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How I Became A Leader Without Any Formal Training

Lead Change Blog

I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Apple’s Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Lynch. It took Lynch twenty-four years to reach the position of CTO for the world’s largest company.

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Team Building Agenda: Kick-off Program for IT Leadership Team

Mike Cardus

We will use this co-creation to develop future programs and facilitated work sessions. Chief-Technology-Officer CTO, and Human Resources Business Partners within the IT Team and Mike will serve as the Accountability-Team to check-in and coach the directors for completion of the 100 day action plans. and goodbye.

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To Be Number One, Get the Right Number Two

Harvard Business Review

In contrast, another software entrepreneur found that a poor choice of a chief technology officer, who was assumed by others to be the unannounced number two, prevented his small startup from being acquired by a Silicon Valley giant, because the potential acquirer found the CTO incapable of backing up the CEO as the company grew.

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