Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
'Are you easy to follow? Before you say “Of course!” please know that every where I go these days, I ask this question. “Is your boss easy to follow?” The #1 response is just a belly ache laugh. The #2 usually contains some expletive. I’ve also heard some great metaphors, like how understanding what their boss thinks is like putting together Ikea furniture.
General Leadership
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'To be a leader worth following there must be alignment between the values you preach to the organization and the values you live out in every facet of your life. Andy Stanley. For my first post, I want to talk about my strongest passions: Leadership and Ethics, Morals, and Values. I believe that effective leaders, leaders who attract and maintain followers, and leaders who make the good and right things happen for people and organizations have a strong foundation that is built upon their unders
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CTOvision
FEBRUARY 21, 2015
'By Bob Gourley. Data science history was made on 19 Feb 2015. For the first time in the history of Hadoop World, the President of the United States gave a keynote. Dwell on that for a bit. This is huge. No matter what your politics is, you really have to agree, this is huge. After the President''s address also see the overview provided by DJ Patil, the new Chief Data Scientist for the federal government.
N2Growth Blog
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
'By Grant Wattie. President, N2Growth Australia. While having lunch with a number of writers, Ernest Hemingway claimed he could write a short story that was only six words long. When the lofty group of writers scoffed at the notion, he invited each of them to put ten dollars on the table, saying that if he was wrong he’d match it. But if he was right he’d keep the money.
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Terry Starbucker
FEBRUARY 22, 2015
'“Let me embrace thee , sour adversity , for wise men say it is the wisest course” – William Shakespeare, from Henry VI, Part III. Leadership is hard. It took me a long time to come to grips with that notion, but it really helped me when I did. There’s no “easy” way to float to the top of the mountain with a great team at your side.
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Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 9, 2015
'I was talking to a very successful sales executive friend of mine. “Oh, I don’t need any of that social media crap. I’m old school. You know, like building relationships, having a real conversation, solving problems…” I laughed, “Sounds like the perfect way to use social media to me!” Whenever someone spouts off about how “The rules of selling have changed,” I raise a skeptical eyebrow.
General Leadership
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
'“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Paul H. O’Neill, the former CEO of aluminum company Alcoa, was on his second day on the job as the company’s new leader when his secretary, a twenty-five-year Alcoa veteran, approached him to inquire when he was planning to join the local country club.
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
'By Matt Southmayd. Cybersecurity is one of the most important issues facing organizations today. It is so important that President Obama addressed it 20 January during his State of the Union address. The President talked about the urgent need to ensure that "no foreign nation, no hacker, should be able to shut down our networks, steal our trade secrets, or invade the privacy of American families, especially our kids.
N2Growth Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
'By Brody Clemmer. Chief Innovation Officer, N2Growth. I have been a Digital Marketer, a Genius, a Business Representative, and a Shift Manager. I have guided through the titles that life has graciously provided me, without a true understanding of what it meant. Now, I find myself in this position again as a Chief Innovation Officer. When people ask me, “Brody, what do you do?
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Erik Bernhardsson
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
Wow I guess it was more than a year ago that I tweeted this. Crazy how time flies by. Anyway, here’s my rationale: When I update one line of code I feel like I have to put in a long explanation about its side effects, why it’s fully backwards compatible, and why it fixes some issue #xyz. When I refactor 500 lines of code, I get too lazy to write anything sensible, so I just put “refactoring FooBarController”.
Terry Starbucker
FEBRUARY 15, 2015
'The song that started it all… I remember the first time I felt it. It was in 8th grade, when a friend of mine put a certain 45 on his turntable ( remember 45s and turntables? ). I felt a jolt of energy and exhilaration unlike anything I had experienced before. It was a rock and roll anthem – in this case, it was Elton John’s “ Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting “.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'You need your team to get to the next level. Tomorrow. Actually, you’d prefer if some of them could get there this afternoon. After all, the stack ranks don’t lie, and you need traction. Fast. No time for theory, you need execution. You’ve talked to your A players and have a good understanding of their Harlem Globe Trotter stunts.
General Leadership
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
'You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them. Malcolm Forbes. In my last article, I wrote about how integrity is the very foundation of leadership. Extending that analogy, if Integrity is the “foundation” then Respect is the “walls” of a well-led organization. So, what does “Respect” mean for a leader and how does a leader create a culture of respect in the organization?
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CTOvision
FEBRUARY 9, 2015
'By Bob Gourley. The fine print offered by Samsung regarding their new Smart TV is something you need to dwell on. Not only does the TV recognize your voice, but it will record your conversations even when you do not know you are being listened to. Additionally, this information will be used by Samsung. And, according to their fine print, may also be used by third-parties they decide to work with.
N2Growth Blog
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
'By Mark Hefner. Global Practice Chair, Strategy N2Growth. ADVANTAGE STRATEGY. Five Paradigm-Shifting Principles. Repeatable processes and procedures add great value in stable and predictable times. Those are not the times we live in today or likely in the future. Strategy that works has got to be based on something that proves successful in unpredictable, fast moving, and changing times.
Erik Bernhardsson
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
Febrary 6 was my last day at Spotify. In total I spent more than six years at Spotify and it was an amazing experience. I joined Spotify in Stockholm in 2008, mainly because a bunch of friends from programming competitions had joined already. Their goal to change music consumption seemed ridiculous at that point, but six years later I think it’s safe to say they actually succeeded.
Terry Starbucker
FEBRUARY 8, 2015
'Can you become a better leader in 20 minutes? I believe you can. That’s the time it takes to read 6,000 words, on average. Can you spare 20 minutes to absorb the lessons around the principles of More Human leadership that I outline in these 12 posts? I bet you can! Will you emerge from this crash course in leadership with a better perspective on what it takes to hit the “ success trifecta ” – a profitable business, a happy team, and a fulfilled leader – and the too
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Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
'A Guest Post from Lisa Hamaker, Kaliday Consulting, and author of Creating Joyful Work. The first time I heard this question I had just accepted a new position with a nice bump in salary, and responsibilities. I was expressing to a friend that I was nervous about meeting the expectations of my new manager. The minute my friend asked, “Lisa, how good can you stand it?
General Leadership
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
'“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value!” Albert Einstein. Our value as a leader, and how others perceive our value, has much to do with how we value value and how those around us do the same . Value is a measure of relative worth, merit, or importance. Anything can have value to the degree that it has worth, merit, or importance.
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
'By Bob Gourley. CTOvision is very proud to be a media sponsor of the 4th annual Cloudera Federal Forum. If you are into technology and government and want to find ways to enhance your ability to serve big missions you need to be at this event, 25 Feb at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. The Cloudera Federal Forum, now in its 4th year, has always been filled with lessons learned, best practices and informative glimpses into what is coming from the big data tech community.
Change Starts Here
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'In my Gain Leadership Support webinar, part of the Design & Influence Irresistible Change webinar series , one of the categories of leaders I encourage change agents to plan for are Snipers. Snipers are people who might blindside you if you’re not paying attention, by exerting their influence at an inopportune moment, destroying your project’s momentum.
Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera
Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?
Erik Bernhardsson
FEBRUARY 21, 2015
For most people straight out of school, work life is a bit of a culture shock. For me it was an awesome experience, but a lot of the constraints were different and I had to learn to optimize for different things. It wasn’t necessarily the technology that I struggled with. The hardest part was how to manage my own projects and my time, as well as how to grow and make impact as an engineer.
Toptal
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
You hear a familiar song in the club or the restaurant. You listened to this song a thousand times long ago, and the sentimentality of the song really touches your heart. You desperately want to heart it tomorrow, but you can't remember its name! Fortunately, in our amazing futuristic world, you have a phone with music recognition software installed, and you are saved.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 11, 2015
'My friend, Regina, says that she considers a kid’s book report a win if only one person ends up crying. I remember the wailing and gnashing of teeth I put my parents through in the early years. And last night was one of those nights at the Hurt household. My husband, a firefighter, was on an overnight shift, so it was just me, Sebastian, a bucket of Swedish Fish and the promise of a very long night.
General Leadership
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
'This article is Part 1 of a 3-part series by Colonel Albers on traits that can make or break a leader. Humility. I think that humility is probably one of the least properly understood qualities of a leader. While avoiding pride is critical for a sound leader and citizen, people often equate humility to the opposite of pride. They strive to downplay who they are and the effect they have on those around them.
Speaker: John Mansour - President, Product Management University
You know that sinking feeling. You’ve come up with a winning product strategy, everyone’s on board and energized, and you’re halfway down the path to execution only to have it submarined by something someone convinced your leadership was more strategic! It’s a scenario that’s all too familiar, and it exemplifies one of the biggest struggles with individual product strategies.
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
'By Nate Fick. Editor''s note: Nate Fick is the CEO of Endgame where we first saw this piece. We asked him to share these thoughts with you here. - bg. The Obama Administration deserves credit for putting together the first-ever White House summit on cybersecurity on Friday and – contrary to what some media coverage may lead you to believe – the U.S. private sector mostly deserves credit for showing up.
Change Starts Here
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'As the lines between our work and the rest of our lives blur, it seems more difficult to navigate and differentiate between the two. According to this month’s guest, Dr. Jane Goldner, author of You Can Have YOUR All , the key is not work-life balance, it’s role integration. Tune in to hear how to know if you or others have poor “work-life balance” and what the impact on the organization is, and how to go about implementing role integration concepts at work.
Erik Bernhardsson
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
Wow I guess it was more than a year ago that I tweeted this. Crazy how time flies by. Anyway, here’s my rationale: When I update one line of code I feel like I have to put in a long explanation about its side effects, why it’s fully backwards compatible, and why it fixes some issue #xyz. When I refactor 500 lines of code, I get too lazy to write anything sensible, so I just put “refactoring FooBarController”.
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