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The Benefits of a Chief Transformation Officer for Growth

N2Growth Blog

To tackle these issues, for the past five years, the new trend in executive hiring has been the Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) role. This is where the CTO role gets into the spotlight. However, four main steps are proven to be effective: Step 1: Leadership alignment. Therefore, it’s critical to hire an experienced CTO.

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Finding the Route from CTO to CEO

CEO Insider

Making the move from CTO to CEO was a daunting experience for me: after all, I had spent a large part of my career working behind the scenes. Now, I was going to be the face of a company, taking on new responsibilities that encapsulated a whole other realm of leadership than what I had […].

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Tell-Tale Signs of Fake DevOps

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Today’s guest post is by Nikolay Gekht, CTO of Gehtsoft USA. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World. Learn the three steps a leader should take to prevent Fake DevOps and the five principles of DevOps. Let’s say you want to know whether your DevOps works well.

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May 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the May 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided 8 Steps to Avoid Flipping Your Lid in Challenging Leadership Situations. Chris Edmonds of the Purposeful Culture Group contributed Culture Leadership Change: Drive Your Desired Culture.

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3 ways to self-promote without self-promoting

Career Advancement

The CTO wrote back, “Thanks for pointing this out and congratulations to the team. The CEO and senior leadership were much appreciative.” 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.”. Yet it still reflects well on him.

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Understanding Different Types of Retained Executive Search Firms and Why You Should Retain One

N2Growth Blog

It’s a partnership between the client and firm, intent on placing executive leadership within suitable roles. C-Suite: CAO, COO, CFO, CTO, etc. Finding the right candidate for leadership roles in your organization requires much more than any traditional search strategy used in the past. This includes: Board Directors.

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How I Became A Leader Without Any Formal Training

Lead Change Blog

It took Lynch twenty-four years to reach the position of CTO for the world’s largest company. That’s a colossal amount of time, but what impresses me the most is the way in which he appears to have developed strong leadership skills from virtually nothing. No one knows it all and, certainly, no one will ever master leadership.

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