{"id":75,"date":"2017-05-04T09:13:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T08:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/?p=75"},"modified":"2020-08-14T18:25:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T17:25:17","slug":"which-skills-make-a-great-cto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/04\/which-skills-make-a-great-cto\/","title":{"rendered":"Which skills make a great CTO ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What skills a great CTO needs? <br>\nWhat competency areas an aspiring CTO needs to develop?<\/p>\n<p>This deck linked below provides a complete list of competency areas that a great CTO needs. It includes the description of each area.<br>\nIt also provides a radar to self-assess CTO&#8217;s strengths in those areas, and identify which area can be targeted next for further improvements.<br>\n&#8211; <strong>View and\/or download the deck on Slideshare:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/LucaMinudel\/cto-selfassessment-radar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br>\nCTO&#8217;s self-assessment radars<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus track:<\/strong> The competency areas listed in the deck are related to the key responsibilities that a CTO has. So they can also be used by the CTO to verify that she\/he is given both the authority and the means required to take on those responsibilities.<br>\n<strong>Bonus track two:<\/strong> The radar can also be used in a recruiting process, to describe the expectations and needs of an organisation for its CTO, and compare it with the CTO profile.<\/p>\n<p>Now you can download the deck, self-assess where you stand, decide in which area you want to improve, identify which actions you can take to improve in that area, and find out what feedback you can collect to measure your progress.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/develop.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2071\" width=\"260\" height=\"330\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"text-ads\">\n\t<h3>Develop Technical Excellence that delivers.<\/h3>\n\t<p>\n\t<br>\n\tSee how we can help.\n\t<br>\n\tYou, your team, your Tech.\n\t<br>\n\t<br>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"local-scroll\">\n\t\t<a href=\"\/coaching.html#one_session\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" btn elastic-btn-mod btn-mod btn-dark btn-medium btn-round\" onclick=\"ga('send','event','Blog tech-ads','Click one_session button','Virtual Tech Mentoring');\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\tVirtual Tech Mentoring\n\t\t<\/a> \n\t\t<a href=\"\/coaching.html#assessments\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn elastic-btn-mod btn-mod btn-dark btn-medium btn-round\" onclick=\"ga('send','event','Blog tech-ads','Click assessments button','Virtual Tech Assessments');\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\tVirtual Tech Assessments\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post explores the skills that make a great CTO. 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