Author: Andrew Weaver
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What’s the Value of a CTO?
As many of you will be aware, one of our key missions at CTO Academy is to see a CTO on every board. A part of that mission is to research the real value of a CTO. Now, we can all agree that it is nonsensical not to have deep technical knowledge at the board…
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Welcome to CTO Academy Membership and Feel the Value
This week we launched our new Membership Package which like any and every launch, came packaged with a mixture of expectation and anxiety … Was it going to work?Did flow make sense?Will it add value to the customer experience? Well … so far, so good as we’ve already seen 100+ global tech leaders sign up…
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Tech Leadership in So Many Words…#20 Confidence
I’ve been asked to write a short piece on the impact of confidence in leadership. 1st, how do I keep it short? 2nd, which angle do I start with for this many tentacled topic? Because whether we talk about true confidence, projection, self-doubt and/or the ever present Imposter syndrome, how we deal with these issues…
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Tech Leadership in So Many Words…#19 No
My biggest flaw as an entrepreneur was a lack of judgment about when to say yes (a natural inclination) and when to say no (suffering from FOMO). The uncertainty of start-up life meant that I wanted to keep all options open as long as possible which of course, proved completely counter productive as it diluted…
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Tech Leadership in so Many Words…#18 Team
There’s a reason why the shelves of your local bookstore are heaving under the weight of so many management books. It’s because managing people is tough and would be a lot easier if it wasn’t for the people. But clearly it’s a prerequisite for anyone with leadership ambitions so the question is this: How to…
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Tech Leadership in so Many Words…#17 Perfection
“Perfect is the enemy of good” – Voltaire I am not and never have been a perfectionist, something of a mixed blessing in the past. Some start-up projects went out too soon, were half-baked from the start and met with the underwhelming results they deserved. Whilst other projects went out too soon, but hit the…
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Tech Leadership In So Many Words … #16 Health
Keep an eye on your health by learning the art of marginal gains
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11 Things a CTO Should Never Say to a CEO
The CEO:CTO relationship is often pivotal to an organisation but is not without its challenges and that’s often down to the very different personalities who can typically fill each role. So we had some fun this week when asking our community of global tech leaders for suggestions about what you should avoid saying to the…
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Tech Leadership In So Many Words… #15 Humility
“Life is a long lesson in humility” J M Barrie Having reached a senior tech leadership role, you have the right to feel a sense of pride in your achievements. But leadership requires many things from you, not least a quality that’s the opposite of pride – humility. Humility requires you to leave your ego…
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Tech Leadership In So Many Words … #14 Motivation
When you’re a leader, motivation is a two-sided coin. One side is Personal Motivation and what’s driving you. The other is Team Motivation and what’s driving them.
