Coaching and training for teams & companies

Give your people everything they need to thrive (and build a really inclusive, inspiring culture along the way)

Leadership coaching

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Workshops & speaking

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Culture development

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Leadership coaching · Workshops & speaking · Culture development ·

When you're working in tech, figuring out the people side of things can be even more complicated than getting your tech stack right.

Your teams are growing, you have people leading the company with zero background in management or people, and you need to get everyone on the same page and working together.

But so much of what's out there around leadership and people management is out of touch with what it means to work in tech today.

This isn’t that.

Welcome to leadership coaching and training that’s built just for tech.

What I do

Here are a few ways we can work together — but I’m also ready to help you work through whatever’s coming up in your organisation (no cookie-cutter approaches here).

Want more details or to talk through how I can help? Contact me.

Coaching

Leadership coaching

Help your leaders hone their skills and find their confidence, so they can show up and inspire their people.

Team coaching

Help your teams do their best work, together.

Workshops

Step up Leadership incubator

A group workshop & coaching programme that empowers your company’s next generation of leaders to step up and lead.

Stand out: Personal branding

A hands-on group workshop that will shape your people into the best ambassadors for your company — while staying true to the things that make them themselves.

Culture development

Workplace culture & employer branding

Create a really inclusive, inspiring culture by making sure you stay true to the things that matter most to you as a company — and as people.

“I would recommend Step Up to absolutely all the CTOs I know.”

The name really fits, because that’s exactly what I saw. 60% of the people who joined have stepped up in a very visible way. The number of people I can really trust to be responsible and accountable for global initiatives has doubled since working with Yota.

Lucia Pino-Garcia

Chief Technology Officer, Ninety One

Meet your coach

Hi, I’m Yota — a software engineer turned coach with 15+ years of experience, a master’s in positive psychology and coaching, and a focus on leading with authenticity and heart.

I’m here to be your coach, your advisor, your mentor, and your biggest cheerleader. My approach blends coaching and mentoring — so I’m right there with you, brainstorming solutions, sharing my experience, and working with you to find your answers.

Insights are always partnered with action, so you leave every session with a set of next steps.

Here’s what makes working with me different

And what makes it possible for my clients to get such great results

 

I know tech

I started out in life as a software engineer, working my way up into senior roles at Yahoo and Amazon before becoming a coach and the founder of a 5000+ person tech community. I know what it takes to make it in tech, and I can share all of that knowledge with you.

Since launching my career as a coach over five years ago, I’ve worked with Google, Ecosia, Freetrade, Patreon, and more — helping them create healthy, thriving teams and leaders, so they can do their best work, together.

I’m an accredited coach

I have an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching, and am accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Everything I do is evidence-based and rooted in the psychology of performance, so it gets real-world results.

I’m here to support all of you

That means creating an inclusive, non-judgmental space for you and your teams, and making space for your mental and emotional health, your overall well being, and your performance — at work and in life.

Want to know more? Learn more about me

How it works

Interested in working with me? Here’s how to get started.

  1. Send me an message and tell me a bit about your company and what you’re looking for.

  2. Watch your email — I’ll send over a few questions to find out more about what you need, and we’ll book a get-to-know-you call.

  3. Hit reply and send over your answers.

  4. We’ll get on a call. This gives us a chance to connect, get all of your questions answered, and make sure we’re the perfect fit to work together.

  5. We get started! If it’s the right fit, we’ll get to work on a coaching plan. And if it turns out I’m not the right person to help you right now, that’s totally okay. I’ll share resources or a referral to help get you on the right track.

You belong here

My work is driven by the desire to help create a tech community — and a world — that’s more diverse, inclusive, empathetic and kind. That means being mindful of the experiences that make you who you are — including race, gender, sexuality, and ability, along with everything else. And it means not just recognising and respecting those differences, but celebrating them.

Whatever your identities, this work is here for you. 

How I work

I believe in a world where we can bring our whole selves to work, because our work is strengthened by our humanity. So that’s how I work — I’ll show up as my whole self, and create a space where you and your people can show up as your whole selves, too.

Together we’ll work through everything that comes up as you find your way as a leader or company: the doubts, the fears, the conflicts — and, of course, the big wins and epic celebrations.

Because you might have a sense of your own potential, but what a coach does is really shine a light on your strengths, and help you build a career or company that fits you perfectly — and take it to the highest level.

Ready to get started? Let’s go.