Giving constructive feedback to the people you manage is often one of the more uncomfortable tasks you face as a tech leader and yet it’s one of the most important leadership skills to get right.
“You like potato and I like potahto, You like tomato and I like tomahto Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto, Let’s call the whole thing off” – Ira / George Gershwin When CTO Academy started in 2018 we were in classic lean start up mode. We thought we had a good idea but were not sure what the […]
Alongside the established heavyweight acronyms of LOL, GWS and GSOH arrives the definitive acronym of our time. Prior to Covid-19, WFH occupied a niche space in the acronym world … World Federation of Healing Wartime Flying Hours Wages For Housework Weep For Humanity (which might be pushing hard for top dog WFH status) … but […]
What is Professional Growth? The definition of professional growth will be different things for different people but it certainly means more than certificates on the wall. Performance Expert Bill Eckstrom “it’s the development or better use of talents and skills that lead to improved outcomes. This development can take place in many different places – […]
For most of you … the hard skills are hard wired. Sure, digital trends, innovation, new tech arrives at a dizzying speed but the knowledge and curiosity to explore and understand the technical is a comfort zone and probably embedded in you since you were quite young. Get into a social scenario with a techie […]
“May you live in interesting times” is an English expression claimed to be a translation of a traditional Chinese Curse. It tends to emerge under cover of english irony because most of us will probably agree, we’d rather be living in more uninteresting times. But as leaders and managers of people and organisations, it’s our […]
Are tech leaders responsible for taking care of operational planning or is it their job to get involved in strategic planning? How do you define a tech leader’s roles and responsibilities?
