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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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This fall, I embarked on a worldwide quest to gain insights and perspectives on global leadership in the 21st century. To do this effectively, I sought to understand two things: Elucidate the emerging leadership traits and competencies that are most relevant today.

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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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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Leadership Tip: slow down hiring. It requires a leadership Emotional Intelligence (EI) makeover along with a company EI makeover. Regular communication is key throughout the process to every stakeholder. To get the right results, you need to take the right amount of time to review, then implement a strategy together.

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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

Leadership Tip: developing lifelong loyal employees is preferable and probably more cost-effective than the constant churn and friction of hiring and layoff cycles. 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.

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 29, 2024

Leadership in the storm Imagine you’re on a boat. Oleg Konovalov’s vision of leadership doesn’t come from textbooks. Oleg’s journey from the deck of a fishing trawler to the forefront of leadership is a tale of transformation. Leadership, Oleg argues, is similar. It’s decision time.

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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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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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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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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? In my experience, relationship leadership boils down to three essential components.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

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.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

We excel in product leadership and advanced technology — values inconsistent with the ultra-low-cost products poor countries require. From the top down, CEOs should: Rebrand the company's future: The CEO should use his position as a classic bully pulpit. The only competitors worth our attention are other multinationals.

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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. and of course the compensation and benefits.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

More than a legal requirement or simple list of fancy names adorning letterhead, a strong board of directors can be a source of great ideas, great revenue, and great leadership. 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

AUGUST 22, 2013

So, if the business leadership agrees that capability A is twice as important to realizing their goals as capability B, capability A is targeted for twice as much investment. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs). The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center. IT management'

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

This should go without saying, but it’s vitally important to develop relationships with the CEO, business unit leaders, and other key executives to understand the company’s strategy, so that the innovation approach and projects you pursue align with overall corporate goals. Innovation Leadership transitions'

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

As Angela Ahrendts , Burberry''s CEO puts it : "I need [IT] to move from the back of the bus, where it traditionally sits, to the front of the bus.and it''s traveling fast." It requires strong leadership from all senior IT executives, as well as new business acumen. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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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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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

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. Only after a lot of stakeholder management and leadership intervention did the pilot get back on track. Leaders must foster a culture of learning.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Instead of thinking about driving value from the perspective of IT, or HR, finance, sales, or operations, leadership teams will think about a problem they want to solve or a process they want to change, and then align the full breadth of services (IT, HR, operations) needed to accomplish it. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” A connected world is a transparent world.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

Managing this rapid change and fostering innovation while "keeping the trains running on time" is the primary leadership role required of any CIO, new or old. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs). The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. It requires that IT staff — and our customers — are continuously learning.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Charlie Hill , Distinguished Engineer and CTO, IBM Design, told us, “To deliver fundamentally different and better user experiences, designers want to take a step back and observe users actually doing their jobs. Throughout these years of cultural transformation, Intuit’s leadership support has been constant.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Hill began to dig into the scholarship around leadership and innovation, she soon realized there was a lot of research on both. What most distinguishes innovation leadership, the book argues, is recognition that innovation is a “team sport,” not the act of a sole inventor. As Harvard Business School Professor Linda A.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Hill began to dig into the scholarship around leadership and innovation, she soon realized there was a lot of research on both. What most distinguishes innovation leadership, the book argues, is recognition that innovation is a “team sport,” not the act of a sole inventor. As Harvard Business School Professor Linda A.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Celine Schillinger sought to change the leadership landscape of Sanofi, a major pharmaceutical company. So she wrote a memo to the CEO explaining why gender balance is good for business. This led to the HR VP brokering a meeting with the CEO and an invitation to make a formal presentation to the Executive Committee.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Leadership risk: Psychology has found that "for most people, the fear of losing $100 is more intense than the hope of gaining $150", and IT leaders are no exception. IT creates risk confusing leadership, governance, and managing. IT often fails to step up to its leadership role, identifying instead with "aligned with the business."

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

In some big companies, the CEO takes on all the top titles — chairman, president, and CEO — and scatters authority over an array of divisional and functional heads or appoints a trio of vice chairmen. In fact, some CEOs don't want a strong number two, perhaps finding it threatening that they could be surpassed.

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