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Rackspace’s Brian Lillie on the importance of leadership principles

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Brian Lillie is president of Private Cloud at Rackspace and had previous technology leadership roles at Equinix, Verisign, SGI, and the United States Air Force, so he’s worked hard to define his leadership style. With these values clearly defined, Lillie had a new question: “How do I apply these values to leadership?”

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AI’s one true X factor: Leadership

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billion in 2019, according to PitchBook Data. Embracing AI leadership Still, AI has gone beyond fascination and speculation; there are real benefits to be had already. In practice, however, making good on the promise of AI — without falling prey to its pitfalls — requires leadership.

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J&J’s Jim Swanson brings mission-driven leadership to the CIO role

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Swanson’s extensive and diverse leadership background has been pivotal in defining his leadership style, which Swanson describes as leading people the way he wants to be led. I believe in humble servant leadership — I’m here to support my teams,” he says.

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CIO Ralph Loura on empathetic leadership that delivers results

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Among other accolades, he was named Consumer Goods Technology’s 2013 CIO of the Year and was the 2021 recipient of the Bay Area CIO of the Year ORBIE award for Leadership. Humility, Empathy, Adaptability, Resiliency, and Transparency) have become fundamental to his leadership style. IT Leadership Can you unpack those a bit? .

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Encouraging Innovation in an Established Product Culture

Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies

Innovation and Leadership go hand in hand. May 9, 2019 11:00 AM PDT, 2:00 PM EDT, 7:00 PM BST Join this webinar to learn how to: Turn a stagnant culture into an attention culture with highly collaborative team dynamics. Build a tolerance for failure, willingness to experiment, and a psychological safety net.

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Coaches : The Expanding Influence in Leadership

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The Rise of Coaching in Leadership Development The role of coaches in shaping successful leadership has been increasingly recognized in the modern corporate landscape. According to Bozer and Delegach (2019), it’s one of the fastest-growing fields within HR.

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14 essential book recommendations by and for IT leaders

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For understanding teams “CTOs and CIOs who work for organizations that are struggling to deliver value sustainably will greatly benefit from reading Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow (IT Revolution Press, 2019) by Manuel Pais and Matt Skelton,” says Peter Kreslins Jr., CTO and co-founder of Digibee.

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Schema Evolution Patterns

Speaker: Alex Rasmussen, CEO, Bits on Disk

July 10th, 2019 11:00AM PDT, 2:00PM EDT, 7:00PM BST Knowing what questions to ask to help your teams reason about schema evolution up-front. This is an important topic for technology leaders to understand in order to understand and help their teams navigate one of the tougher issues they face.

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Architect Your Organization for Effectiveness, Productivity, and Joy

Speaker: Ron Lichty, Consultant: Interim VP Engineering, Ron Lichty Consulting, Inc.

December 11, 2019 11AM PST, 2PM EST, 7PM GMT Managers: What’s our role? All webinar participants will be entered into a draw for Ron's new book - so bring your questions for the Q&A and be prepared to chat with us!

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The Six Principles of Persuasion

Speaker: Michael Carducci, CTO, Mago:Tech

August 7th, 2019 11:00AM PDT, 2:00PM EDT, 7:00PM BST Universal principles of influence that are necessary to both understand and leverage if you want to be more effective leader of change in your organization. This knowledge and the related skills are essential to success as a technology leader.

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Team Leadership in the Age of Agile

Speaker: Roy Osherove, Technology and Leadership Consultant

Roy Osherove, the author of Elastic Leadership, is going to provide some answers that come from his experience seeing this across many different organizations. And the answers focus on leadership. Which leadership styles are most effective for each mode. February 21 2019 12.30 PM PST, 3.30 PM EST, 8.30

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Driving Discovery and Experimentation in your Organization

Speaker: Teresa Torres, Product Discovery Coach, Product Talk, David Bland, Founder and CEO, Precoil, and Hope Gurion, Product Coach and Advisor, Fearless Product LLC

How to build leadership support for a culture of experimentation, no matter how mature your organization is. June 4, 2019 9:30 AM PDT, 12:30 PM EDT, 5:30 PM BST We'll cover: Why discovery and experimentation are important. How to accept and mitigate risk.