Articles about Leadership

It sounds counterintuitive, but learning new technical skills will not significantly increase your chances of moving up the corporate ladder in the technology world. So what skills should you develop to grow your career?

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CEOs and other executives see things with a very different “lens” than a geek does. While a geek might think about how cool their solution was, an executive thinks, “how will we monetize that?” Many executives simply filter out all the details they don’t believe are important, which could be a large portion of what you’re saying — if not everything you’re saying.

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If you’re a geek with leadership aspirations, this article is for you. Geeks typically have personal strengths that are great for writing algorithms but less useful for leading teams and organizations. I personally believe that both “geeks” and “leaders” (broadly speaking) bring valuable ideas to the table. If you can be both, it will help your career immensely.

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