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5 dead-end IT skills — and how to avoid becoming obsolete

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CIOs and other executives identified familiar IT roles that will need to evolve to stay relevant, including traditional software development, network and database management, and application testing. Hafez recommends connecting with mentors who are from a different team or division. Mentors are crucial to your success,” he says.

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Executive coaching from seasoned CIOs makes the difference

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I know hundreds of successful CIOs, and they all have mentors. In fact, many have a personal board of mentors from varied perspectives. Many of these leaders also leverage executive coaches to maximize strengths, address blind spots, and anticipate potential landmines and unintended consequences.

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Former Uber CTO Thuan Pham joins South Korean e-commerce leader Coupang

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Coupang , the country’s largest e-commerce company by market share, announced today it has hired Pham as its new CTO. ” After leaving, Pham intended to spend his time teaching university students and mentoring entrepreneurs instead of joining another large tech company. ” Using tech to address working conditions.

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Liberis CTO Georgina Owens on the power of mentoring and apprenticeships

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CIO: How has your career evolved to becoming an IT director/CIO/CTO? In addition, in the last 12 months, I have been working as a mentor for a start-up accelerator. I am also an avid networker and supporter/mentor of start-ups. I grew up away from my entire family so it taught me adaptability at a young age.

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#783 Becoming a Leader that Crushes Technical Debt with Juan Orlandini, CTO at Insight

Modern CTO

Today we’re talking to Juan Orlandini, CTO at Insight of North America. We discuss what he’s realized recently as a CTO coach, what he’s learned about aging, and just spend time catching up with an old friend of the show. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Have feedback about the show?

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Coaching your IT team for change: 9 tips

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There’s always change,” says Jim Moore, CTO at HR Acuity. “A Make it clear why change is coming “You need a clearly articulated ‘why,’” says Sharon Mandell, CIO of Juniper Networks. Paulo Gardini Miguel, director of technology at The CTO Club, agrees. This was presented by Max Landsberg in the Tao of Coaching.

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Startup Mentors

SoCal CTO

I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. Then we discussed how they could go about finding this startup business advisor. Do you have any suggestions for how to find a good mentor?

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