A clear path from uncertainty to clarity
Four steps. Defined timeframes. No open ended engagements. You’ll know exactly where you stand at every stage.
Not consulting. Not coaching. Embedded leadership.
Most consultants give you a report and leave. Most coaches sit on the sideline and ask questions. Neither changes how your technology function actually operates day to day.
Techshin Partners does something different. We embed alongside your CEO and technology leader. We’re in the meetings, in the decisions, in the rhythm of how the function runs. We install the structure, develop the leadership, and get things performing.
The methodology behind everything we do is called Become CTO. It was built from 15 years of research across 80+ technology organisations. It’s what makes this work.
Four steps to a performing technology function
Assess
This is a working conversation, not a sales pitch. We listen to where your technology function is at right now, ask the questions your CTO probably hasn’t been asked, and show you something you couldn’t see before.
If there’s a fit, we go deeper. If not, you still walk away with more clarity than you came in with. No pressure, no follow up sequence, no catch.
What you get: A candid assessment of what we can see from the outside, and honest advice on whether going deeper makes sense for your situation.
Diagnose
The 22 Point Technology Function Diagnostic. A structured evaluation across people, process, product, and profit. This isn’t a survey or a maturity model. It’s a practical assessment of how your function actually operates.
We talk to your CTO, your technology team, and your key stakeholders. We look at how decisions get made, how work flows, and where things break down. You get a clear picture with specific recommendations.
What you get: A diagnostic report that tells you exactly where the function is strong, where it’s falling short, and what to do about it. Evidence, not opinion.
Transform
This is where the real work happens. Embedded leadership alongside your CEO and CTO. We’re in the room, in the decisions, in the weekly rhythm of how the function operates.
We install the operating rhythm: CEO and CTO decision making sessions on Tuesdays. Technology team alignment on Wednesdays. Leadership coaching in context on Thursdays. By month six, it runs on its own.
The operating rhythm
The invisible infrastructure of how a technology function runs week to week. The pattern of meetings, decisions, reporting, and follow through that determines whether anything actually happens. Most technology functions don’t have one. That’s the problem.
What you get: A performing technology function. Your CTO either steps up or you have complete clarity that a change is needed. Either way, you finish knowing exactly where you stand.
Ascend
Monthly partnership for CEOs who want continued access after the transformation. Strategic advisory, leadership development check ins, and the confidence that comes from having someone in your corner who has sat in that CTO chair six times.
What you get: Ongoing strategic partnership. Monthly sessions, direct access, and someone who can tell you what your CTO won’t.
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Powered by the Become CTO methodology
Everything we do is built on the Become CTO methodology. 15 years of research across 80+ technology organisations, distilled into a practical framework for technology leadership development.
It has four connected parts:
Leader, Innovator, Technologist. The three pillars every technology leader must balance. Created in 2011.
Seven distinct CTO profiles. Your archetype determines the leadership balance your business stage needs.
Seven core capabilities from self leadership to growing others. The practical playbook for development.
People, Process, Product, Profit. 32 specific learning areas that map the full scope of the CTO position.
Questions CEOs ask
That’s one of the things you’ll find out. Many CEOs come to us thinking the CTO is the problem when it’s actually a structure or process issue. Sometimes the CTO is the right person in the wrong system. Sometimes a change is needed. Either way, you’ll have evidence, not a guess.
Yes. The engagement works alongside both the CEO and the technology leader. We embed in the function and work with the CTO to develop their leadership capability while installing the operating rhythm. The CEO stays informed and involved in the strategic decisions.
Best fit is $5M to $50M revenue. 30 to 150 people. A technology team of 5 to 20. Past the startup phase, technology is core to the product, and the CEO is ready to invest in getting the function performing properly.
A fractional CTO fills a gap. We develop the leader you already have. We don’t take over the CTO role. We embed alongside your existing technology leader to build their capability and install the structure the function needs. The goal is a performing CTO and a performing function, not dependency on us.
Coaching typically sits outside the work. We embed inside it. The difference is context. We’re in the meetings, in the decisions, in the rhythm of how the function actually operates. Development happens in real situations, not theoretical ones.
The operating rhythm is designed to run on its own. If you want continued partnership, the Ascend tier provides monthly access. But the whole point is that you shouldn’t need us to stay. Capability, not dependency.