IS THIS YOU?
You can't keep mentoring more direct reports. It's not scalable.
The scale-up phase
You might have just raised funding or growth is happening really quickly. Itâs an exciting time as you get to work on new projects, evolve the tech and infrastructure, and have the opportunity to grow your team.
But scaling comes with new challenges
- Projects are bigger, more complex and involve more teams and stakeholders but youâre still juggling all the expectations, decisions and updates.
- Your ICs have plateaued. Theyâre technically excellent but theyâre missing key leadership skills. Comms get stuck in Slack threads, they ship features fast by completing their Jira cards but donât fully understand the real user problems and business needs. Priorities may clash but they donât know how to navigate them and work with different types of people.
- Hiring new leaders externally is risky because youâve never worked with them before but promoting internally is a challenge because they don't have the core skills to lead (and you donât have the time to teach them).
You're still holding it all together
Youâre mentoring and supporting everyone, making every decision and putting out every fire. Itâs not scalable and itâs starting to take a toll. Without the right leadership support, itâs hard to maintain the culture and you start to become the bottleneck.
Something has to change
If you're scaling your tech architecture, it's time to scale your leadership architecture too. Leadership isnât a nice to have, itâs a necessity because when no one else steps up, you will, again and again, until you become the bottleneck.
This is where Scale-Up Leadership comes in
No more Googling. Just one place for all the core leadership skills your engineers need.
80+ hrs of content and more
52 lessons (80+hrs of video content), practical tools and frameworks, worksheets, exercises and resources designed by a tech leader to support your engineerâs learning needs.
Taught by a tech leader
Your developers will learn from Andrew Murphy, a seasoned tech leader with 15+ years of experience across startups, scale-ups, product, and consultancy teams.
Stay on track with weekly prompts
Leadership takes time to learn and apply, and we know life gets busy. Thatâs why we send a weekly lesson or activity to keep learning front of mind and easy to fit into the flow of work.
No prior knowledge required
It doesnât matter if your engineers are new or have a little leadership experience. We break all the learning into small chunks so they keep developing this important skill.
Learn through real-life scenarios
We use real scenarios and challenges from the messy, fast-paced world of scale-ups so your developers can relate to the challenges and know how to apply what theyâve learnt.
100% money back guarantee
You're backed by our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. If you donât get any value and choose to cancel within the first 60 days, just email us and weâll refund you, no questions asked.
TESTIMONIALS
What others say
Justin Gould
Head of Technology
"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."
Barry Scott
Engineering Manager - Mobile apps
"The mindsets and models around Difficult Conversations, such as poor performance, have helped me be more confident and successful in handling them. I find myself referring back to the discussions we have that provided clarity and useful perspectives."
OUTCOMES
What success looks like:
Before: Focused on writing great code and solving technical problems in isolation. They see business goals and user needs as another teamâs responsibility.
After: Engineers stop pumping out new features but step back to understand the âwhyâ behind their work. They make decisions that drive business outcomes and build what users actually need. Engineers stop pumping out new features but step back to understand the âwhyâ behind their work. They make decisions that drive business outcomes and build what users actually need.
Before: When problems arise, they hesitate to make any decisions. Instead, they wait for your direction or approval before acting.
After: Engineers who are comfortable with ambiguity. They take the initiative, weigh up the risks, propose solutions and makes fast, calculated decisions using the context and constraints of a fast moving scale-up.
Before: Engineers who measure success by personal output and technical brilliance. They jump in to unblock situations and solve problems themselves.
After: Engineers who build a culture of ownership and learning. They share the context and problem, and empower their team to contribute to solutions, speak up and take accountability for delivery of parts of the project.
Before: They struggle to see beyond their own perspectives and prefer to work on their alone rather than having to deal with people.
After: Engineers who can recognise and understand different perspectives and personalities. They develop the confidence to have better conversations to connect with their team leading to better team dynamics and collaboration to move projects forward together.
Before: Gets along with teammates but avoids conflict or difficult conversations.
After: Engineers who lead with influence and example, and not by their title. They learn to work with their former peers and build trust and respect from them. They can confidently lead initiatives, and can handle stakeholders' expectations and feedback with clarity and accountability.
Before: Always aiming for the best, ideal tech and long-term solutions.
After: Engineers who optimise for impact, not perfection. Theyâre flexible, adaptable, and focused on delivering practical solutions that move the business forward. Instead of chasing the perfect solution, they prioritise what works in a scale-up that moving quickly and keeps changing.
CURRICULUM
What your engineers will learn
Build tech that serves a vision
Perfect the balance between moving fast and building solid architecture. Learn to align technology decisions with business objectives while fostering technical excellence and security-first engineering practices.
This domain covers technology strategy frameworks, rapid prototyping, technical debt management, and security-first engineering. You'll develop the skills to communicate technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders and ensure your team builds the right things in the right way.
- Technology strategy and business alignment
- Rapid prototyping and product experimentation
- Technical debt management and prioritization
- Security-first engineering practices
- Communicating technical decisions to stakeholders
Structure for scale without stifling speed
Build effective processes that enable your team to scale while maintaining velocity. Learn delegation frameworks, lean-agile foundations, and how to conduct empowering 1:1s that drive development and performance.
This domain focuses on personal productivity, time management, risk management, and creating structure that supports rather than hinders your team's effectiveness. You'll master the art of leading through process without micromanaging.
- Personal productivity and time management strategies
- Effective delegation frameworks and accountability
- Lean-agile foundations and waste elimination
- Risk management and contingency planning
- Empowering 1:1s with team members and managers
Build for user impact
Shift from feature-focused to outcome-focused thinking. Learn to develop compelling product visions, understand customer value, validate product-market fit, and navigate competitive landscapes with strategic awareness.
This domain helps engineers develop product thinking by focusing on the 'why' behind what they build. You'll learn to connect technical work to business strategy and customer outcomes.
- Product vision development and strategic planning
- Understanding and creating customer value
- Product-market fit validation and metrics
- Competitive landscape analysis and positioning
- Connecting technical decisions to business outcomes
Work in a 360° team
Master communication across diverse audiences and build your influence without authority. Learn to navigate difficult conversations, resolve conflicts constructively, and provide actionable feedback that drives growth.
This domain covers essential interpersonal leadership skills including trust building, debugging difficult conversations, conflict resolution, and creating blameless retrospectives that foster continuous learning.
- Communicating effectively across diverse audiences
- Building influence and positive persuasion
- Trust building and relationship cultivation
- Debugging difficult conversations systematically
- Conflict resolution and actionable feedback delivery
Lead themselves to lead others
Develop personal resilience and emotional intelligence to thrive under pressure. Learn to manage overwhelm, build adaptability, and create advisory networks that accelerate your leadership growth.
This domain focuses on self-leadership fundamentals including understanding your leadership identity, managing overwhelm, developing emotional intelligence, and building a network of mentors and advisors for sustained growth.
- Leadership mindset and identity development
- Managing overwhelm and building resilience
- Emotional intelligence and stress management
- Adaptability and change navigation
- Building advisory networks and mentor relationships
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Taught by a tech leader
đ Hi, Iâm Andrew Murphy. Iâm a tech geek, entrepreneur and someone whoâs been thrown into leadership without a roadmap years ago, just like many engineers are today.
Iâve been there. I started out as a developer and then got promoted to senior, then lead, and eventually into senior management. Each step up meant more leadership responsibilities but no one told me what that actually involved or gave me the skills to do it well.
I was promoted because of my tech skills but my actual job was to write less code as I progressed. It took me a long time to realise that. Most of the companies I worked for didnât have leadership training designed for tech folks.
I made mistakes (and still do), learned the hard way and slowly built the leadership toolkit I wish I had from the start.
Thatâs why I created the Scale-Up Leadership program. Itâs practical and relatable leadership training made specifically for engineers. No fluff, no generic management theory, just what you need to lead confidently in a fast-moving tech environment.Another Udemy course
10-Sprint Tech Leadership Program
Udemy
Too many courses. You have to go through pages of different leadership courses to find the right one.
Not designed for tech leaders. The content is generic and misses the specific challenges of leading in tech and in fast-growing scale-ups.
No clear learning path. You have to figure it out yourself by piecing together courses from different instructors without a clear and logical framework that covers what to learn, when to learn it, and why it matters.
Lacks real-life examples and scenarios. Thereâs little context for the messy, ambiguous and high pressure reality of leading in a scaling tech company.
Thereâs no accountability. Your engineers might enroll but if they donât complete the course then you donât see a return on your investment.
Scale-Up Leadership
Engineers enroll in a structured 10-sprint program over 12 months so you donât have to figure out how theyâll build their leadership skills.
Built by a tech leader for tech leaders, we speak your language, understand the nuances of working in tech and know what your engineers need to succeed in their role.
Each sprint in the learning path builds on the last, helping your engineers develop a strong, practical foundation of leadership skills that grow with them.
We provide practical resources, frameworks and worksheets designed for the fast-paced, ambiguous world of tech scale-ups.
Engineers get weekly prompts to stay on track so learning is front of mind and they can be consistent even when life and work gets busy.
100% money back guarantee. If you donât feel the programâs valuable within 60 days, just email us for a full refund. No hassle, no questions asked.
FAQs
No, they donât need to have any previous experience. The program supports engineers at different stages of their leadership journey (brand new to leadership or they already have some experience).
What matters most is having an open mindset and being willing to put time aside regularly to learn and apply what theyâve learned to their work.
Not right now but maybe in the future. Our program is delivered online and asynchronously so everyone can learn at their own pace at a time that suits their other commitments.
If youâd like in-person training (workshops, lunch and learns etc) let us know by emailing [email protected].
The program is structured into 10 sprints to make learning manageable and practical. If your engineers follow the prompts, theyâll build a strong foundation of leadership skills over 12 months.
But leadership isnât something you learn once and tick off. Itâs a skill that develops over time through practice, reflection, and real-world application. Thatâs why your engineers may revisit the course content and lessons, and take more time to practice some of the skills.
The Scale-Up Leadership program is designed specifically for tech leaders in scale-ups. Over 12 months, engineers follow a clear 10 sprint learning path so you donât have to figure out how theyâll develop leadership skills.
Each sprint builds on the last with practical frameworks, real world examples and tools engineers can use right away. Weekly prompts keep learning on track even when work is busy. Leadership takes time so the program encourages reflection and ongoing practice.
Unlike broad and generic courses on platforms like Udemy, this program focuses on the unique challenges of leading in tech scale ups. It offers clear, practical learning with accountability built in.
If itâs not valuable within 60 days, you get a full refund, no questions asked.
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