Lead Change Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting provided 5 Strategies to Address Conflict as a Manager. In this post, Chris gives pointers regarding how you, as a leader, can ensure you’re paying close enough attention to the quality of your team or company’s work culture. You can achieve this by using these six team-building phrases.”

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Chart Your Course

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Hubspot founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah noted certain qualities that characterize a loyal employee. Business owners and managers need to give to employees as much as they expect from them. Do managers demonstrate good business ethics? Loyalty Both Ways. Does the company deserve the loyalty of its employees?

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 12, 2021

I particularly enjoyed his focus on leadership starting with self, then relationship, team, and enterprise. But over the last 30 years work has become much more collaborative, and teams, rather than individuals, have become the norm. That makes interpersonal relationships and team dynamics more important than they used to be.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2021

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. This kind of resistance is possible across different levels of the enterprise, from upper management to rank-and-file banking staff.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2013

These three change accelerators are what lie behind today''s avalanche of business transformation, and they are directly affecting the roles of CIO and CTO. And, just as the CIO''s role needs to change, so too does the CTO''s—from Chief Technology Officer to Chief Transformation Officer.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2017

In a traditional team structure, conflicts can be escalated to the boss to resolve. Ask the team leader to step in and make a call. Advise the manager to give them some feedback. But for flat or self-managed teams, that’s not an option. But for flat or self-managed teams, that’s not an option.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Over the past 27 years of my career in marketing, brand management and executive search + coaching, I’ve found time and again that organizations have blind-spots when hiring talent. How do you influence hiring managers to slow down and find unicorns? I recently spoke with her about her research and work. . In the U.S.

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 13, 2020

If we manage the growth of smart automation properly, and plan for it adequately, it can be relatively painless. meaning that they can already perform key business management functions. In an office environment, tasks like sending out invoices, processing payments, and managing payroll can also be automated fairly easily.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

The other one of us cofounded 10x Management , a well-respected talent agency representing top-tier freelance programmers, designers, and other technology professionals. Others are new to managing or stronger technically than as a supervisor. One approach that 10X has recommended is creating a roving CTO or project managers.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

And because organizational change tends to be driven by those who most acutely feel the pain, it’s often line managers who are the strongest champions for “talent tech”: innovations in how firms hire people, staff projects, evaluate performance, and develop talent. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

Lines like this are still used all too frequently when employees tell their managers that they want to move in a new direction. Managers are under tremendous pressure to generate results. I hear these challenges all the time as I work with managers at all levels, particularly in large corporations. Sales isn’t what you do.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful.

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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? It’s natural to feel worried or insecure about your ability to manage someone who has superior experience or knowhow. But what if your direct reports are smarter than you? What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

ERP systems, RFID , knowledge management, business intelligence) have washed over organizations. This trend toward ever more critical reliance on IT is not only transforming the idea and practice of corporate IT, but has disruptive operational implications for every manager. Now, instead, at ING they say, "Here''s your team.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

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? Dan Evans & Jim Hotaling meet with N2Growth’s development team in Delhi.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

The Chief Entrepreneur will be responsible for managing a portfolio of entrepreneurs who experiment with new business models and value propositions. This is not a CTO role or a role that reports to the CEO. You guide and support your own team of entrepreneurs. You do not work for the CEO, or alongside the CTO, CIO, and CFO.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Starting a global engineering operation “essentially doubles the expense for 6-12 months,” says former Informatica CTO, James Markarian. Markarian states, “You need strong company managers to set up remote sites.” ” Puri adds, “The local teams need to be empowered more to make their own decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

For all the emphasis placed on customer relationships these days, very few large organizations really understand how to manage them. This isn’t the fault of the technology or the CTO, who usually manages it. Because it involves software, many companies make it the CTO’s responsibility.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

By 2016, clients dreaded the disruptive monthly releases such that one large client had to deploy a 70-person crisis management team to manage the fallout of each monthly release. Founded in 1997, the company deployed large batches of changes to its application each month to its entire customer base for many years.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

That's often the case with founder-led companies in which the founder wants a team in which no one can emerge as a rival. Sheryl Sandberg, who became COO, brought management savvy and government relations experience, both essential to an expanding high-profile company. Alignment: Which signals do you want to amplify?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

These revolutionary developments required equally revolutionary changes, including more truly global firms, whole new industries, new ways of organizing enterprises (think first GM and then GE), new ways of working (email, virtual global teams), and more. Help teams form, adjust, and get and share needed information.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

However, this startup cultural utopia invariably hits a rough patch for about 70% of startups in years three to four, regardless of how happy the team was before. For example, if a CRO or CTO leaves a young company, it can cripple the organization. Afterward, management re-asked the staff to rate the company’s transparency.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

She loved her job, and with a background in public affairs in communications had been successful in both international business and management roles. She also believed that Sanofi’s competitive edge was at risk because of this narrow approach to talent management.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

” This engagement between directors and management starts with the permission and knowledge of the CEO. ” “On the FactSet board, I’ve been encouraged to meet with the management team and to give advice to the CEO and the CIO,” says Jordan. ” Look for hybrids and cast a wide net.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

But when it comes to their own time management or laying out a plan to get a big project done, they balk. Based on my experience with time management clients, here are some tough truths about planning that every individual needs to accept before moving forward. Planning takes longer than expected (and so does the work).

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

The original creation of Sephora.com was largely outsourced, and we didn’t have an internal digital development team when I joined. Having an in-house team is critical. We’re lucky to have an amazing CTO with a deep knowledge of e-commerce and strong desire to partner with the business, and a strong team behind him.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 24, 2021

The team made these claims: Programs will contain fewer errors. Modern languages such as Java, F#, PHP, C#, Ruby, Python, and JavaScript provide features such as automatic memory management, object orientation, dynamic typing, and static typing, among others — all of which reduce the programming burden. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO at HubSpot and an immigrant to the United States, writes about many of the changes he made on an ongoing basis in order to fit in, from getting rid of his accent, to changing his appearance, and even temporarily changing his name to David. Clearly explain your priorities to your recruiting team.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

Immediate and radical change within small teams spearheading projects from the bottom up. Bulk up on emerging market knowledge and expertise: Paliwal now transports his entire leadership team to China for a month every year. Paliwal not only thwarted the coup, he supported Lawande's leadership and even made him the new CTO.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2014

It’s also critical to explain to your team which situations warrant them contacting you. Empower your team. Also let your team know which responsibilities they need to shoulder. Employees need to have time away from managers so that they can grow,” says Edinger. Manage your re-entry. Case study #1: Trust your team.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

Digital leaders, those companies that have managed their digital transformations successfully, all show common characteristics in the way they have shaped their IT to work differently with the business. Requirements and specifications are more flexible and developed within cross functional teams with constantly evolving business needs.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

” The only person at RSA Ground who knew of Ken’s plan was the head of staffing, who’d agreed to assign him to various teams as a “temporary worker” over the next few days. But not ever as fast as the manager wants!” ” “Where is the manager?” ” “I’m Toshi.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

At Nationwide, a global insurance company, the CMO and CIO host a dinner for their leaders each quarter with the explicit goal of building camaraderie and trust within their teams. An effective decision governance framework makes clear how the CIO and CMO, and other members of the leadership team, must work together and support each other.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Find out what keeps your manager up at night and propose solutions to those problems. Practice what he calls "steward leadership": focus on what your team wants to accomplish instead of putting yourself first. In late 2010, after ten years at Citi, Heather Espinosa was promoted to managing director.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2012

On day one, because we did not yet have a general counsel, the company told me — the only ex-lawyer then on staff — to manage the IPO. Because of the phenomenal technology, timing and team, the Akamai IPO became one of the most successful IPOs of that era. So what actually happens inside a company on IPO day?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

In other words, how do you manage up to someone who’s just jumped a level above you and who might’ve been a friend? In some ways, you’ll have to treat your new boss like you would a manager you’ve never met before , says Michael Watkins, author of The First 90 Days. Does your relationship need to change?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Consider the battle waged by IBM’s software development teams between competing methods for getting closer to customers. Over time, teams adopted an even more aggressive approach to software development called “ continuous delivery , ” a highly automated method that enables them to make many small changes per day.

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