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3 ways to self-promote without self-promoting

Career Advancement

Speak up in meetings. Come to your review process prepared to show and explain your part in the work and in strengthening the company’s bottom line. The CTO wrote back, “Thanks for pointing this out and congratulations to the team. In self-defense, Nathan needs to have his competence shine. Offer to present material.

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How to Encourage Employee Loyalty & Retain Good Workers

Chart Your Course

Hubspot founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah noted certain qualities that characterize a loyal employee. These include giving praise for others’ work, showing integrity in their workplace behavior and not being afraid to speak up to make the company operate better. Loyalty Both Ways.

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How Technical Debt Opens the Door to Cyber Attacks—and Steps to Protect Your Small Business

Strategy Driven

CEOs and CFOs managing technology may not recognize tech debt building up in their SMBs—because it is not revealed in monthly variance reports or other accounting controls. and cybersecurity are the people, policies, and processes that make up the culture and collective mindset of a business organization. His new book is Tech Debt 2.0™:

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The Future of Our Partnership With Machines

Skip Prichard

Sometimes, even if you wish you could adopt a 100% augmentation strategy for your workers, you still end up having to settle for a 70:30 ratio of augmentation:replacement, because that’s what makes financial and operational sense. When you are a business leader, you sometimes have to make hard choices.

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11 Ideas for Economic Recovery

Strategy Driven

One retail CTO summed it up well at a recent SAS event when he said, “We don’t want to just struggle through and be hanging by our fingertips when the economy recovers. Thinking long-term has led this retailer’s CEO to investigate real estate purchases at lower rates and to buy up high-end equipment now while the prices are low.

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How to Support Employees’ Learning Goals While Getting Day-to-Day Stuff Done

Harvard Business Review

Many of the most successful people had to fight tooth and nail for opportunities to learn new skills and advance up the corporate ladder. This new reality, in which developing talent is a key business imperative, requires real buy-in from top brass in your company, all the way up to the CEO. Neasden Control Centre for HBR.

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Leadership: A Global Perspective

N2Growth Blog

And yes, we began to see a trend develop from the lens of professionals who work in the trenches every day on finding and developing talent; the bottom line seems to be, it is all centered around understanding the power of people-centric leading. Bottom line: People ARE the answer, so get out there and never be afraid to lead!