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Coaching IT pros for leadership roles

CIO

I spoke to IT executives and leadership coaches for tips on how to develop the leaders on your team. Start coaching You can teach someone to code, manage money, and complete the tasks of being a manager. But the transition from teacher to coach can be challenging. “I I switched from teaching to coaching,” he says. “I

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OpenClassrooms raises $80 million for its online education platform

TechCrunch

The company operates an online education platform in French and English. Users can choose among 54 training programs and get a diploma at the end of the program — some of those program lead to French-state-recognized bachelor and master diplomas. The company says that the pandemic has had a positive impact on online education.

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Emerge Career’s pre-release job training lands $3.2M seed and new state contracts

TechCrunch

Education options during and after incarceration have never been particularly extensive, despite the best intentions of educators. The team previously worked on Ameelio , which upended years of bad and exploitative video calling services in prisons, but also made the problem of education clear to them.

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Education Executive Search: Shaping the Leaders of Tomorrow’s Institutions

N2Growth Blog

The Importance of Effective Leadership in Educational Institutions In the constantly evolving landscape of education, effective leadership plays a pivotal role in the success and growth of educational institutions. One of the primary challenges is the competitive nature of the industry.

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Skills-first hiring has CIOs rethinking talent strategies

CIO

So as an organization, you don’t lean into job titles or education.” They also eliminated minimum education requirements from all job descriptions. “We We don’t want the lack of education credentials to be the reason we don’t hire somebody, which in the past would be,” Snyder says.

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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. New York Times best-selling author Dave Ramsey created the company in 1992 as a means to provide financial counseling and education.

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Sounding Board raises cash as startups wake up to executive coaching

TechCrunch

Christine Tao and Lori Mazan , the brains behind Sounding Board , want to train any leader within an organization to be a better leader. The San Francisco startup connects anyone from first-time managers to C-suite executives with coaches through a marketplace. The co-founders see their long-term differentiation living in this feature.

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