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3 ways to self-promote without self-promoting

Career Advancement

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. The CEO and senior leadership were much appreciative.” Decision makers need to know of your abilities. Has it worked?

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Find the Unicorns to Help Your Business Excel

Skip Prichard

Over the past 27 years of my career in marketing, brand management and executive search + coaching, I’ve found time and again that organizations have blind-spots when hiring talent. To get the right results, you need to take the right amount of time to review, then implement a strategy together. Leadership Tip: slow down hiring.

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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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Which U.S. Companies Are Doing the Most R&D in China and India?

Harvard Business Review

Starting a global engineering operation “essentially doubles the expense for 6-12 months,” says former Informatica CTO, James Markarian. They believe in strong, empowered global leadership, at both HQ and at remote sites. In fact, costs go up initially. Pay the true cost and invest.”

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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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Act Like a Leader Before You Are One

Harvard Business Review

"It''s never foolish to begin preparing for a transition no matter how many years away it is or where you are in your career," says Muriel Maignan Wilkins, coauthor of Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence. Seize leadership opportunities, no matter how small. Look for the white space.

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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.