Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Tom made a major career decision 3 months ago: he decided to leave his position as chief information officer at a large manufacturing firm to become an entrepreneur and start a company to provide software that helps manufacturers improve the quality of their manufacturing process. There was no room for any missteps.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

But in 1999, at the height of the Internet boom, I took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of system architecture at Akamai Technologies, an MIT start-up located here in Cambridge. That position humbled me and taught me lessons about leadership that I still use today, some 20 years later. To keep leading, keep learning.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2021

But you must also remember that any new technology you onboard will bring change to your bank’s operations—some of which isn’t welcome just yet. It’s usually the job of a bank’s chief financial officer (CFO), chief risk officer (CRO), or chief technology officer (CTO) to oversee tech implementation.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

The most important requirements of the new CEO are familiar: they should understand the entire value chain of the market in which the startup operates, and must have the ability to take on a larger, more crucial role in structuring the company. Knowledge capture and transfer will assist in a smooth transition.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

Many people are stunned to learn that I didn’t meet my chief technology officer in person until 2014 — three years after he started working for me. We also include a call to action at the bottom of the description that says, “Log in with Google,” where they can apply for positions.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2016

The internet positively erupted with derision. While technology can certainly improve operational performance, the idea that it can replace a sound strategy is a dangerous delusion. As a marketing ploy the move clearly failed. Yet what I find even more disturbing than the style is the substance.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

How should you establish a positive, productive working relationship with your new manager? “Recognize that people do draw some impressions about you pretty quickly,” says Karen Dillon, coauthor of Competing Against Luck and the HBR Guide to Office Politics. . How do you get to know them without seeming like a kiss-up?

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