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3 ways to self-promote without self-promoting

Career Advancement

Educate others on your value. The CTO wrote back, “Thanks for pointing this out and congratulations to the team. The CTO recognized that sometimes work that goes well goes unnoticed, yet, he said, “It is important we educate the business on the value we bring.”. When you promote others, you often promote yourself as well.

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How To Disrupt the Tech World

Mills Scofield

From how I was raised through my education and my career at Bell Labs and AT&T, I never felt any gender bias. The stories, including one by America’s new CTO and former VP at Google[X] Megan Smith , are the authentic voices of women who have persevered, overcome, created, and innovated their careers and accomplishments.

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The Future of Our Partnership With Machines

Skip Prichard

Let’s jump to higher education. What’s your view of how education should approach the coming age? As much as I love traditional education, I think it’s time to start focusing on preparing workers and leaders for an age of smart automation and ubiquitous AI. Higher education should play a role in producing better humans.

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What Makes Six Disciplines for Excellence A Different Kind Of Business Book

Six Disciplines

Skip Angel, Random Thoughts of a CTO). ” (Skip Angel, Random Thoughts of a CTO). “Harpst's book is the first book I’ve read that takes the best education from (Good To Great, E-Myth Manager, others) and combines them into one book. ” (Gary Whitehair, High Performance Business).

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How to Support Employees’ Learning Goals While Getting Day-to-Day Stuff Done

Harvard Business Review

When I launched my first company in 2008 (CarZen, acquired by Liberty Mutual), one of my first hires was a CTO. I made him the CTO’s protégé, and had the CTO spend time teaching and evaluating him. I made him the CTO’s protégé, and had the CTO spend time teaching and evaluating him.

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Whose Job Is It to Manage Freelancers?

Harvard Business Review

One of us is a consultant and educator whose new book, Agile Talent , describes how organizations can maximize the advantages and strategic return on their agile talent investment. One approach that 10X has recommended is creating a roving CTO or project managers. Broaden the role of your “chiefs.”

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Leadership: A Global Perspective

N2Growth Blog

Keeping in mind that these senior executives had similar education, training, and experiences, what could they do to “move the needle” in differing themselves from competitors who had almost the same diverse group of team members? London, United Kingdom. Dan and I wanted to perform one last act of servant leading.