Here's an impactful tactic with an incredible ROI to make your management team better: Let's take what works well for other professions and do it for management as well! This week, I share an example of "leveling the bar" across your leadership staff. Get my book, The Tech Executive Operating System . Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions or comments, reach out to me directly: aviv@avivbenyosef.com...
Let's talk about your personal role in what is going on around you. Our gut instinct is to distance ourselves from issues and problems. "The CEO is capricious," "Product is unprofessional," and "the team is burned out." I pity people who go through entire careers like this, sitting there and pointing fingers. In pretty much every company I've worked with, people had more agency than they realized and used. Let's make it personal and help you change things up. Episode 100: 100 Leadership Lessons ...
Celebrating the 100th episode with 100 lessons picked from the previous episodes. Thank you to the tens of thousands of listeners worldwide for your support. Let me know which of these lessons is your favorite! A lot of these lessons are covered at length in my book, The Tech Executive Operating System . Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions or comments, reach out to me directly: aviv@avivbenyosef.com...
Join me to hear the story about the VP that knew it all, except for how to use his knowledge. This short episode is about researching ourselves out needlessly. I believe it's the first episode where I ask you to unsubscribe! Get my book: The Tech Executive Operating System . Subscribe to my newsletter, the best one for tech executives . Reach out to me directly with questions/comments: aviv@avivbenyosef.com...
Wondering what an algorithm I read about as a teenager has to do with your day-to-day as an executive? This week I enlighten you with how feedback might get lost in the way and how that can lead to chafing away at the trust that is core to the work relationships in your organization. Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives and get a free sample chapter of The Tech Executive Operating System . For any questions or comments, reach out to me directly: aviv@avivbenyosef.com...
Are you making your team's creativity muscles slow atrophy? Are you genuinely proud of the fact you had a two-day hackathon this year? In this week's episode, I talk about what my clients call "the bonanza"—the concept of regular intermissions that turn creativity from buzzword to habit. Sign up for my free webinar: Did You Just Waste a Good Crisis? Hackathons are a Hack Intermissions blog post Get a free sample chapter of The Tech Executive Operating System where I discuss this episode's topic ...
Let's take someone with no experience and put them in charge of mission-critical systems. Did I make you cringe? Then this episode's the one for you. The experience pressure cooker allows us to accelerate the team's growth dramatically, and it just so happens that you likely have all that it takes to implement it. Check out my free webinar: Did You Just Waste a Good Crisis? The Tech Executive Operating System Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions or comments, r...
Do you have a team of managers focusing on success, or do you have a zoo exhibiting all different types of management possible? Successfully bringing your team to the next level requires a management team that you can rely on. That rarely happens without the effort to define the role of management in your company or with the typical hodgepodge types of "leadership" in startups. In this episode, I help you take control of your menagerie! 🚨 Join my upcoming webinar: Did You Just Waste a Good Cris...
Is your organization just one big happy family? You know it isn't. Unfortunately, however, more and more leaders are using this false language, which ends up being treated as lip service and eroding trust or making people misaligned. In this episode, I talk about establishing organizational debt and trying to work around it. Grab a copy of The Tech Executive Operating System . Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any question or comment, reach out to me directly: aviv@avivb...
Are you playing find the loophole whenever you are presented with a new idea? Executives often default to the patterns of thinking that served them well in their hands-on days but have become a burden. How should you adjust your thinking to enable an abundance mindset? Check out this week's short episode. Get the book: The Tech Executive Operating System . Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions or comments, reach out to me directly: aviv@avivbenyosef.com...
Life's too short for average. Yet, it seems like we're letting ourselves get out of bed every day to lead an average team and get average results. Let's stop it. Unlock the keys to a team that's an impact powerhouse with my book, The Tech Executive Operating System . Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions or comments, reach out to me directly: aviv@avivbenyosef.com...
Principal and staff engineers are so 2020. Are you cultivating product engineers? To forge a world-class engineering team, you should help your best people become attuned with what really matters. In this quick episode, I share three tips to set you off on the right path. Product Mastery episode Grab a copy of The Tech Executive Operating System Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions or comments, reach out to me directly: aviv@avivbenyosef.com...
Are you idly waiting for little issues to become emergencies, or are you striking preemptively where needed? Leadership involves the art of assessing and taking the right sorts of risks. Nevertheless, effective risk management sometimes involves ensuring the risk doesn't manifest. In this episode, I cover the art of counterstrikes. Grab a copy of my book, The Tech Executive Operating System . Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any question or comment, reach out to me dire...
Let's make a bias we're all suffering from more explicit. We tend to hold others to different standards. That can cause some work relationships to suffer needlessly, and it can also harm personal growth. By understanding the theory of relativity (no equations in this episode), you can unlock better accountability and cooperation. All that in a short episode! Developer First Tech Leadership Conference Grab my book: The Tech Executive Operating System Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech exec...
What lessons can you learn from the onboarding Best Buy's CEO arranged for himself? And how does that connect your personal operating system when leading an engineering org to excellence? That's what this week's episode is all about. Grab a copy of The Tech Executive Operating System or a free sample chapter here . Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any question or comment, reach out to me directly: aviv@avivbenyosef.com...
Time is a crucial part of making fine wine. But also in running your organization. The theory of relativity has taught us that we can experience time differently. That can happen in your org even without approaching the speed of light, and you should be aware of its effect. That and more in this week's episode! Grab copies of The Tech Executive Operating System before the early-bird benefits run out! Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions or comments, reach out ...
Do you know that awkward feeling when there's silence? Do you often rush to fill it? Stop it. Shut up! Grab your early-bird copies of The Tech Executive Operating System. Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions or comments, reach out to me directly: aviv@avivbenyosef.com
🎉 A special celebratory episode: The Tech Executive Operating System is coming out this week! In this quick episode, I answer a frequently asked question: why did I write it?? Also, I share how you can get free videos, webinars, workshops, and even coaching with me by purchasing the book. The Tech Executive Operating System early purchase benefits Amazon pre-order link Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions or comments, and to get a free sample chapter, email m...
What 20% of your default knee-jerk reactions are in charge of 80% of the day-to-day issues you're seeing? How can you improve yourself in a manner that helps those around you become better as well? Hear about that and more in less than 10 minutes in this week's episode! Why Didn't the Dogs Bark? episode The Tech Executive Operating System —coming in a couple of weeks! Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions or comments, reach out to me directly: aviv@avivbenyosef...
Because I have to learn the ropes with new teams regularly, understand their machinations, and discern where are the problematic areas, I have developed my own heuristics. One of those is finding too many "slam dunks" as an organizational smell. In this episode, I talk about feeling less warm, fuzzy, and comfortable and actually failing the shot once in a while. Developer First Tech Leadership Conference My YouTube channel Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any question o...
Learning from past mistakes and continuously improving is a prerequisite for a high-performing team. However, even if you hold effective post-mortems and find the root causes, you might be stopping yourself short of all the issues. Do you regularly consider why weren't the dogs barking, and who are the dogs here anyway? That's what we're talking about in this week's episode! Sign up for the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions or comments, reach out to me directly: aviv@avivbe...
Are you walking the walk or merely talking the talk? How have you invested in your personal growth in the last three months? Today's podcast episode is about the huge ROI from self-improvement and ideas to do that today. Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions or comments, reach out to me directly: aviv@avivbenyosef.com
Are you sitting on your hands, waiting for the perfect moment to appear? No one is going to knock on your day and say, "Hey, this looks like a perfect day for a reorg!" This week's episode is all about holding your breath for too long. Speed of Change episode The Tech Executive Operating System coming in April! Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions/comments, reach out to me directly: aviv@avivbenyosef.com...
Another approach that you should adopt as a tech executive is taking the lead. Continuing the sneak peeks series to my upcoming book, The Tech Executive Operating System , I discuss the importance of being proactive and making plans—even if they might change—for yourself and your team. Do you want to be a leader, or are you content to continue being merely a glorified manager? Letting Go episode Floating Leaders episode The Executive Mindset Sign up for the best newsletter for tech executives . ...
Your executive toolkit should comprise a few specific approaches, processes, and models. In today's episode, I'm sharing one from my upcoming book, The Tech Executive Operating System: how to let go. To do your best work, you should aim to outgrow the pace your company is growing, or the company will outgrow you. Tune in to find out more. Developer First Tech Leadership Conference Million Dollar Consulting® Hall of Fame Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions or ...
Sometimes, all we need in order to have a breakthrough is not to have the ability to do whatever we'd like. Surprisingly, having or settings constraints on the possible solutions can induce a big spur of creativity. In this episode, I discuss the art of setting boundaries to accelerate your organization's Speed of Change : if Intel could pivot the business in two weeks, why do you need a month to decide on a service for sending out emails? Speed of Change episode Subscribe to the best newsletter...
An epidemic for managers and leaders all around is busywork. If your default answer to "what's up?" is "busy busy busy,"—this episode's for you. We delve into reluctant delegation, the lazy tradeoff that you're making right now to the dismay of your future self, and how to make time to think. Stop serving the calendar. The Calendar Reset episode Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives . For any questions or comments, reach out directly: aviv@avivbenyosef.com...
You want to amass technical assets rather than be consumed with handling your tech debt. One key element in achieving that is fostering a culture of Coders Without Borders —one of the axioms of leadership from my upcoming book, The Tech Executive Operating System . In this episode, I break down what this means, provide you with real examples from my clients for how this looks, and list out a couple of first steps to start working toward achieving this. Engineering Force Multipliers Subscribe to ...
Are your views and ideas constantly challenged, or are you surrounded by people who cannot help but think the same or are afraid of speaking up? Burst out of your bubble. Learn how bubbles are formed, how it hurts your organization in the long run, and how to fix it. Plus , I've got a very exciting announcement! Tune in to this week's episode. Subscribe to the best online newsletter for tech executives , and get updates about The Tech Executive Operating System . For any questions or comments, r...
What can you do to increase the chances of serendipity happening and increase your executive leverage? If you sit in your room thinking, "I wish they would have consulted me about that , "—nothing will change. Create the basis for luck and opportunities by using the meeting you already have on your calendar correctly. The Calendar Reset...
