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Rackspace’s Brian Lillie on the importance of leadership principles

CIO

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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The only CIO resolution that matters

CIO

Such exercises are valuable but anachronistic. In fact, continuous real-time learning must become an IT leadership priority. Establishing such a vision will also strongly inform your briefing strategy. Business IT Alignment, IT Leadership, IT Strategy Today, not so much.

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NEX raises $25M, launches Active Arcade to get people moving

TechCrunch

It also previously raised a $4 million seed round from Charmides Capital, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment Ventures and Mandra Capital, Steve Nash, Jeremy Lin and Mark Cuban in 2018. Many other leaders in sports, media and technology have also baked NEX. This latest round comes after NEX raised an $8.5

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Scoring Big: The Intricacies of an Athletic Director Search

N2Growth Blog

The Importance of an Effective Athletic Director Search In the world of athletics, a strong and effective athletic director is essential for the success of any sports program. An effective athletic director must have strong leadership abilities, overseeing the entire athletic department and guiding its staff and athletes.

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From CIO to CEO: IT leaders rise to the top

CIO

Ross Meyercord never set out to make the leap from technology leader to CEO, but a set of intentional and opportunistic career choices delivered the breadth of business experience and leadership skills required to land the job. Neal Sample A transferable skill set Meyercord would certainly make that case.

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How to create a culture of innovation

CIO

Company leadership also creates space and time for employees to innovate by dedicating a team of people to explore emerging technologies, run experiments, and identify business applicability, Crowe says. Through that, [Olympians] are able to do sports-based activities and compete against other high schools. Colgate-Palmolive.

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How Leaders Make Business Metrics Meaningful

Let's Grow Leaders

The doctor prescribes medication, a change in diet, and more exercise. You might take a walk and start an exercise plan that includes some yoga and stress reduction. Eat well, exercise, and take your medicine. When your blood pressure is high, you take your medicine, exercise, and change your diet.

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