Turn great engineers into great leaders

Our Kanban-based learning platform gives your engineers a structured leadership program, a clear roadmap, and a practical toolkit to build and apply leadership skills together.

PROBLEM

We've all been there...

const problem = {
details: "engineers get promoted into leadership because they're great at coding, but when it comes to leading, they're left to figure it out. You don't have the time to coach and mentor, and there's no leadership training specific for engineers"
};
const howItManifests = {
details: "So each new tech leader ends up hacking together their own approach. One team works, another doesn't. Communication breaks down, priorities drift, and they might burn out. Before long, your engineering culture forks into messy, inconsistent versions — and leadership debt piles up with every sprint"
};

SOLUTION

This is where Debugging Leadership comes in

Give your engineers the leadership skills they need to succeed

You can't mentor and coach every engineer on leadership (that's a full-time job in itself!)

Debugging Leadership is an all-in-one platform where your engineers learn together, speak the same leadership language, and applies frameworks built specifically for developers. Instead of struggling alone, they gain a safe space to share challenges, support each other, and build a community of practice.

The result are engineers who lead with clarity, consistency, and confidence to drive the domain, team and projects forward.

OUTCOMES

What success looks like:

Teams actually working together

Your engineers lead with empathy, work alongside different personalities and break down silos to reduce silos and improve team dynamics so projects keep moving forward.

Autonomous teams

Your tech leaders don't just take orders, they make decisions. You don't get pinged for every decision. Your engineers handle problems themselves and only escalate them when it matters.

Engineers deliver outcomes, not just output

No more feature factories or bottlenecks. Your engineers tie their work to the why, aligning with business goals and user needs, so you stop wasting time and resources building the wrong things.

Free yourself from coaching everyone

Your engineers delegate work, mentor and coach their team, and build a culture of accountability so delivery doesn't depend on you being in every meeting. You can focus on the strategy instead.

Clear and confident communication

Engineering leaders create visibility and context for both their teams and stakeholders, sharing updates clearly and raising challenges early to maintain confidence across the org.

High performing team

Your engineering leaders build a safe, open environment where their teams are motivated, self-sufficient, and confident to share ideas, collaborate and grow.

A COMPLETE LEADERSHIP SYSTEM

Everything your team needs to succeed

High quality leadership program

Save time by enrolling your engineers on our high quality leadership roadmap, that's been designed to help them develop and practice real leadership skills they need to succeed in their role.

Structured 6-month leadership program
Lessons built by an engineer, for engineers.
Short, practical lessons organized in sprints.
Program preview
Leadership essentials

Master the essentials of leadership

Our program is built on the five essential pillars every engineering leader needs: process, tech, product, team and self.

Build the fundamentals to lead with confidence right away.
Develop the foundation to grow into senior leadership.

Dive deeper with extensions

Once your engineers have the leadership fundamentals, they can go further with targeted extensions designed for specific challenges and contexts.

Scale-Up Pack includes frameworks and activities to lead a high growth team (trade-offs, context switching, progress over perfection).
Extensions
Value from action

Value comes from action

It's not about watching videos. Real value comes from your engineers applying the skills to their work. They get a shared toolkit that they can practice to create real behaviour change and impact.

Progress by unlocking the next lesson only after completing the last.
stdlib of resources, how-to templates and guides.
Hands-on exercises to practice their learning.

Admin tools to measure ROI

Track your team's learning and growth in real time with your personal admin dashboard. See how leadership development drives performance and keep your team accountable when it matters.

Easily view engagement and completion rates.
Manage your team account and licences in one place.
Admin tools

CURRICULUM

What your engineers will learn

Pillar

Outcome

Traditional learning

Tech

Build tech that serves a vision

Piece together your own leadership program.

Process

Structure for scale without stifling speed

Generic content you can't relate to.

Product

Build for user impact

No visual accountability.

Team

Work in a 360 team

Lacks relevance with no real world engineering examples.

Self

Lead themselves and lead others

No additional steps to practice what you learn.

INSTRUCTOR BIO

Andrew Murphy

Engineering Leader & Educator

Andrew has spent 15+ years debugging both code and teams. From startup CTO to engineering coach, he's translated engineering thinking into leadership success for hundreds of technical leaders. He believes that the best leaders approach people problems with the same rigor they apply to technical challenges.

CREDENTIALS

Engineering leadership coach
Former CTO at multiple startups
Creator of Tech Leaders Launchpad

EXPERIENCE

Led engineering teams from 10 to 100+
Shipped products at scale-ups and enterprises
Mentored 1000+ engineers into leadership roles
Andrew Murphy

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FAQs

Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, Senior Engineers who are ready to step into leadership or want to take on more leadership responsibilities. You're after a structured program to learn and practice leadership skills in an easy, understandable format.
The standard membership includes access to the leadership program and all the resources in the stdlib. Premium membership gives you unlimited access to the program, stdlib and all the other exclusive content. Learn wherever you are and feel free to cancel anytime.
6 months but leadership isn't something engineers just learn and tick off. It's a skill they develop over time through practice, reflection and applying it to your work. We highly encourage them to revisit videos, frameworks, and activities as they face new and different challenges.
All online, via our Kanban-style learning platform. Engineers unlock lessons as they progress, have access to a stdlib of resources, and practice skills through the guided activities.
Yes! When your engineers learn together, they speak the same leadership language, practice in the same context, and create a shared culture of accountability. You'll be able to track their progress in real time with your own personal admin dashboard.
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 you'd like in-person training (workshops, lunch and learns etc) let us know by emailing [email protected].
Yes, you can cancel your membership at any time. Your membership will auto-renew until you cancel.
Email your question to [email protected]
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