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Category: Technology Management
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CTO Advice: Choosing the Right Corporate Website Solution
Members of our Global CTO Community use their experience to suggest solutions to a problem a fellow tech leader has. He is wondering what is the current opinion on the best choice(s)/practice(s) for handling the corporate website? Is it WordPress or modern low-code platforms like Webflow or Wix the right way to go? If so,…
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IT Manager: Role, Responsibilities, Required Skills and Average Salary
An IT Manager (a.k.a Information Technology Manager) oversees and manages IT operations, systems and infrastructure. Additionally, they serve as a connection between technology strategies and the broader goals of the organisation. As such, they a) ensure the efficient, secure operation of IT resources and b) nurture the overarching objectives of the business. Common types of…
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Building an Effective Chief Technology Office on Different Business Scales
It is now common for a team leader or project manager to find themselves placed in the CTO’s shoes at a moment’s notice. Often, this brand-new executive is forced to form a Chief Technology Office out of thin air and without any help. This is the challenge facing what we call the accidental CTO. At…
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The Path to Becoming an Exceptional IT Director: A Comprehensive Guide for Aspiring Technology Leaders
This extensive guide provides aspiring technology leaders, such as software engineers, with valuable insights into the responsibilities, skills, experience and knowledge necessary to embark on a successful journey towards an IT Director role.
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9 Tips on The Bottleneck of Code Reviews
I had experienced efficient code review practices before, so the question led me to articulate what had worked in the past.
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Active Listening When Managing A Team
Active listening is very different to hearing and it is what differentiates an effective leader from an average manager.
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What Has 2020 Taught Us About Building Resilience In Teams?
2020: I don’t think anyone will say that was quite the year they expected during December 2019. I live in New Zealand so I specifically remember sitting outside on my lawn with the family, in the sun, talking about all we’d achieve over the course of a year.
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Think Twice, Before Re-Inventing The Tech Wheel
Here is a scenario familiar to many us, from engineer to CTO. A shiny new and exciting concept has emerged. Might be a new idea for your startup, an internal application for your company or a new customer offer. What’s the first thought that whizzes across your mind … well, it used to whizz across…
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Early Adopters – Wonderful but Dangerous
With constant pressure around innovation and product development, you’re grateful to the innovators and early adopters who will tolerate more the minimum feature set. But be cautious about what they’re telling you.
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Good Diet, Great Leadership
Friday afternoon and we conducted a less than rigorous survey amongst the CTO Academy tribe in an effort to decipher the mysterious relationship between healthy eating habits and great leadership, loosely titled, “Wot’s your work diet?’ Before you quasi-academics dig deep into our findings, some advance caveats; It was a very small sample size that…