At some point in my career, I started to feel that my leadership skills needed a booster. I was managing a rapidly growing team. For the first time, I couldn’t be directly involved in every customer project and internal initiative, which required my attention. I didn’t have time for regular check-ins or career development conversations …
I recently had dinner with a friend who’s a high-level executive at a tech company. He confided in me about feeling overwhelmed at work. Meetings, emails, and new projects were constantly pulling him in different directions, leaving him with little control over his own time. He was craving some focus time to catch up on …
One of the most popular sessions at Microsoft’s annual internal conference used to be a panel discussion titled, “So, You Want to Be a CTO…”. The room would be packed with hopeful techies, excited to learn about what it’s like to be a CTO at Microsoft from the real CTOs. The panelists were real stars: …
