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title: "Guides"
url: https://techleadcoaching.com/guides
description: "The Tech Lead Coaching guide library: two tracks and eight topics on coaching technical leads."
---

# Guides

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Two tracks of guides on one on one coaching for technical leads. One is written for the person doing the lead role; the other is written for the person coaching them. Eight topics in total, published in March 2019.

### Tech leads

4 topics · /guides/tech-leads

- [What a technical lead is accountable for](https://techleadcoaching.com/guides/tech-leads/intro)The three things a lead owns that an individual contributor does not.
- [The skills a lead actually leans on](https://techleadcoaching.com/guides/tech-leads/skills)A working inventory, split across the three accountabilities.
- [Getting value out of being coached](https://techleadcoaching.com/guides/tech-leads/being-coached)How to prepare for a session so the hour is not spent on context.
- [How the tech leads track is organised](https://techleadcoaching.com/guides/tech-leads/readme)What is in this track and the order to read it in.

### Coaches

5 topics · /guides/coaches

- [Yes, you can coach](https://techleadcoaching.com/guides/coaches/yes-you-can-coach)Why independence, not seniority, is the qualification that matters.
- [Running a first session](https://techleadcoaching.com/guides/coaches/getting-started)A structure for the first hour, when neither side knows the other.
- [The GROW model, stage by stage](https://techleadcoaching.com/guides/coaches/model)The four stages, the question each one asks, and the failure each one has.
- [Session mechanics](https://techleadcoaching.com/guides/coaches/mechanics)Length, cadence, notes and follow-up, and why each is set the way it is.
- [How the coaches track is organised](https://techleadcoaching.com/guides/coaches/readme)What is in this track and the order to read it in.

## Updates

*Publication dates recorded for the guide library*

| Date | Update |
|---|---|
| 9 March 2019 | First guide parts published across both tracks. |
| 10 March 2019 | Tech leads track parts revised. |
| 18 March 2019 | Named topic pages published across both tracks. |