The CTO’s Community of Practice

Your participation in both internal and external communities shapes who you become as a CTO. Neither is sufficient alone.

When a UK tech leadership coaching group surveyed 100 senior technology leaders in 2024, they called the results “alarming” and “in some cases, upsetting.” Almost 97% had felt lonely as a leader at some point, with 63.5% feeling lonely in their current role sometimes and almost 19% feeling that way all of the time.

The impact went beyond feelings: 86.5% …