Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

This requires listening without judgment—something you should get training in, as it’s a coaching discipline that changes your triggers. Stick to the process and train others to do the same. You’ve worked with so many organizational leaders, searching for the very best talent.

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Emotional Intelligence CTO Stress Exit Strategy 74

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

Hire to train. 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. Eventually, the CTO moved on and the protégé took over as the lead developer.

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CTO Goal How To Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

One CTO I coached realized he’d been delegating too much because he no longer had proper visibility into what his teams were working on. Her time spent on the software also helped in the long run because when it was time to delegate, she understood all of the specifics of getting the work accomplished. Reset with your team.

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Delegation CTO Project Software 14

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? One crucial trait for a high performing organization is understanding and embracing resilience.

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Globalization Leadership Conference Diversity 276

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Chief-Technology-Officer CTO, and Human Resources Business Partners within the IT Team and Mike will serve as the Accountability-Team to check-in and coach the directors for completion of the 100 day action plans. CTO – Why are we here? CTO has some parting words. What are the expected outcomes (big picture) of this?

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Team Building Team CTO Leadership 129

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Training Leadership can be taught, though it’s not easy or cheap. Don’t rely on just centralized training — managers must be deeply involved in the development of their team members and hold them accountable to demonstrate ongoing mastery. Fight waste and inefficiency in all incarnations. Don’t cripple your teams by over-standardizing!

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Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

And here’s an interview with Sam Lessin , former VP of Product Management at Facebook, who says he has “never successfully trained empathy.”). Founder/CTO/CEO relationship with PM – Especially in earlier stage companies, it’s important to know how involved the Founder/CEO/CTO is in the product process.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

Companies that lacked experience with lean methodologies had to be trained to operate as agile teams in order to define a specific use case for the technology. One CTO we spoke to tells a story about an AI project that “hit the wall” despite a sequence of green lights. Leaders must foster a culture of learning.

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Technology Talent Management Process Management 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

Managing this rapid change and fostering innovation while "keeping the trains running on time" is the primary leadership role required of any CIO, new or old. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. Perhaps the most exciting (and challenging) aspect of working in a progressive IT organization is the pace of technological change.

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CIO Positioning PPM Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

“I have no education or training to do anything else. We need to invest in our personnel—hire more crew members and give them better training and higher wages. ” Yoshiyuki Taniguchi, the CTO, spoke up: “I like your thinking, Mayuka-san, but why not use technology to achieve the same result?

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Case Study Airlines COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Charlie Hill , Distinguished Engineer and CTO, IBM Design, told us, “To deliver fundamentally different and better user experiences, designers want to take a step back and observe users actually doing their jobs. With this approach, cross-functional teams quickly develop prototypes to bounce off of customers.

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Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The CMO and CIO (and potentially the CTO) must bring complete transparency to the process. This approach allows teams to develop best practices and valuable lessons that can then be used to train other teams. Bring complete transparency.

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CIO Budgeting Enterprise Architecture Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

Today, I make strategic and tactical technology decisions as the CTO of Atlantic Media. They will make mistakes, regardless of awareness training. Ten months ago, I was in charge of digital technology for the White House, where security was the top priority and it was inexcusable to let your guard down.

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