Lead Change Blog

MARCH 24, 2017

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. And, with that in mind, I approached every task as manager knowing full well that I’d have to be ready to learn from my mistakes.

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Training Chief Technology Officer CTO Mentor 210

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Below is the Day-1 ‘Kick-off’ program to 4 months of work I will be doing with an IT Leadership Team. IT Leadership Director Team Building & Leadership Agenda – Kick-Off. Additional content will be shared on Team Development and Management. IT Leadership Program Agenda. CTO – Why are we here?

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Team Building Team CTO Leadership 129

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

The best managers hire smart people to work for them. How do you manage people who have more experience or more knowledge? “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. What the Experts Say.

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Management How To CTO Mentor 8

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. Bulk up on emerging market knowledge and expertise: Paliwal now transports his entire leadership team to China for a month every year.

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Chief Technology Officer CTO Constraint Engineering 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

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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COO Wireless Ryan Chief Operating Officer 16