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Employee engagement platform Culture Amp raises $100M at a $1.5B valuation

TechCrunch

Culture Amp was founded in 2009 to let companies conduct anonymous employee surveys, but since then, its focus has expanded to helping employers turn the data they collect into action. The round bumps Culture Amp’s valuation to $1.5 The round bumps Culture Amp’s valuation to $1.5

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#778 Coaching Your Team to Act or Argue with Brendan Wovchko, CTO at Ramsey Solutions

Modern CTO

We discuss Brendan’s new adventures in hiking and how it has shaped his life recently, the need for leaders to create a culture of urgency, and why your team should be trained to either act or argue. The post #778 Coaching Your Team to Act or Argue with Brendan Wovchko, CTO at Ramsey Solutions appeared first on Modern CTO.

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3 tips to align your values with your startup’s culture

TechCrunch

The tone of the company’s culture comes from the top. The culture you envision for your company will only come about if your employees believe in the practices that you are asking them to implement. Don’t fly first class; fly coach. The tone of the company’s culture comes from the top.

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Article: Q&A on the Book Responsive Agile Coaching

InfoQ Culture Methods

Niall McShane has written a book Responsive Agile Coaching, aimed at people who are coaching individuals, teams and organisations in new ways of working to help guide others in adapting to changing circumstances and responding to new demands.

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Tech Leadership books

Apiumhub

We’ve collected a few of the best tech leadership books, so you can dive in with the best chance of success. Books offer an amazing opportunity to delve deeply into topics. Books offer an amazing opportunity to delve deeply into topics. I hope you find our list of tech leadership books useful: Tech Leadership books.

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Unlocking Potential: Mentoring vs. Coaching

Puppies, Flowers, Rainbows and Kittens

In nurturing an employee’s growth within a role, two approaches frequently come to the fore: mentoring and coaching. Choosing the Right Approach: Context is Key “Coaching is for performance. ” The choice between coaching and mentoring hinges on the context. Mentoring is for potential.”

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Book review: Accelerate

Henrik Warne

The book Accelerate details the findings of four years of research on how DevOps affects various outcomes, such as software delivery tempo and stability, as well as the organizations’ profitability and market share. The findings of the research are presented in the first part of the book (a bit more than half of it).