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14 essential book recommendations by and for IT leaders

CIO

Why not pick up a book that will inspire you to be a more effective leader, help you spot challenges and pitfalls in your IT strategies and processes, or prepare for the future of information technology? And this group of CIOs, CTOs, and technical CEOs have strong favorites — books they turn to again and again for inspiration.

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3 Ways to Discover Your Authentic Leadership Style

CIO

By Chet Kapoor, Chairman and CEO, DataStax Everyone has a point of view on leadership. There are tons of books, articles, and case studies with frameworks for becoming a great leader. Here, I’ll share a few tips to help you uncover your authentic leadership style. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

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Leadership Development that Works with Jennifer Mackin

Let's Grow Leaders

Leadership development is one of the most important investments you can make in your organization’s success. In this episode, Jennifer Mackin, author of Leaders Deserve Better, gives you the roadmap to effective leadership development. Leadership Development that Works. Get Jennifer’s Book.

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Agile Book Club: Team Dynamics

James Shore

Team dynamics form the bedrock of Agile teams’ ability to develop and deliver software. They’re the invisible undercurrents that determine your team’s culture. In this session, Diana Larsen and Linda Rising help us explore the dynamics that make and break Agile teams. Team Dynamics. ?? About the Book Club.

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

CIA produced a fantastic book during the peak of World War 2 called Simple Sabotage. You can of course make a series of obviously bad decisions, but you'd get fired quickly. Make sure production environment differs from developer environments in as many ways as possible. Develop incredibly detailed “strategic” plans.

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Leadership playbook: Michelle McKenna’s winning formula for CIOs

CIO

Those are just two of the many “firsts” McKenna has accomplished over the course of her career, which has also included executive leadership roles at Disney and Universal Orlando Resort. When we collaborated on the Leadership Development track of the CIO100 Awards event, you shared four pillars from your leadership playbook.

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How to Stop Inspiring Your Team to Underperformance

Next Level Blog

This exec loved my client and compared him quite favorably to his predecessor who, the exec said, regularly “inspired his team to underperformance.”. The essence of his answer was that the predecessor leader didn’t set high enough expectations for his team and failed to even follow through on the low bar that he did set.