If you want to genuinely become an executive and be viewed as a peer to business partners, you're going to have to stop it with the binary options. The world's not black and white, and those who leverage and create a continuum of options are worth their weight in gold. Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  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 ..read more

Making mistakes is an essential part of growing as a leader. Letting your people is something you have to live with to accelerate their growth. Nevertheless, that doesn't mean you're going to be in ostrich mode and ignore it all. Check out this week's short episode for three pitfalls to avoid. Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  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 ..read more

Sometimes, when you procrastinate or reject making a choice, that can open up new opportunities. Other times, that's a sign of weak leadership. How do you make the choice to choose? Check out this week's short podcast episode for some meta-thinking on upgrading your own decision-making. Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  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 ..read more

Hiring has changed dramatically. I for one am happy most people aren't spending 50% of their time interviewing and onboarding new hires. Nevertheless, it means that we need a different set of guidelines to handle growth correctly. Check out this week's episode to ensure you're on track to create a profitable product-engineering team as you grow it. Join my free live session: Profitable Engineering 101! Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  The Tech Executive Operating System. Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives. For any questions or comments, reach ou ..read more

There are probably right now different issues that you're aware of that are allowed to fester and deteriorate. As you're busy putting out fires, the next wildfire is creeping up. That's what we get when we trade actual leadership for a simplistic greedy algorithm that only addresses things that have gone past the point of no return and must be solved. If you'd like to transition to genuine leadership and be less managed by the events, check out this week's episode. Sign up to attend my free live session: Profitable Engineering 101! Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  ..read more

Boy, the last 4 years have been one hectic decade, am I right? The worst thing you can do is give your team the sense that whatever last crisis you had was the last one. It wasn't. Leadership is about handling these moving targets. Learn more in this week's episode. Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  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  ..read more

Especially when teams have waited too long to redo certain parts of their technology, they are way more prone to overshoot and over-engineer the new solution. That's the classic second-system syndrome at play. However, you're only likely to succeed if you know how to keep your team's cleverness at bay. Check out this week's episode about managing cleverness and how to tell whether you're over-doing something. Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  The Tech Executive Operating System. Subscribe to the best newsletter for tech executives. For any questions or comments, r ..read more

How can you create a product-engineering organization that's profitable? Where growth is aligned with business needs; where engineers don't do tech for tech's sake; where value is the first… value? This week's podcast episode is a quick recap of topics from my four-part series about such organizations. Tune in to create a team worth leading. The articles in the series: Highly Profitable Engineering Teams Making Profitable Software Profitable R&D Structure and Growth R&D Innovation for Fun and Profit Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  The Tech Executive Op ..read more

How is your team branching out daily, just like in code, and how might you suffer from merge conflicts? Let's peel back the layers of how our individual perceptions shape our professional interactions and decisions. Discover the power of external perspectives and the surprising impact of communication nuances within tech teams. In this episode, we delve into a journey of understanding and connecting our divergent views to foster stronger, more cohesive teams. Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  The Tech Executive Operating System. Subscribe to the best newsletter fo ..read more

When you first consider it, you might not realize what "theory" has to do with leading product engineering. However, there is quite a bit you can and should be aware of in order to help your team thrive and operate faster. In this week's 9-minute episode, I share the two levels of thinking required in order to leverage theory and share it across your team. Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  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 ..read more