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The Top 20 Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

TechEmpower CTO

When speaking with founders and CEOs, we often hear concerns like this: My project manager is losing confidence in the development team. I think that poor communication and differing team cultures might be part of the problem, but how can I know for sure? These are the worries that keep team leads up at night.

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10 ways to kill your IT culture

CIO

Transformational CIOs recognize the importance of IT culture in delivering innovation, accelerating business impacts, and reducing operational and security risks. Research on creating a culture of high-performance teams suggests there’s a disconnect between how leaders perceive their cultures compared to how individual contributors view them.

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Avoiding ‘The Overlap Trap’: Poor org structure can sabotage results

CIO

I’ve opted to take the positive spin on this concept, but the reality is, poor structure can cripple results. Teams, leaders, and employees want and need clarity. Peter Drucker famously said, ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast.’ They’re clamoring for it. Where do most go wrong with organizational design?

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10 Mistakes Executive Teams Make When Building Workplace Culture

Let's Grow Leaders

How to ensure your executive team avoids these workplace culture chokepoints So, you’re ready to build a stronger workplace culture. You want your executive team energized, engaged, and doing work that matters. Maybe you’ve even rolled out a few new initiatives, held a town hall, or added some fun team-building or perks.

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How leading CISOs build business-critical cyber cultures

CIO

The best cybersecurity leaders are not only intensely aware of this reality; they’re also intentionally focused on developing and implementing strategies for thriving in a VUCA world and creating a pipeline of future-ready cyber leaders to stay ahead of ongoing disruption. As Noaman says, “This isn’t a job for the weak.”

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How to build a successful agile development culture – and why your business needs one

CIO

To keep pace with the growing complexity of software development, organizations have spent years working to implement agile practices into their developer experience. It enables teams to deliver value faster, with greater quality and predictability, and greater aptitude to respond to change.

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Transforming IT culture for business success

CIO

Back in the day, IT culture was all about the perks. The evolving role of IT, coupled with new pandemic-era work models, has sifted the culture conversation away from in-office trappings. The evolving role of IT, coupled with new pandemic-era work models, has sifted the culture conversation away from in-office trappings.

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