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Join us for a CTO Happy Hour in San Diego! Thursday, Sep 5th @ 5:30 PM PDT RSVP & more info: https://lnkd.in/g_XdYTS9 Join us for an evening of networking and community building. This event is tailored for CTOs and tech industry leaders to come together, share insights, and forge valuable connections in a relaxed environment. 🚀 About Us: 7CTOs is dedicated to empowering CTOs to evolve into world-class leaders. Through engaging in-person forums, we facilitate connections, offer enlightening discussions, and provide a unique platform for sound boarding technology strategies.

In today’s fast-paced business environment, agility is more than just a buzzword—it's a necessity. At the heart of true business agility lie two foundational principles: collaboration and communication. These aren’t just nice-to-haves; they are essential drivers that enable teams to adapt quickly to change and deliver continuous value. As CTOs, our role in fostering these principles is crucial. The Agile Manifesto emphasizes "individuals and interactions over processes and tools," and this rings truer than ever. Without strong communication channels and a collaborative mindset, even the best-laid plans can falter. It's up to us to create and nurture environments where transparent communication and cross-functional collaboration thrive. When we do this, we empower our teams to navigate uncertainty, respond to customer needs, and innovate in real time. These are the types of conversations we have twice a month in the 7CTOs Growth Group Coaching program. If you're interested in joining these conversations, head on over to https://7ctos.com/growth and apply/ #Agile #CTO #Leadership #BusinessAgility #Collaboration #Communication

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our beloved Michael Saul, who died today after a 5 year battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife and 3 children. He touched the hearts of so many at 7CTOs. His vigor and passion for a transformed technology leader forms the DNA for our organization today. Michael co-founded 7CTOs with Etienne de Bruin in 2013 and created the blueprint for a peer group experience that so many CTOs and technology leaders still belong to. He was our very first facilitator and with entrepreneurial resilience got our first peer groups going in cities around the USA. It's hard to imagine a world without your sweet voice Michael. Rest in peace. And rest knowing that your work continues onward. https://lnkd.in/gsR_GQ-d

How fast and effective our teams operate is directly tied to how we lead. Want an effective team? Be an effective leader... Tomorrow in our #cto group coaching program we're going to be introducing the PACE framework that gives CTOs a clear action plan for how to lean into inspiring more effective teams. This framework is very practical and clear to put into action. I'm looking forward to it! Interested in joining a CTO group coaching session like this? Head on over to https://7ctos.com/growth and apply to join our program. It's only $300/mo for two 1.5 hour group coaching sessions. Very affordable and power packed! #cto #leadership #personalgrowth #ceo

Redefining Software Development and Talent Acquisition with Open Source: In the ever-evolving world of software development, the choices we make today shape tomorrow's technological landscape. One critical decision is the "build vs. buy" debate, with open source solutions increasingly emerging as the answer. We had the pleasure of hosting Aliza Carpio, Director of Product Management Data Platform at JLL Technologies on The CTO Podcast. Aliza shares her insights on Open Source as a Team Sport, Business Benefits, Bridging Product Management and Engineering, Experimentation and Failure and the Impact of Language Models. Tune in to explore how open source is shaping the future of software engineering and product management! 🎧 Listen now: https://lnkd.in/gjE_Vgev

Too many decisions in business are made emotionally, or based on inaccurate or incomplete data. This is a strong sign of ineffective leadership, but more importantly it erodes trust with our teams. This week's discussion in our 7CTOs Growth Group Coaching program focuses on "Getting to Root Cause" as a key critical skill that every CTO needs to master. In this session, we'll be focusing on the most critical tools to help us get to root cause quickly so that we can implement a If you're a hashtag #cto and interesting in discussing topics like this with your peers, and growing your skills, consider joining us in the Growth program. Two 1.5 hour group coaching sessions a month for only $300/mo. Apply at: https://7ctos.com/growth #techleadership #rootcause #leadership #cto #startup

Members of the 7CTOs Growth Group Coaching program are talking about INFRASTRUCTURE this month. This week's topic focuses in how to future proof our companies and shield them from threats by implementing effective Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices. If you're a startup #CTO and interested in learning how to effectively support your company an strengthen your ability to do your role effectively, then join your peers in our coaching program. It's only $300/mo for 3 hours of group coaching/month plus you get a new assessment each month to help you better understand where you team is currently at. To join us for these coaching conversations with your peers, apply here: https://7ctos.com/growth #cto #startupcto #groupcoaching #technology

We've all heard the phrase "People don't leave bad jobs, they leave bad bosses." But when they do, guess who's responsible for hiring the next person? 😳 Now, of course that phrase is hyperbolic and not all employee attrition can be attributed to bad leadership — and in fact, there are plenty of good, healthy reasons for a person to part ways with a company. But there's a reason that phrase still rings true for so many people. A disheartening number of people find themselves looking for new jobs as a result of a manager who is unsupportive, uncommunicative, micromanaging, or disrespectful, making the job unbearable regardless of its other positive aspects. To make matters worse — or at least complicated — many times the organizational telemetry of bad management is sporadic and potentially buried. Resignations may not happen very often (and even when they do, even the most earnest attempts at exit interviews are not likely to yield much useful information), culture and engagement surveys are anonymous by nature and may not provide insights into small teams (and are very infrequent), and power dynamics can affect the otherwise natural flow of feedback. With employee-to-manager ratios sometimes being 8:1 or more, managers hold a tremendous amount of leverage over a company's culture. We owe it to our teams to maintain an unwavering standard of quality when it comes to the leadership we expect in our managers. To this end, executives and other managers-of-managers should keep a constant pulse on the organization through tools such as skip-levels. 360-degree feedback systems are also critical to ensure that managers receive feedback from employees, peers, and other managers. All of that said, I do believe that most managers are well-intentioned, growth-oriented people. I wouldn't have such a passion for what I do otherwise. But I do believe that management is hard, and most managers find themselves ill-equipped and ill-prepared to do right by their teams. And it's our responsibility to create an environment that makes people want to stay. #leadership #management #feedback ♻️ If you found this useful and think others might as well, please repost for reach!

Imagine how much productivity your team loses each time your Engineering team has to push a part of your software deployment manually? Automation and consistency are key! We'll be exploring these topics and more in this week's 7CTOs Growth Group Coaching session when we tackle the CTO Levels Deploy block. In addition to our group coaching sessions, each of our attendees take a deep block-level assessment each month to understand where their team can evolve so that they can create a clear action plan. If you want to join these kinds of group coaching sessions, and take these assessments to understand clearly where you are, then apply to join. It's only $300/month for 2 group coaching sessions. Apply here: https://7ctos.com/growth #ctos #ceos #cicd #deployment #technology