Geeks Who Lead Podcast
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Geeks Who Lead Podcast
Short Byte: Rob Zuber - Being an executive first
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As a CTO, you're not just responsible for running the engineering team...
Because you're also a C-level executive with the responsibility to help the executive team to leverage technology to achieve their business goals.
So how can you maximize the value you're bringing to your organization? The answer is to be an "executive first".
And that's what Rob Zuber, CTO at CircleCI, talks about in this short byte. He shares what the CTO brings to the leadership team, the biggest difference between a CTO who's focused on their org versus being an active member of the leadership team, how to balance your responsibilities to both the engineering team and leadership team, and why it's important to focus on outcomes - not egos.
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