Typo Launches groCTO: Community to Empower Engineering Leaders

In an ever-evolving tech world, organisations need to innovate quickly while keeping up high standards of quality and performance. The key to achieving these goals is empowering engineering leaders with the right tools and technologies. 

About Typo

Typo is a software intelligence platform that optimizes software delivery by identifying real-time bottlenecks in SDLC, automating code reviews, and measuring developer experience. We aim to help organizations ship reliable software faster and build high-performing teams. 

However, engineering leaders often struggle to bridge the divide between traditional management practices and modern software development leading to missed opportunities for growth, ineffective team dynamics, and slower progress in achieving organizational goals. 

To address this gap, we launched groCTO, a community designed specifically for engineering leaders.

What is groCTO Community? 

Effective engineering leadership is crucial for building high-performing teams and driving innovation. However, many leaders face significant challenges and gaps that hinder their effectiveness. The role of an engineering leader is both demanding and essential. From aligning teams with strategic goals to managing complex projects and fostering a positive culture, they have a lot on their plates. Hence, leaders need to have the right direction and support so they can navigate the challenges and guide their teams efficiently. 

Here’s when groCTO comes in! 

groCTO is a community designed to empower engineering managers on their leadership journey. The aim is to help engineering leaders evolve, navigate complex technical challenges, and drive innovative solutions to create groundbreaking software. Engineering leaders can connect, learn, and grow to enhance their capabilities and, in turn, the performance of their teams. 

Key Components of groCTO 

groCTO Connect

Over 73% of successful tech leaders believe having a mentor is key to their success.

At groCTO, we recognize mentorship as a powerful tool for addressing leadership challenges and offering personalised support and fresh perspectives. That’s why we’ve kept Connect a cornerstone of our community - offering 1:1 mentorship sessions with global tech leaders and CTOs. With over 74 mentees and 20 mentors, our Connect program fosters valuable relationships and supports your growth as a tech leader.

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These sessions allow emerging leaders to: 

• Gain personalised advice: Through 1:1 sessions, mentors address individual challenges and tailor guidance to the specific needs and career goals of emerging leaders. 

• Navigate career growth: These mentors understand the strengths and weaknesses of the individual and help them focus on improving specific leadership skills and competencies and build confidence. 

• Build valuable professional relationships: Our mentorship sessions expand professional connections and foster collaborations and knowledge sharing that can offer ongoing support and opportunities. 

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Weekly Tech Insights

To keep our tech community informed and inspired, groCTO brings you a fresh set of learning resources every week:

• CTO Diaries: The CTO Diaries provide a unique glimpse into the experiences and lessons learned by seasoned Chief Technology Officers. These include personal stories, challenges faced, and successful strategies implemented by them. Hence, helping engineering leaders gain practical insights and real-world examples that can inspire and inform their approach to leadership and team management.

• Podcasts: 
  • groCTO Originals is a weekly podcast for current and aspiring tech leaders aiming to transform their approach by learning from seasoned industry experts and successful engineering leaders across the globe.
  • ‘The DORA Lab’ by groCTO is an exclusive podcast that’s all about DORA and other engineering metrics. In each episode, expert leaders from the tech world bring their extensive knowledge of the challenges, inspirations, and practical uses of DORA metrics and beyond.

• Bytes: groCTO Bytes is a weekly sun-day dose of curated wisdom delivered straight to your inbox, in the form of a newsletter. Our goal is to keep tech leaders and CTOs, VPEs up-to-date on the latest trends and best practices in engineering leadership, tech management, system design, and more.

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Looking Ahead: Building a Dynamic Community

At groCTO, we are committed to making this community bigger and better. We want current and aspiring engineering leaders to invest in their growth as well as contribute to pushing the boundaries of what engineering teams can achieve.

We’re just getting started. A few of our future plans for groCTO include:

• Virtual Events: We plan to conduct interactive webinars and workshops to help engineering leaders and CTOs get deeper dives into specific topics and networking opportunities.
• Slack Channels: We plan to create Slack channels to allow emerging tech leaders to engage in vibrant discussions and get real-time support tailored to various aspects of engineering leadership.

We envision a community that thrives on continuous engagement and growth. Scaling our resources and expanding our initiatives, we want to ensure that every member of groCTO finds the support and knowledge they need to excel. 

Get in Touch with us! 

At Typo, our vision is clear: to ship reliable software faster and build high-performing engineering teams. With groCTO, we are making significant progress toward this goal by empowering engineering leaders with the tools and support they need to excel. 

Join us in this exciting new chapter and be a part of a community that empowers tech leaders to excel and innovate. 

We’d love to hear from you! For more information about groCTO and how to get involved, write to us at [email protected]