Technology leaders have many different focus areas and motivations. On today’s show, we’ll discuss three common types of leaders - Visionaries, Maintainers and Resume-Builders.

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THREE TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY LEADERS

VISIONARIES | TRANSFORMERS

Speak in stories, painting big pictures.
Truly understand the overall business, the broader markets, and the potentially changing landscapes ahead over both the near-term and long-term
Understand the timing of the markets and when change is needed vs. nice-to-have
Understand the breadth of competitive threats to the business
Understand both opportunities and opportunity costs

MAINTAINERS | PROTECTORS

Would like to be a visionary, but always default back to focusing on re-optimizing legacy investments
Tend to believe that all decisions are build vs. buy. Aren’t focused on creating longer-term partnerships
Run long RFI processes vs. creating a mindset of incremental experimental scenarios.
Have a protectionist mindset (“avoid vendor lock-in”) with new opportunities, but don’t release that with sunk costs.

RESUME BUILDERS

Recognize that the world is moving fast (lots of new technologies, business models), but aren’t in an optimal starting position.
Establish a big, audacious goal that portrays a visionary mindset.
Establish an “everything” or “all-inclusive” policy, even when it doesn’t make economic sense.
The old 5yrs of building an ERP system is now the 2yrs of transforming to the cloud. Springboard to build the resume without finishing the project.

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Three Types of Technology Leaders