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Upskill them or lose them: why training your team has become more important and urgent than ever.
Everyone talks about “investing in people.” But when it comes to actual learning and development, too many leaders tick a box and move on. Maybe you have a learning budget or maybe your #team even attended a workshop last year. That's a great start but not a real investment. Especially not when McKinsey’s research shows that demand for advanced #tech #skills could rise by almost 90% by 2030. And it’s not just technical know-how but social, emotional, and critical thinking ski

Christina - Spark Back Coaching
Oct 152 min read


Can you go back to being an individual contributor after leading a team?
I once worked with an engineering team lead in a #tech scale-up who, after three successful years leading a team, decided to pivot back into a DevOps role. He cared deeply about his people, but he missed building things. The more his leadership responsibilities grew, the further he drifted from hands-on technical #work. And like many first-time leaders, he had no real mentorship or formal training - he was simply “the most senior engineer” and his still young start-up at the

Christina - Spark Back Coaching
Oct 92 min read


What do people say about your leadership when you’re not in the room?
Most people only think about personal branding when they’re job hunting or promoting a business. But your brand is bigger than that. I'm...

Christina - Spark Back Coaching
Sep 302 min read


Urgency Vs Strategy: when you need to hire, where do you look first?
Every #hiring decision feels urgent. Which is why many leaders skip the first, most important question: Where should I look? Inside the...

Christina - Spark Back Coaching
Sep 262 min read


Can you believe 2026 is almost 2 months away?! 😯
Disclaimer: the purpose of this post is NOT to stress you out but to prepare you. You can keep reading, it's safe (and optimistic!) For...

Christina - Spark Back Coaching
Sep 182 min read
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