Mentoring

Note: I’m selectively taking on people to mentor, as my schedule is almost full. Please get in touch or book a 30-minute office hours slot if you are interested.

👋 Hey, I’m Jeremy. I’m passionate about helping people thrive. 🌱

I work with a small group of folks at various career stages to help them develop professionally and personally.

My mission is to cultivate environments that unlock the potential of people in teams to achieve remarkable outcomes for them and their organisations.

More about me:

• I love to build great teams and products.
• I’m an engineer and a product person, and I’ve also worked in sales.
• A buddy and I went on a bike trip from London to Cape Town, but after three years we never made it there!
• Instead, we started Limbe Labs, one of Cameroon’s first startup incubators that helped founders with seed funding and mentoring.
• Likewise, I helped build Red Hat’s Open Innovation Labs (read more about my thoughts as I left).
• Furthermore, I have held various tech leadership roles, including CTO and Chief Product and Technology Officer.
• Finally, I have led distributed and multicultural organisations of over one hundred people.

Hear more about my journey on these podcast episodes here and here.

Eight key areas that I can help you with →

I’m familiar with these areas, having acquired expertise over my 24+ years in the industry.

1. Time management and personal execution.
2. Managing people - hiring, feedback, communication, collaboration, teamwork, relationship building and handling disagreement.
3. Leadership - decision-making, driving alignment, coaching and mentoring people.
4. Facilitation - from small team meetings to leading meetings with hundreds of people.
5. Product Impact and Strategy - Business acumen, strategic work and product thinking.
6. Technical leadership - quality, testing, observability, software design, architecture, security and compliance.
7. Leading delivery - incremental value delivery, self-organisation across a team of teams.
8. Building systems and org design - process thinking and organisational design, scaling and growth.

Why work with me?

Use my mentoring services to:

• Better lead your team.
• Better align individual and team goals to company goals.
• Set up a successful hiring and interview process.

Career advice and development - As you progress in your career, get advice on how to develop your leadership skills and move up the ladder or evolve as your organisation grows around you.

Lifelong learning - Talk with someone with a different perspective who has faced a similar challenge or topic related to the one you’re now facing.

Experience sharing - Connect with an experienced peer who has already been there. Get answers to your most pressing questions, and work together on actionable insights towards success.

Problem Solving - Have a challenge or problem you’re working through? Get fast, actionable advice during an office hours call.

Deal with unknown unknowns: Chat with a leader who has been in your shoes and can share insights on things you didn’t expect. I can also connect you to others in my network for additional insights.

How would we work together?

I work through conversations and joint accountability.

1. We will set shared goals and establish an action plan
2. A regular cadence of biweekly, monthly or quarterly one-on-ones.
   - Agendas for our meetings
   - Shared and private notes
   - Actions and follow-ups tracked
3. Weekly asynchronous check-ins and follow-ups via email or Slack.
4. I also maintain office hours to allow you to quickly schedule a short call (25 minutes) with me to discuss a specific topic.

Sound Interesting? Get in touch or Book a 30-minute office hours slot!