CO2

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Case Study: Executive Performance Enhancement at a Global Corporation Situation : The Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of a multinational corporation, despite possessing exceptional technical and business acumen, was struggling to achieve the expected progress. Cohen, an experienced CEO and Executive Coach.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 6, 2014

All Ben Milne, co-founder and CEO of Dwolla had was a burning desire to solve an existing problem. By listening to his customers, Giacomo ‘Peldi’ Guilizzoni, founder and CEO of Balsamiq unleashed the business’s potential. Guibert Englebienne, co-founder and CTO of Globant told me, “When you find unique talent, recruit it.

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leaderCommunicator

AUGUST 26, 2014

Hill co-authored the recently released book, Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation, with fellow researchers Greg Brandeau, former CTO of Pixar and Disney; Emily Truelove, a doctoral candidate at MIT; and former executive Kent Lineback, a best-selling author and coach. David Grossman.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Everyone knows the roles and responsibilities for a CEO, CFO and CTO but change the wording and a different picture emerges. Imagine, for example, a CEO tasked as the Chief Engagement Officer.” ” Find Eileen on Twitter at @macdarling. Jim Taggart of Changing Winds provided “Call Me Nick!”

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2019

Shane Zilinskas is the Founder and CEO of Los Angeles software development agency ClearSummit , and the Co-Founder and CTO of TuneRegistry, a music rights SaaS platform. We hope this chart will be helpful in either choosing a career in software development or switching to a different specialization in mid-career. About the Author.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

For example, if the CEO, CTO or CHRO cannot understand what their people or customers are experiencing or needing, the company will not be able to make the adjustments it needs to remain competitive from a product or talent perspective.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

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. Or the CEO who shares her password with her husband and children so they can access her mail and messaging accounts. has grown stealthier and more sinister.

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 13, 2020

The fourth mistake that I want to caution business leaders about is the instinct to delegate automation knowledge and technology fluency to IT or a CTO role. Every business leader, from the CEO on down to team leads should cultivate a fluency with automation technologies, best practices, and specific solutions.

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CEO Insider

MARCH 1, 2023

We’ve heard it for decades. We have been ‘on the brink’ of a clean industrial revolution seemingly forever. It never came. Now it’s here and, as always, driven by government policy. The threat from climate change has been the subject of conversation, activism, and often aggressive debate for decades.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 25, 2023

According to IDC, the overall global datasphere reached 64 zettabytes in 2020. That’s a LOT of information, and you’d think with all of that available, businesses would be able to unlock actionable insights pretty easily. But that “Eureka!” moment is just as elusive today as it was before the advent of big data.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 21, 2022

Workflow bottlenecks can negatively impact everything from employee satisfaction to the bottom line. Avoiding the snowball effect that comes with logjams means creating more efficient workflows that keep the organization moving in the right direction. These three strategies can help keep your operations on time and budget.

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CEO Insider

OCTOBER 30, 2022

As a leader, when you have a lot on your plate – whether it’s work or family responsibilities– it can feel like things are spiraling out of control. In my own life, one of the most challenging periods was when I was caring for a deathly ill family member. What I discovered during this experience […].

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic” – so said management guru Peter Drucker, in a truism that speaks volumes in a post-Covid age. The US labor market stands at a crossroads right now, with new and volatile crosswinds – including surging job openings, […].

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Human skills, often referred to as soft skills, define how we engage with others and often include leadership, communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving, to name a few. Many other cognitive and socio-emotional skills come into play, and these skills often provide the foundation pivotal for high emotional Intelligence or EQ.

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Purpose has become a buzzword, with many organizations only paying lip service to the idea without putting any real effort into fulfilling it. Purpose is simply an intent, and without action to back it up it’s not enough to create real change.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

One CTO I coached realized he’d been delegating too much because he no longer had proper visibility into what his teams were working on. He believed the partnership fit with the overall vision of the company laid out by the CEO. Reset with your team.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 8, 2022

We know that gender equality remains a huge problem for businesses, but for real change to occur, the drive has to come from the top. So, firstly, why is this important? The case for diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace is considerable, not only from a moral perspective, but because it simply makes good […].

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 19, 2022

There’s conflict in change. And right now, we’re going through a large change, composed of many smaller transitions. Whether we’re talking about national politics, social and economic models, individuals or companies, so much of our world is in transition…and conflict.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

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. When I launched my first company in 2008 (CarZen, acquired by Liberty Mutual), one of my first hires was a CTO. Get top-level guidance and metrics.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 6, 2023

The things that happen to us in life are often not so much about what’s taking place in the moment, but about placing us on a path to lead the way for others. It would be years before I realized the truth of that. I was born in 1954.

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CEO Insider

OCTOBER 27, 2022

For more than 20 years, Jeff Bezos fought against the entropy inherent in large organizations. He demanded that Amazon always act as a startup, that it would always be Day 1 at Amazon. As he said in his 1997 shareholder letter, “Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by […].

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

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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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

The best CEOs are excellent at growing and running a company within a known business model. Sure, there are exceptions who are both visionary CEOs and innovators — Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos, for example — but there are very few companies that can stomach that sort of leadership.

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CEO Insider

MARCH 13, 2023

It is estimated that 70% – 90% of the new products that come on the market each year fail to produce profits. When profits are not there, the product does not have a reason to exist. The numbers speak for themselves, and the percentage of products that fail is literally huge.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 13, 2023

Having an A-Team will enable you to fully step into a more strategic leadership role so – as a united team – you can drive the business forward.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 20, 2022

Despite the pandemic, executive recruiters face one of the strongest candidate markets in the past twenty years. You have more negotiating power than ever for executive compensation. When it comes to executive equity compensation, do you know that there are differences between employee equity from a corporation and an LLC?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

This isn’t the fault of the technology or the CTO, who usually manages it. Because it involves software, many companies make it the CTO’s responsibility. But how does the relationship-savvy CEO or CMO go about mending these gaps? It’s a result of misguided strategy. Sponsored by Google Analytics 360 Suite.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

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. Do away with hierarchy. The superhero-sidekick relationship Mickey set up with Lisa eliminated expected hierarchy.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

” With over 80% of CEOs saying they have a talent gap issue, how did we get to this pint, and how would you suggest fixing it?” Jaco Erasmus , the CEO of EMEAA, hosted us for three days and opened his office space to become our impromptu recording studio for interviews. The Netherlands.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

CEOs and boards still generally view technology as a cost. Some CEOs are still in denial, and time is against them — the longer it takes, the more dramatic the needed transformation and the higher the risk.” ” This engagement between directors and management starts with the permission and knowledge of the CEO.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

GE famously implemented Lean methodologies throughout all of their divisions, helping reduce cycle time and better aligning their work with the customers’ needs, leading to then-CEO Jeff Immelt’s declaration that GE had transformed from a “classic conglomerate… to a 125-year-old startup.”

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

From the top down, CEOs should: Rebrand the company's future: The CEO should use his position as a classic bully pulpit. At Harman, CEO Dinesh Paliwal repeatedly stressed that the company's traditional markets were saturated, and that future growth must be cultivated in markets that Harman had not hitherto served.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

And if board members had more contact with employees beyond the CEO, those board members would have a more complete understanding of the company's strengths and weaknesses. For example, the CTO of DonorsChoose is in regular contact with board member Jeff Weiner , the CEO of Linkedin.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” The CEO wants one thing, the engineering team another, and customers have their own opinions about feature priorities. Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2013

IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs). The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. But to do that requires more than capital: it requires a different approach to making decisions and, specifically, rethinking traditional IT project-centric approaches to identifying and funding capital investment opportunities. IT management'

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs). The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. They can help companies exploit rapidly evolving information technology and implement a virtuous cycle of revenue growth and operational-efficiency improvements. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center. Google''s CIO on How to Make Your IT Department Great.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

“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. ” This research had two advantages: One, it made the hiring process go more smoothly and, two, it has helped Emily manage Heather, her new CTO.

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