Andy Skipper

Andy Skipper

Founder and Chief Coach at CTO Craft

Founder at CTO Craft, a mentoring community and conference series.

Founder at CTO Craft, a mentoring community and conference series, with around 21,000 senior technology leaders around the world. Previously CTO at a number of high-growth startups and charities, advisor to founders and investors across Europe.

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Episode 26

Burnout Happens Gradually...
Then
 Suddenly

Burnout is common among CTOs and tech leaders. Andy Skipper, CEO & Founder of CTO Craft, shares how to recognise burnout, prevent it, and recover. Learn the warning signs and practical steps to protect yourself and your team.

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The Tech Leader’s Guide to Burnout
The Tech Leader’s Guide to Burnout

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Burnout Happens Gradually...
Then
 Suddenly

A practical guide to burnout in tech leadership. Andy Skipper, CEO & Founder of CTO Craft, explains how CTOs and engineering leaders can recognise burnout early, recover from it, and create healthier leadership environments.

The Tech Leader’s Guide to Burnout is a practical resource for CTOs, engineering leaders, and senior technologists working under constant pressure and high expectations.

In this guide, Andy Skipper, CEO and Founder of CTO Craft, explains why burnout is so common in technology leadership, how it develops gradually before suddenly reaching a breaking point, and what leaders can do to recognise the warning signs early.

Expanding on his Build Your Edge conversation with Jeremy Burns, Andy introduces a clear four-stage framework for dealing with burnout: recognising it early, taking immediate action, changing the conditions that caused it, and building healthier long-term leadership environments.

If you want to build a sustainable leadership career without sacrificing your health, this guide will help you understand burnout, respond to it effectively, and prevent it from taking hold.