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May 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the May 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided 8 Steps to Avoid Flipping Your Lid in Challenging Leadership Situations. Chris Edmonds of the Purposeful Culture Group contributed Culture Leadership Change: Drive Your Desired Culture.

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To Come Up with a Good Idea, Start by Imagining the Worst Idea Possible

Harvard Business Review

McManus’s reframing of leadership — the leader as the sidekick, the intern as the superhero — embodies three powerful principles that enable innovation and discovery. He had her sit next to the CEO, and enabled her to wander around and ask questions to everyone, including the CEO and the CTO. Be the beginner.

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Grieving for a Colleague: Deep, Silent, and Solitary

Harvard Business Review

The news had just hit that Danny Lewin — the co-founder of Akamai Technologies, its charismatic CTO, a former commando in the Israeli Special Forces, and MIT mathematics genius who led the company from a math class to an IPO and a market cap of $30 billion — had suddenly died. For all of us, Danny was our CTO and visionary.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Eriksson, Banfield and Walkingshaw ’s book Product Leadership has a section that has a lot more detail on this topic). Founder/CTO/CEO relationship with PM – Especially in earlier stage companies, it’s important to know how involved the Founder/CEO/CTO is in the product process.

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How Morale Changes as a Startup Grows

Harvard Business Review

For example, if a CRO or CTO leaves a young company, it can cripple the organization. As a result, the sales leadership devised a proactive plan to reverse this dangerous trend. But founders can minimize the chances of that occurring by prioritizing culture from the startup’s earliest days.

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How to Manage People Who Are Smarter than You

Harvard Business Review

“When you’re a technical expert, you know your value to the organization,” says Wanda Wallace, President and CEO of Leadership Forum and author of Reaching the Top. “It’s a beginning of the shift in your career.” Hill says you should also show a desire to help your employees advance in their careers.

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A 5-Part Process for Using Technology to Improve Your Talent Management

Harvard Business Review

But for a generation of senior managers and functional heads raised on a steady diet of “visionary leadership,” this more adaptive approach does not always come naturally. They want to seize on the promise of AI, machine learning, and people analytics to improve business results and enhance their career prospects.