Tech Lead Accelerator

From Stuck to Stacked.

You wanted to grow. To make an impact.
Now you are in back-to-back meetings, juggling too many tasks,
and working late.
Let’s work together on that.

A 5-session program to help you:
• Get clear on your responsibilities, and what is not yours
• Set boundaries to protect your energy and time
• Keep and manage promises
• Manage your emotions and listen

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Who is this program for

Very often, when you start as a Tech Lead, you are excited, confident, and looking forward to the challenges!
AND AT SOME POINT..
  • You have requests coming from different directions
  • You spend your time managing the team and don’t code as much as you expected to
  • Your team is not proactive
AND
  • You start to experience overwhelm
  • You start working overtime
  • You think about work all the time, even when you’re not working.
AND YOU REALISE YOU NEED A DIFFERENT SET OF SKILLS TO DO YOUR JOB
  • Communication skills
  • Self time management skills
  • Delegation
  • People empowerment
This is where the TL ACCELERATOR Program comes in.
What becomes possible for you is:
  • Work that you enjoy doing
  • Deal powerfully with challenges
  • Fulfilment in your role.

Tech Leads

  • You are in your first year as a Tech Lead.
  • Things feel messy.
  • You are doing your best, but it still feels like too much.
  • You are ready to stop hoping things get better and work on making them better.
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Software Engineers

  • You are a Software Engineer who wants to grow into a Tech Lead.
  • You know Tech Lead is not about being the best technical engineer in the team, it's about communication skills.
  • You are ready to grow and be challenged.
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Before → After: What It Looks Like

Before

After

Outcomes of the program

What you will get for you as a Tech Lead:

Clarity on your responsibilities as a Tech Lead
Week 1 - Tech Lead Role & Responsibilities

Lack of role clarity is one of the significant contributirs to burnout. The Tech Lead role is not a standardised role and that adds to the confusion. You will get clear on your responsibilities and the expectations others have from you. We are also going to explore your coding expectations and from where you are getting your satisfaction as a Tech Lead.

Work life balance
Week 3 - Your life, your rules

Boundaries are not walls—they are the foundation of freedom and leadership. You will learn to set and own your boundaries—be clear with your team about your time, availability, and needs. You will learn say no without guilt and make sure your time is spent on what is important.

Learn to manage promises
Week 4 - Say It, Mean It, Do It

As a Tech Leader it’s important to keep your promises and if you can’t keep them, being honest and communicating early helps avoid misunderstandings and builds trust. It’s also important to manage the promises that others make to you.

Manage your emotions
Week 5 - Managing emotions

Leadership is not just about managing others’ behaviours—it’s about managing your own.You’ll understand what pushes your buttons and why. You will recognise your triggers and manage them instead of reacting. You will create practices to help process emotions in the moment.

How to listen and deal with conflict
Week 7 - Your experience isn’t my experience

Not everyone views the world the way we do. We know it. We don’t live it. We don’t practice it. We still expect others to behave as we do. You’ll learn to validate the opinion of others, being curious about the way they see things. This builds trust and leads to motivation.

Don't take it from us

See what other Tech Leaders have to say about the Tech Lead Accelerator Program.

“Before the program I was not feeling confident in my role as tech lead. It was overwhelming to address the different aspects of the role - Should I be coding more? Am I supporting my team enough? What is expected of me? This program has helped me to put the role in perspective and understand and come to terms with the nature of it. Being with seven other Tech Leads from all around the world, allowed us to see that our problems and observations were very common. Andra empowered us to gather the expectations and set agreements around the Tech Lead role at our workplaces to give us a starting point from which to build practices to improve confidence and reduce overwhelm. I now know understand what is expected of me and am able to identify when my work is diverging from the responsibilities of my role. Andra provided a forum for discussion around many important and diverse topics which are common to Tech Leads. She is able to challenge statements and assumptions in a thoughtful and non-confrontation manner, which allows the room to explore different viewpoints and explore their own thoughts and opinions in a new way. I am very grateful for the opportunity to take part in this program. I have come out of it with a new set of tools and practices for different scenarios that I can lean on to help me navigate this role. I feel more confident now in being able to trust my gut, set boundaries, track promises and own it when I have to say "I don't know". Thank you, Andra!”

Lexi
Tech Lead @ Spektrix

Your Investment

This is a live, small-group program designed to help you grow.
Across 7 weeks and 5 live sessions, you will bring real situations, try on new tools, and transform who you are being as a Tech Lead.

Live sessions:
Session 1 - 28th January 2026
Session 2 - 11th February 2026
Session 3 - 25th February 2026
Session 4 - 11th March 2026
Session 5 - 25th March 2026

Time: 14:30–17:00 CET

Regular price: €800
Early bird: €600 (until 1 January 2026)
Deposit: €100

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Meet your trainer

Andra Popa

I’m Andra, and I empower Tech Leads to overcome challenges, be courageous, and build strong teams.

I’ve coded. I’ve led teams. For 15 years. I understand and hear the struggles leaders and team members face. I’ve experienced them myself.

My passion now is helping leaders pause, reflect, and focus on what’s important to them so they can strengthen both their well-being and performance at work.

I’m a Professional Certified Coach and I’ve invested in my own growth through extensive training in communication, leadership, and teamwork—long before I even considered becoming a coach. Now, I use everything I’ve learned to support and empower other leaders.

Andra Popa

FAQ

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