11 Strategies Tech Leaders Should Remember When Planning Their Teams’ Vacation Schedules

Team leaders understand the need for constant contact. When designing a team of individual contributors, I often look for generalists. I ensure that no team is limited by specialists unless they are utilized for a small amount of time. Teams should have overlap and rotating responsibilities, allowing everyone freedom from specific responsibilities. Generalists have the ability to be flexible.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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12 Skills Every Tech Professional Needs To Deliver Value In The Workplace

Valuable tech professionals need to bring critical thinking to whatever they are doing within year one. The ability to adjust and adapt to market needs means being creative and being able to think on your feet. This kind of mentality matters far more than coding or data science. Technology today involves everything from marketing to accounting. It’s less about boxes and software.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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15 Traits Tech Leaders Are Looking For In New Team Members

Our business isn’t judged on successes, but how we handle failures. Expertise in problem management and solution augmentation is immensely valuable. We can only demonstrate value and partnership when we help our clients recover from realistic issues that arise in field deployment. The world isn’t a perfect place. Being able to work in imperfect environments is crucial for our business.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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Key Sectors CTOs Should Turn To For Their First Hires

IT maintenance, change control, PC troubleshooting, etc. shouldn’t be part of a CTO’s daily responsibilities. Hiring someone in the PC helpdesk or AWS field helps immensely offload daily tasks and IT-related issues. While IT should be under the purview of the CTO, execution is rarely achievable while planning strategically with other executive team members.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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Nine Excellent Resources For Tech Leaders

Nothing beats Reddit for experience, diverse community and creative opinions. While not dedicated to tech leaders, it’s impressive how many professionals, leaders and experienced users belong to Reddit’s service. I’ve found that the information, recommendations, and solutions I’ve come across on Reddit are impressive and shockingly accurate. Reddit also allows the general populace to filter and rate themselves.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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Finding The Best Candidate: Seven Traits Top IT Job Seekers Must Possess

With disruption in mind, tech teams should always employ creative thinkers. Today, tech teams are riddled with data scientists and software engineers. User experience and customer experience are missing from most new offerings. If tech teams are to persist, creative thinkers are required to present new options and round out the rigidity of logic.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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