Ltd is registered in England and Wales with company number 13014021 and VAT registration number GB 363 0901 17. Registered office: 99 Pembroke Road, London, N10 2JE, UK