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What Is Executive Coaching?

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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.

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The Key to Building a Culture of Innovation

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In a world of rapid change, the ability to innovate over and over is probably the only enduring competitive advantage an organization can have,” writes Linda Hill, professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School, in a recent magazine piece about her research for the Harvard Business Review.

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Yes, Managing IT Is Your Job

Harvard Business Review

In order to see the future more clearly, it''s almost always helpful to look back — and this certainly goes for IT and its ever-increasing impact on operations, and ultimately on competitive advantage. IT went from being a potential source of competitive advantage to being a necessity for competitive parity.

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Continuous Development Will Change Organizations as Much as Agile Did

Harvard Business Review

When new CTO Prakash Khot arrived from Salesforce, he shifted the company towards continuous delivery, testing changes more frequently and on smaller audiences. It represents an important competitive advantage and cultural weapon in the battle for talent and customer loyalty.

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A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

Over the last 30 years I have served a large range of organizations as either a director or a trustee with the specific role of helping them exploit IT for competitive advantage. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. Generating Top-Line Growth. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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Why CIOs Make Great Board Directors

Harvard Business Review

” Generally speaking, CIO director prospects will have served as a CIO or CTO of a large organization whose market sector is relevant to the company of the board doing the recruiting. The CIO is a system integrator, so he or she envisions all the critical connections.”

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