The Tech Exec Podcast with Aviv Ben-Yosef

Healthy Friction

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:00:00 +0300

We don't need to make everything smoother and easier. In fact, some friction is good, and ensuring it's there will benefit your team. More in this week's episode!

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Documentation Absurdity

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 05 May 2026 16:00:00 +0300

I find it absurd that for years, tech leaders and senior engineers didn't put into writing their different decisions, approaches, assumptions, ways of operating, and more for the benefit of their human peers. We have only just started to do so now, to aid the models. Nevertheless, we shouldn't let this change go to waste. More in this week's episode!

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Slow Down to Ramp Up

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0300

If you're not giving your team enough margin, don't be surprised that things aren't improving fast enough (or at all, for that matter). Not every delay is bad. Sometimes, we need to create the space to grow. More in this week's episode.

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Dishonesty

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0300

You might be convincing yourself otherwise, but many tech leaders end up acting like a sleazy technician or car salesperson. Where we draw the line regarding our dishonesty guides our career. More in this week's episode.

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Skill Stacking

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0300

To build a stable organization and help your people's growth (and your own), you need to ensure that skills are being accumulated in some general order and plan. That's a basic principle of coaching that will make you much more effective. This week, we cover just that!

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Debugging Attitude

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0300

Is your team's attitude not where you'd like it to be? Lacking a sense of urgency, or maybe not being accountable enough? Whatever it is, here are the first four steps you can take to address it.

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Servitude Leadership

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0300

Misguided thinking leads to burned-out leaders and engineers who don't realize their potential and don't reach proper seniority. You can do better, for them and for yourself.

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Coaching Desert

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0200

Many tech leaders rarely get proper coaching from the CEO. Don't keep bashing your head against that wall, and don't get lost in the coaching desert. Take control of your progress. If not you, who? And if not now, when?

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Getting Help

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0200

Realizing that you could benefit from help is the first step, but if you don't know how to ask for it, you're not likely to get it. This week's episode is about saying what you need clearly so you can grow as a leader and avoid needlessly confusing or stressing those around you.

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Learning Organizations

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0200

We all say we want a learning organization, but how do you actually set up your team to do that? This week's episode is about ensuring you're not the obstacle in your team's way.

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Free Buffet

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0200

Ever found yourself piling food on your plate(s) because you were in a free buffet? That's what some teams have started doing with the new capabilities they got from AI. Don't fall for empty-calorie features and product obesity. More in this week's episode.

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All Talk No Action

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0200

If your main lens for the outside world and the industry is based on social media and LinkedIn, you're probably getting a very distorted view of reality. It can be depressing, demotivating, or just derailing. It doesn't have to be that way!

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Axioms That Aren't

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0200

There are laws of nature, and then there are the things that we tell ourselves are fixed, yet really aren't. How many of the walls around you are of your own doing? Let's break free.

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Replacing People

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0200

Experience tells that on most engineering teams, there's someone underperforming, either due to a mistake you made or inherited. The question is, what are you going to do about it? More in this week's episode.

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Things Left Unsaid

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0200

What you're holding out on saying is holding you back. How many months have you wasted not opening your mouth? How many opportunities? How much frustration has been building up? Today's episode puts an end to that.

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The Plan

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0200

Are you merely winging it, or did you take a second to consider what you're doing and where you're headed? Being mindful for a few minutes could make all the difference between a proactive leader and a floating one. More in this week's podcast!

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Bringing Your Whole Self

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0200

When we censor ourselves and parts of our personality too much at work, it shows. Your team can feel that there's a barrier. Your peers will sense it. Can you unleash yourself?

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No

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0200

As we're starting the year, people instinctively choose all the things they want to do. It's like piling our plates at a buffet. But that's a sure-fire way to lose your appetite even before getting started. Know your No.

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Crafting Collaboration

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0200

Anyone can get a few good people to join the team, but turning that into an actual team? That's a whole different game. Are you crafting collaboration? Let's get you ready for an amazing 2026.

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Retrofitting

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0200

Humans are amazing pattern-matching machines. However, sometimes we extrapolate from a single anecdote and build upon a shoddy foundation. More in this week's episode.

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Don't Repeat Yourself

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0200

DRY is a rule every engineer knows, but so many leaders forget. We get stuck in loops, going through the same mistakes and wrong moves, expecting the same action to have a different result. Let's discuss DRY leadership.

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Annoying Your Team

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0200

Of course you care about the team, but sometimes we let that care get in our way. We confuse caring for them with coddling and overprotection, which results in teams that happily and calmly go on their merry paths for mediocrity (or worse). More in this week's podcast!

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Autopilot Hiring

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0200

Sometimes, getting so good at something that we do it automatically makes us worse at it. We get the task done and miss the bigger picture. That's what I'm often seeing with hiring and promotion decisions. This week's podcast episode is about breaking out of the autopilot hiring loop and finding the opportunities to do something even more impactful.

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Lessons Learned or Not

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0200

I recently had conversations with several founders and executives after their companies had a major success or failure. What we get out of these moments (other than financial success, if any) is what we learned and how we improved. This week's episode is about not wasting that!

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Greedy Leadership Algorithms

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0200

Optimizing for the next step ahead of you can get you to a local maxima, but still lead you down the wrong path. As a leader, you cannot fall for greedy algorithm leadership! More in this week's episode.

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The Hard Way

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0200

Sometimes, even when we're told exactly what mistake we're walking into, we still have to learn the "hard way." Otherwise, we could all spend a year reading a bunch of books and become perfect in whatever we set out to achieve. Yet, if we don't actually learn, we're wasting our time going through the toils of the hard way without at least getting better. More in this week's episode.

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The Testing Hack

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0200

Just like we iterate on our products, we need to learn how to iterate effectively on our organizations. Framing things as experiments and tests makes it easier to gain momentum, reduces pushback, and helps get people to speak up. This week's episode is about the testing hack!

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Bad Apples

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0200

I've yet to come across someone who had a shortage of excuses. When those are then used to justify not addressing problematic people because they are "critical," we create long-term cultural damage to the org that will be incredibly hard to undo. More in this week's episode!

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Stop Digging

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0200

Death by a thousand papercuts often happens when we neglect particular issues, expecting us to have the opportunity to handle them "seriously" eventually. That neglect can be disastrous. Stop digging!

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Anecdote Machine

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Understanding the natural thought patterns of your CEO will help you communicate effectively and create trust rather than lose it. One such aspect is the "anecdote machine" thinking. With few data points, extrapolation roams free, and it often misses. More in this week's episode!

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The Wet Table

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0300

The ingenious use of paper towels to unlock business value and how that connects to your team's autonomy and agency. Are people sitting on their hands waiting to be told what to do, looking directly at obvious solutions and not implementing them? A lesson from a bar in Rome.

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Excuse Rapidfire

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Just because it comes to you so easily, it doesn't mean you should allow that behavior to guide your thinking. Yes, coming up with reasons why something won't work is easy and might feel like you're demonstrating your smarts. Still, in this week's episode, I discuss flipping that thinking around.

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Single Stepping

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Single stepping might be a good way to debug some gnarly code, but it won't cut it as a leadership practice. Without learning how to step back and look at things at a grander scale, you're bound to think too "small." More in this week's episode.

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Segfault

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0300

You ask for something simple and then get a deer in the headlights look from the other person. The lack of autonomy and agency can hit us everywhere, mcdonald's, restaurants, and your org! More in this week's episode.

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On Par

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Effective leadership enables rapid growth, adjusted to each person's current situation and abilities. You can unlock dramatic success by aligning around simple yet impactful coaching habits. More about that in this week's episode!

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Affordances

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0300

The mirrors in our apartment got me thinking about affordances and deliberate organizational experience design. Are you making the right things accessible?

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Getting Risky

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Risks are unavoidable in our day-to-day work. Yet many of us need some "calibration" of our treatment of risks. Many tech-oriented people have a risk appetite that differs from the company's, resulting in missed opportunities and a slower pace. Let's help you address that in this week's episode.

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Caffellatte

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0300

For more than a week, I kept saying the exact same thing at the same caffé in Rome, and we got a different drink almost every time. Communication is weird. Words are vague. Realizing that is essential to become an effective leader. More in this week's episode.

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Fear

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Fear has two opposite ways of harming how you lead—do you freeze or do you roll over? Either way, fear-driven leadership is not really leadership. You can short-circuit fear's control of your behavior with these three steps.

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Onboarding

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0300

When we see things with a fresh set of eyes, we can notice many things others around us have gotten used to. Be it if you're standing in front of cheeses you've never heard of before in an Italian supermarket or when you joined a new team. How can we maximize learning to ensure we improve our weak spots and double down on our strengths?

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Not a Hamster Wheel

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0300

If your internal conversations are all about your struggles and obstacles, and you always skip over the actual progress you've made, you will inevitably generate self-inflicted burnout sooner or later. Don't tell yourself you're on a hamster wheel… if you ain't!

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Thinking Too Big

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0300

You should be thinking ahead, but don't confuse that with useless busywork that doesn't actually matter. We do it because we're anxious, because we want to do *something*, or because we wrongly mistake that for leadership. But if there's no diff, it doesn't matter—or even worse.

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Start from Scratch

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0300

We moved to Rome and are essentially starting the house from scratch. It's tough, but also liberating. When we're only limiting ourselves to incremental thinking, we might get stuck in a local maximum. Without liberating ourselves from current constraints, making substantial progress can be nearly impossible.

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Don't Make 'Em Happy

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0300

🎶 If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad 🎶 Actually, it can.
Leaders who wrongly think their first priority is to ensure their team is always happy, fine, and dandy create nurseries, not impact powerhouses. Do you know what's important and how to be a good leader without constantly trying to please your team? More in this week's episode.

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Scheduled Maintenance

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0300

There are things that you can just put aside and not think about them until you have to. And then there are areas where you can save a lot of effort by ensuring regular maintenance. That's the difference between having to overwhelm your org with the equivalent of WD40 in a rush, and having the ability to handle a situation you knew would come with an already laid out plan. More in this week's episode!

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Diet… Next Week

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0300

You definitely shouldn't be too hard on yourself, and any particular failure shouldn't rattle you too much. Yet, it is dangerous to get so accustomed to failures and cutting yourself slack that you never start taking action. Rather than keep pushing that diet off by a week, how about committing to some baby steps in the right direction right now? More in this week's episode.

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Vetting

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Whenever you're hiring someone, you realize that titles don't mean the same for everyone. It's not enough to have a reference call where they say someone was a "good senior engineer" and be satisfied, nor can you just interview for a "CTO" position without understanding what CTO even means in the company. This week's episode is about ensuring you get the right people in the right positions.

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Show the Proof

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Somewhat annoyingly, my usual reply when someone tells me they have a certain issue is to ask for real examples. You'd be surprised to see how often people are overly critical of themselves, or obsess over issues long resolved. In today's podcast episode, we talk about learning to shortcircuit a lot of internal criticism, so you only bother with what actually matters.

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Dissonance

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Cognitive dissonance is sometimes a must, because not everything can be clearly decided one way or another. Nevertheless, while you might be aware of the dissonance, as it gets spread in your organization it usually translates into confusion and misalignment. In this episode, we discuss how you'll avoid dissonance to create a more autonomous team around you.

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Manufacturing Urgency

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0300

So many CEOs are worried about their team lacking "urgency" and throw that word around, without realizing how to increase productivity in a manner that's effective. Too often we end up with performance hustling, where people make a show of working hard. Instead, you can create real urgency by showing how much you value everyone's time. More in this week's episode!

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Mistakes Portfolio

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 27 May 2025 16:00:00 +0300

We're all going to make a lot of mistakes, we might as well get better at maximizing the learning-per-mistake we get. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger… if you actually make the effort to get better knowing what you now know. This week's episode is about managing your mistakes portfolio.

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Too Cozy

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 20 May 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Everyone celebrates long-tenured team members—but what if comfort is killing your company? Let's discuss the hidden dangers of having people who’ve been in the same seat for too long. From culture fossilization to growth stagnation, we’ll talk about how stability can become a sedative, and why fresh eyes—not old habits—are what drive real progress. If you’ve got people who “know how things work,” ask yourself: are they still moving forward, or just making sure nothing changes?

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Overcompensating

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:00:00 +0300

When things aren’t going smoothly, most tech leaders don’t slow down to rethink—they speed up to fix. We overcompensate. We protect the team too much, get involved in every decision, pile on late nights, or jump in to do others’ jobs. It feels noble, but it’s actually avoidance. In this episode, I unpack the hidden damage of overcompensating leadership: how it stunts team growth, creates dependency, and feeds your own ego more than your org’s future. If you think you’re being helpful, this one’s for you.

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Chronic Reaction

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 06 May 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Many leaders nowadays suffer from this chronic condition. They do everything right if you only judge each single action by itself. On any given day, you can look at their decisions and say you would've done the same. But the best leaders know that this is a "greedy algorithm" sort of trap and escape. Are you suffering from chronic reaction?

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The Notebook Test

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Imagine if your private leadership notebook — the one where you wrote what you really think about your team — suddenly became public.

How surprised would they be reading it? How surprised would you be watching their reactions?

In this episode, we explore the uncomfortable but essential gap between what leaders think and what they actually say.

Learn why withholding honest feedback creates silent confusion, why coaching means sharing the real story early, and how radical transparency can turn things around.

The uncomfortable truth:

If honesty would shock your team, your leadership isn’t as strong as you think.

Stop Ad-Hoc Leading

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Eight Traits: Product Mastery

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Product Mastery – The Tech Leader’s Force Multiplier

Most tech leaders settle for “understanding the product.” But true product mastery is something else entirely. It’s the difference between being a tech "leader" and being a genuine executive. In this episode, the final one in the series, we unpack what product mastery really means, why it’s the trait that amplifies all the others, and how it lets you shape not just what gets built—but what wins. If you’ve ever felt like your team’s impact is capped by business decisions you don’t control, this is your way in.

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Eight Traits: Executive Mindset

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Executive Mindset — Suspending Disbelief

Before you shoot it down, can you believe it’s possible? This penultimate episode in our eight traits series is about cultivating the executive mindset: the leader who fuels momentum by suspending disbelief, creating space for bold solutions instead of killing ideas with realism too soon.

Don't be a CT-No video.

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Eight Traits: Communication

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0300

Say It Like You Mean It: Communication for Tech Leaders

In this episode, we continue our deep dive into the eight essential traits of exceptional tech leaders—this time, tackling the ever-crucial skill of communication. Too many leaders assume that because they’ve said something, they’ve communicated it. But how often have you walked away from a conversation certain you were clear, only to discover later that the other person heard something entirely different?

Whether you’re speaking to your team, your peers, or your board—this is the difference between alignment and chaos.

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Eight Traits: Coaching

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0300

You’re Not Coaching—You’re Just Talking at People

In this next installment of the Eight Traits series, we dive into one of the most misunderstood (and underused) leadership skills: Coaching.

Everyone thinks they’re coaching because they give feedback or advice. But real coaching? It’s about helping people think better, not just telling them what to do.

If you want a team of independent thinkers—not task rabbits—this one’s a must.

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Eight Traits: Autonomy

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0200

Most tech leaders say they value autonomy. But when it comes to actually letting go and empowering their teams? That’s where the cracks show. In this episode of the Eight Traits series, I unpack how autonomy isn’t just about giving freedom—it’s about intentional delegation, trust, and designing teams that think for themselves (without blowing things up).

If you’re still the bottleneck—or if “delegation” means throwing tasks over the fence—this one’s for you.

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Eight Traits: Instilling Purpose

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0200

For years, I’ve guided tech executives through a simple self-assessment of eight leadership traits—helping them pinpoint the highest-ROI areas for growth. Now, I’m bringing that process to the podcast. In this series, we’ll break down each trait, giving you a framework to assess yourself and practical ways to improve.

After previously discussing vision, now we're covering translating that into action: Instilling Purpose. Vision's no good if it's locked up in your head because then you have to play the master of puppets to make it a reality. Once you master instilling purpose, you gain the genuine benefit of having an empowered team work toward the same objective. More on cultivating that in this week's episode.

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Eight Traits: Vision

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0200

This time, we're continuing with vision: A foundational tenet of every strategy, executives who lack vision don't know where they're headed. Let's go over simple questions to assess whether you've got enough of a vision or not.

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Eight Traits: Accountability

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0200

We’re starting with accountability: Can people trust you to follow through? Do you deliver on what you commit to? Let’s find out.

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Other People's Games

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0200

When you're playing other people's games, you're following a path selected by others. You might have a better way of reaching that destination, or an entirely different one. Too often, we find ourselves playing by rules that weren’t designed for us, following paths that don’t serve us, and chasing goals we never truly chose. In this episode, I break down the power of opting out, the courage it takes to reject playing other people’s games, and how tech leaders can create careers and companies that align with what actually matters.

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Innovation Safety Nets

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0200

This team was spinning its wheels for weeks—endless discussions, half-baked experiments, and no real progress. Then, they put a “safety net” in place, and within days, they made leaps they hadn’t achieved in months.

What changed? And more importantly—can you do the same?
Too often, teams fear taking bold steps because failure feels too costly. But with the right structures in place, they stop playing defense and start creating.

In this episode, we dive into how the right guardrails can unlock innovation rather than stifle it. Tune in to learn how to cultivate a culture where risk-taking is productive, creativity flows, and your team moves forward—fast.

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Risotto or Salad?

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0200

🥗 Salad or Risotto? The Leadership Balancing Act 🍛

Some things can be tossed together in minutes. Others need time to develop depth and character.

💡 A salad? Chop, mix, done. Quick and fresh.

🔥 Risotto? Slow, careful stirring. Rushing ruins it.

In tech leadership, knowing what needs speed and what demands patience is everything.

Confuse the two, and you end up with a half-baked strategy—or worse, a burnt-out team.

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Ibuprofen Management

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0200

Leadership headaches? If you’re just taking painkillers instead of treating the root cause, you’re letting problems fester until they explode—usually at the worst time. Are you practicing ‘Ibuprofen Management’? Let’s talk about it in this week’s episode.

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Burn Notion Down

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0200

Some engineering leaders are so process-driven, they’re practically begging AI to replace them. Are you so intent on bolting everything down, you're mostly ensuring there's no innovation happening? Don't be a bureaucrat. Over-optimization and rigid systems kill creativity, making human leadership irrelevant. More on this week's episode.

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Unhappy Meals

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0200

Is your team essentially operating like teenagers working at McDonald's, not having any real authority or agency to do anything without asking for their parent's permission? The right coaching and environment can unlock their potential, and the wrong ones easily deteriorate into a messy space with lots of unhappy faces. More on this week's podcast episode.

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All Chiefs, No Tribe

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0200

Being easy on the trigger with the titles and "roles" you hand out can really skew your organization's culture in the wrong direction. Here's the story of a real company I came across with no "plain" ICs and how you *should* handle titles and lead roles.

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You Snooze You Cruise

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0200

Toss aside those grand New Year's resolutions you wrote. I've seen tangible and long-term changes in my clients by finding a way to make improvement a constant. If you treat your progress with deliberate practice, these efforts will accrue considerably. But you have to be in it for the long game. More in this week's podcast episode!

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Bootstrapping Leadership

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0200

CTO/VPE? The bad news: Your CEO won't coach you. The good ones? You've got enough agency and authority to pull yourself by the bootstraps! This week's podcast is a DIY-kit for coaching and growth.

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In The Shallows

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0200

Year-end reflection on the behaviors of the top 0.1% engineers and leaders I've had the privilege of working with, and how you should make the time to get deeper instead of always doing shallow work. You don't have to change things constantly, but if you don't constantly learn and reassess, you'll miss the signs when change is actually needed.

Fooling No One

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0200

How you handle delays and issues matters not just for that specific iteration, but for the type of leader you are and how your peers will view you. Are you making cascading delays and failures worse, or are you using it as an opportunity to create a healthier rapport and establish yourself as a genuine leader? Check out this week's podcast episode for more.

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Communication Upgrades

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0200

Communicating better will set you apart as a senior tech leader, reduce micromanagement from your boss and peers, and provide you with more leverage. You can improve all that and fast. Piqued your interest? Check out this week's short episode precisely about this.

Having Fun

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0200

Are you having fun? This isn't a kumbayah question, and not about expecting every second of your work to be fun (that wouldn't be work). It's about ensuring you're not wasting your life, trapped by previous success, what others would say, or thinking you "owe" it to someone else. Life's short, and this week's short podcast episode is about not wasting it!

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Money-Mouth Distance

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0200

A terrific way to erode trust and ruin your momentum as a leader is to be viewed as someone preaching "Do as I say, not as I do." Even worse is when you fail to notice this and are oblivious to the discord. Your team isn't. This week's episode is about spotting and stopping it.

The Final Straw

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0200

That's *it*! You've had! Enough is enough. Right? Well, you might have reached that point. However, *why* did that happen? This week's podcast episode is about debugging leadership procrastination that lets things deteriorate for too long.

Momentum

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0200

Most executives I work with are extraordinarily accountable and remarkably capable of keeping track of different tasks, projects, and commitments. However, when there comes the time to focus on themselves and how they will grow, they find it hard to gain momentum. Let's change that. This week's quick episode is about the tiniest steps toward getting better.

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The Most Challenging Constraint

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0200

Your investors? The budget? The team? Regulation? Yes, you certainly have to deal with a lot of constraints. Yet you might be self-imposing the most challenging constraints of all. The bad news is that you will struggle while you let that happen. The good news is that you certainly can do something about it! More on that in this week's podcast episode.

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Complaints

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0200

Who doesn't enjoy a hearty rant from time to time, am I right? Unfortunately, sometimes our brains mix up complaining with actually doing anything. That's how many leaders and founders lose connection with their own agency and lose efficacy. This week's podcast episode is about complaining and not being the complainer.

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Crutches

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0300

What are the things that you rely on, consciously or not? Whatever it is, it might be holding you back from growing faster or creating a glass ceiling for your employees. Tune in for more in this week's podcast!

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Power Moves

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Power moves don't have to be douchy. At least not the ones we're discussing in this week's podcast episode: How to wield your power and make your move, so you're a real executive and not just someone with a glorified title. Take the lead and… lead! More in this week's episode.

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Rude Awakening

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Sometimes, usually because your boss isn't professional enough, you can let too much time pass without realizing you're underperforming. This week's episode will help you assess your risk factors for this happening to you, as well as how to address them. Don't be blindsided!

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Catastrophizing

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Techies often have a default stance of expecting the worst to happen. It might've served you well when you were coding and helped you remember to write an 'else' for every 'if,' but it can be holding you back right now as a leader. More in this week's episode!

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Replacements

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Stop thinking too highly of yourself. You, too, are replaceable. Apple has done pretty well post-Jobs, surely your startup will survive you taking some time off or focusing on a different area of the company that needs your attention. This week's podcast episode is about embracing how we are all replaceable to create a more robust organization.

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What to Expect When You're Expecting

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0300

What are your expectations of your time as the year is in its final stages? How high of a bar do you set for yourself and your team? Are you acting as a glass ceiling for your organization? More on raising your expectations and the bar in this week's episode.

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Non Linear Careers

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Progressing as an engineering leader shouldn't be automatic and "linear." Very rarely are things as simple as that. How much agency and control are you putting into choosing what you're doing most of your waking hours, as opposed to 'going with the flow'? Check out this week's episode for more!

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Wasted Careers

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0300

This week's episode turned into a bit of a rant about people who fail to make the most of their careers because they prioritize the wrong things. Months wasted can take years to undo when it comes to your own psyche. Get a grip.

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Time Value

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Making some plans and deciding to take certain steps in advance to make your life easier in the future isn't "waterfall" and planning is not over-engineering. In fact, I find that most startups are lacking in the planning department. This week's episode is about considering the time-value of work so you do it when it will provide the biggest ROI.

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Still Waters

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Last week's episode was about the importance of taking action faster as a leader. Today's episode, to throw you off, is about avoiding big, drastic, and showy changes in favor of sticking to small changes that become habitual. Still waters run deep. Check out this five-minute episode for more!

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Photocopies

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Are we on the brink of "model collapse"? There's no way to keep copying what used to work endlessly and assume it will stay the same. Repetition eventually leads to degradation, unless we mindfully inject new innovation. More on that in this week's five-minute episode!

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Taking It In

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0300

When there's a new head-of-state or government elected, we expect to see what they've accomplished within their first 100 days. What excuses have we got, then, not to be making even faster iterations as leaders in startups? More on not 'taking it all in' incessantly on this week's episode!

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Predictions

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Sometimes people make predictions that fail completely. I still think that's healthier than never stating what you think is going to happen. What works for ICs doing TDD is also applicable to executives. For more, check out this week's episode!

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Timing

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Timing is everything. I'm not talking about stand-up comedy but about your ability to spot opportunities and use them. The exact same work has a different value depending on when it is performed. Are you attentive enough to ensure your team is generating the best ROI for its work?

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Boiling

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0300

The story of one of my (too many) geeky pranks in my army service and how humans too easily get used to things being off. This is your weekly reminder to stop boiling.

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Progress Theater

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0300

You might be understanding 'fake it till you make it wrong,' and leaning too heavily into the faking part. That's in part what the tech industry has allowed itself to do for too long, but now we have to learn what are the real progress indicators and adamantly stick to those. Are you making genuine progress that's improving the condition of your users, or are you doing things that look good on LinkedIn?

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Priority Dissonance

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Priority dissonance is what we get when we are so bombarded by tasks that we cannot see the forest for the trees. And if you're not paying enough attention, you'll end up missing great opportunities or kicking yourself for not having acted while it was possible. This week's episode is about fixing that dissonance.

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Think Bigger

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0300

I challenge you to “think bigger” and raise your expectations for your team. Discover the importance of setting ambitious goals and fostering a culture that drives exceptional performance. Move beyond merely meeting roadmaps and strive for greater impact to achieve more meaningful results and become the leader your team deserves.

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Carpe Diem

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0300

This is your periodic reminder that leadership is about taking charge, and you can start by taking charge of your day right now. A few simple adjustments can tremendously affect your productivity, motivation, and energy, and this quickly compounds when you start the same approach with your team. Check out this week's short episode for more!

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Taking Stock

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Looking back on what you've already achieved isn't navel gazing or patting yourself on the back. It's needed to ensure that you leverage your strengths, motivate yourself and your team, and find those areas where you should be injecting deliberate practice. When's the last time you stopped and looked up from between the weeds? Check out this week's short podcast episode for more.

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Holding Your Horses

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0300

We like to think we're logical leaders and can make decisions with rationality. However, sometimes things make our lizard brains trigger and get all stressed about acting faster than really necessary. This week's episode is about learning to hold your horses so you don't quickly decide something that'll take months to undo.

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Curiosity

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 28 May 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Curiosity may have killed that cat, but for leaders it's an unconventional weapon. In an age when people focus more on what they're going to be saying than on listening and learning, those who genuinely lead their lives in a curiosity driven manner have an edge others will never have. Curious to hear how this can instantly make you more impactful leading your organization? Check out this week's five-minute episode!

Growth Excuses

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 21 May 2024 16:00:00 +0300

I don't care how much budget or time you've got, you can find ways to invest in yourself and grow if you want to. No one can prevent you from learning and honing your skills but yourself. Are you standing in your way? Check out this week's podcast episode to stop making growth excuses.

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Progress

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 14 May 2024 16:00:00 +0300

I routinely speak to over a hundred leaders from all over the world to get a "vibe check." Sometimes, I realize some of them are stuck in a high-tech version of Groundhog Day. Are you as well? Check out this week's short episode about making progress.

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Operating System

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 07 May 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Your personal system is crucial to being an effective leader and getting things done. As a geek, I like viewing our routines and habits from this point of view, and it helps me find areas where executives can make considerable upgrades in their day-to-day. This week's podcast episode discusses a few such "modules" you might want to upgrade and how to embark on the path to continuous improvement.

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Who, What, Why

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Don't go off creating or filling positions by cargo-culting what you see in other companies, assuming that's the right path forward. Similarly, if you're a tech executive, don't charge ahead going for a title or role that's not the right one for you or the company. Cultivating an effective executive team requires us to consider these three basic questions to set up the company and ourselves for success.

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Tango

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0300

It takes two to tango, and you have to know how to lead or you're both going to end up on your behinds. This week's short podcast episode is about realizing your agency to unleash effective and rapid coaching. Stop waiting for spontaneous human improvement. Create it.

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Non Binary

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0300

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.

Making Mistakes

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0300

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.

Non Choices

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0300

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.

Tech Team Growth

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0200

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.

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80/20

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0200

The 10x engineer, the 10x leader, and the 10x strategy exist. However, they are often not easy to spot. Realizing that you don't need to come up with something that feels like someone from the future told you can actually increase your odds of achieving 10x work. For more on doing just that, check out this week's episode!

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No Return

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0200

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.

Moving Targets

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0200

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.

Cleverness

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0200

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.

Highly Profitable R&D

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0200

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.

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Parallel Realities

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0200

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.

Theory

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0200

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.

Non Linearity

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0200

Some teams punch above their weight. You can see that many organizations are still suffering from too much bloat, and defocused work. This week's episode shares more insights from my recent conversations with over 100 tech leaders globally about leveraging the concept of non-linearity to create profitable eng teams.

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Mousetraps

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0200

Sometimes, what might seem initially like a needle-in-a-haystack problem is a lot simpler. And when you realize that, you can leverage it so your efforts are more effective. This week's episode is about the connection between mousetraps and making people handle their cheese being moved.

Squeaky Wheels

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0200

Stop focusing your attention on those who are problematic. Handle those situations quickly and move on. Your focus should be on your top performers. Squeaky wheels, no matter how greased, are not likely to get you past the finish line. Check out this week's episode for more on creating effective rapid coaching.

Insanity

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0200

Are you going to let another year pass by more or less the same? Are you prone to what Albert Einstein described as "insanity"? Life's too short for that. Listen to this week's short episode to get out of the meager loop you've been in and start your path toward a bigger future. And, you just might win the raffle!

Repetitive Strain Injury

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0200

I'm sure you've got some big goals, plans, and hopes for 2024. However, you're not likely to reach them by just promising yourself you'll work harder this time. Repeating the same methods and applying more and more force will just result in RSI. This week's five-minute podcast episode is about how you can get better results without burning the midnight oil.

Wishing you a fantastic 2024!

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Board Games

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0200

Every executive needs to know how to talk to the company's board and handle it effectively. Don't appease it, don't be subservient, and don't surprise it. In this week's episode, I'm sharing common problems and some guidelines to improve your communication and decrease the odds of you making the board become too tactical.

Wandering

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0200

Being a tech executive means that things sometimes change. You might be unsure about where you're headed to provide more impact. However, as Tolkien has taught us geeks, not all those who wander are lost. Let's talk about finding your new direction.

Non-Linear Growth

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0200

Someone quit? A long vacation? A friggin' war? Learn how to embrace disruptions, create shorter and more focused roadmaps, and empower your team to thrive in times of change. Discover how unexpected challenges can be opportunities for exponential improvement. Whether you're leading a tech team or looking for ways to drive innovation, this episode will inspire you to harness the power of non-linear growth.

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Bad Decisions

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0200

Did you make a mistake recently? To err is human, and to futilely try and avoid all possible mistakes is being an engineer. Executives with a tech background seem more afraid than their peers to operate in uncertainty, thus capping their teams. Set out to make some good mistakes next year.

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Friends

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 16:00:00 +0200

Freddy Mercury famously sang that friends will be friends. That's right. But they shouldn't be your employees. Check out this week's episode for unpopular opinions about hiring and promoting people.

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Leadership Procrastination

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:00:00 +0200

You're constantly busy. I mean, you're overwhelmed! No one can blame you for procrastination… or can they? This week's podcast is about the leadership equivalent of cleaning up the house when you've got a deadline.

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Winning

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:00:00 +0200

What good is amazing innovation and creativity if it doesn't align with a clear path toward winning? What does aiming for a win mean for tech executives? Another quick episode where I draw the line from Israel's strategic failure on October 7, and startup leadership. Because, yeah, those are the two things I'm thinking of right now and it's melding in my brain.

Waste

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:00:00 +0200

In life, shit happens. Just in the past three years, we've been through COVID-19, saw the startup economy almost grind to a halt, and now there's war here in Israel. Good leaders always work to avoid waste. This week's episode is about not wasting the most precious thing you've got.

Cowardice

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0200

Leaders cannot be cowards. I don't care if you think you're prioritizing your efforts or being politically correct. And, of course, it's related to the war. This week's podcast shares five examples of cowardly leadership and how to avoid it.

Structure

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Even at times of confusion and stress—perhaps even more so—it is important to create your organization's structure intentionally and thoughtfully. This week's short episode is again about some wartime lessons you can apply in your company even without going through war!

Resilience

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0300

This week's shorter-than-usual episode is about resilience. This is based on what I've been talking about with my clients here in Israel: How to create teams that are more resilient and how to take care of yourselves as leaders. 🇮🇱

Stupid Inputs

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0300

A short episode due to circumstances with a quick lesson about communicating and collaborating with stakeholders.

Evaluations

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Let's delve into a critical yet often overlooked aspect of startup culture - evaluations. However, I'm not talking about the prevalent discussions surrounding startup valuations, but rather the core values that define your organization's ethos and guide its trajectory. As a tech executive or a founder, understanding and articulating these values is not only essential for your own alignment but pivotal for attracting the right talent and fostering a culture that resonates with authenticity rather than hollow rhetoric.

Experience Pressure Cookers

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0300

You can count on "years of experience" or you can create an environment where the theory of relativity acts in your favor and people grow faster. It's up to you. Let's talk about immersive cultures, growth opportunities, and detaching ourselves from the calendar.

Best Practices

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Sometimes, the best thing you can do for your team is to disregard "best practices." I've yet to come across a practice that works in 100% of situations. You might be feeling bad for not going with the trend du jour or forcing one upon your team needlessly. Let's talk about knowing when you can skip one out.

Outgrowth

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Your best people are often those who get the least attention. Thus, you're effectively directing them to outgrow the organization and bail on you. Instead, you can be proactive and ensure these precious force-multipliers get the coaching and guidance they need.

Low Season

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Several times a year, if we're lucky, we have a "low season." Are you leveraging these to come out of them stronger and better, or are you squandering a precious opportunity? This week's short episode is all about a difference in attitude that sets some of the best teams apart.

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Sock Puppets

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Ever noticed how some executives unintentionally turn their managers into "sock puppets," overriding their decisions and limiting their autonomy? In this episode, I delve into a dangerous phenomenon that many leaders may not even realize they're perpetuating. Let's understand how this stifling behavior can cripple your team's growth and innovation. Want to discover how to empower your managers and transform them from mere placeholders to real leaders? Join me, and let's unpack this eye-opening concept together!

Backward Motivation

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Ever felt like your team's motivation is in reverse? In this episode, I explore a counterintuitive concept of backward motivation. It's all about understanding the underlying forces that drive your team and how conventional wisdom might be leading you in the wrong direction. Curious to discover a fresh perspective that could transform the way you lead? Tune in!

Proxy Leadership

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Are you guilty of using "proxy leadership" in your team? In this episode, we dive into a common but potentially damaging leadership practice that might be undermining your authority without you even realizing it. Through real-world examples, I'll uncover how this habit can send mixed signals to your team and how to avoid it. Want to become the kind of leader people genuinely look up to and follow? Create career highlights? Then this episode is a must-listen. Join me, and let's grow that leadership muscle together!

The One Problem

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0300

To be an effective leader, you have to choose where you are focusing your efforts. Instead of letting your days be decided by your calendar, happenstance, or merely following the path of least resistance, let's take a couple of minutes to find out the lever that will provide you with the most leverage.

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Articulation Superpower

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0300

It's no coincidence that some of the companies most known for their ability to move fast have writing things down deeply ingrained in their cultures. In an era where the concept of writing down a six-pager feels like composing War and Peace, those precious few leaders who take the time to get better at articulating their thoughts become dramatic force-multipliers. Learn how to take your first step towards this superpower in this week's episode!

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The Chessboard

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0300

There's a simple habit that helps you make sure you are actively forming a team that will be impactful instead of letting things be shaped by happenstance. By doing so, you won't suffer from the dreaded patchy org charts that make little sense or have to combat a flood of requests from your team. Check out this week's episode to learn how to treat your organization as a chessboard.

Rear View Mirror

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Sometimes, your best improvement engine is being aware of the things you've already done. You can also learn to move much more quickly when you can assess whether something is genuinely a crisis or just the fire du jour. Check out this week's quick episode to learn how to reassess your mess.

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Cost vs. Value

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0300

When we fail to consider things correctly, we just might end up like those cliché characters in movies that waste time and let opportunities slip by as they keep waiting for something that'll never happen. Are you aligned with what really matters when making important decisions?

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Vulnerability for Growth

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Sometimes, the burden of all you've accomplished can hold you back from what you have to do next. What got you here won't get you there, and being vulnerable is required. This week's episode is about freeing yourself to improve yourself.

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The Pool Principle

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0300

It's sometimes hard to realize that things have to change just to keep going, but that's actually a sign of healthy progress. Nothing in life is static, and in the long term you're either getting better or worse. The lesson of the pool principle in this week's episode will help you strike the right balance.

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Celebrating Consistency

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Sometimes, you don't need to do anything grand. You just need to do something small but consistently and well. Before you know it, you'll be positioned ahead and others will be left wondering what happened. This week's episode is about consistency and a couple of celebrations.

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Profitable Growth

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0300

A classic sign of success at startups is when the business growth goes "up and to the right." However, we seem to have gotten confused and many tech teams are scaling the same. This was always important, but is currently more relevant than ever: you should drive for profitable R&D growth. Are you there? How can you unlock it? Find out more about it in this week's episode.

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Fluff Roles

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Welcome to the easy-money tech industry where roles are made up and org charts don't matter. Oh, what was that? We're no longer in easy-money mode? Then it's about time you learn how to judge when a new role is justified and when it's just a sign of your own laziness. Check out this week's episode for more!

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One-to-Many

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 30 May 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Find your equilibrium in communication as your company scales. In this episode, we delve into the pivotal task of restructuring one-on-ones to maintain connection without consuming all your time. You have to maintain the value of time with leadership and I describe some alternatives for sharing information and the need for adjusting frequency and duration as your company grows.

Capitalizing Your Technology

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 23 May 2023 16:00:00 +0300

To celebrate my new book being available for preorder, in this week's episode, I share some of its core tenets. Grasp how technology can become the driving force in your organization! We debunk startup myths, foster innovation, and inspire you to create a memorable, impactful organization.

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Annoyingly Candid

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 16 May 2023 16:00:00 +0300

In this episode, I invite you to explore a less-traveled path in communication: being annoyingly candid. Together, we'll dissect the pivotal role of unvarnished honesty in tech leadership, the pitfalls of 'failure work', and how frank dialogues can revolutionize the very fabric of our organizations. So join me, and perhaps you'll discover the boldness to voice what's truly needed in your company.

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Suffering Imperfections

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 09 May 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Embrace imperfection and watch your team flourish! What my bad Italian skills taught me in Rome about how we treat imperfections. In this episode, we explore how allowing employees to learn through trial and error can transform your organization's growth and success. Tune in for powerful insights on nurturing talent and fostering a culture of healthy imperfection!

Fixing Printers

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 02 May 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Don't get stuck being the office 'printer fixer'! Let's dive into the crucial role of a tech executive and how to break free from tech minutiae to truly make an impact. Learn actionable steps to elevate your rapport, your presence, and your voice in crucial meetings. Ensure you're viewed as a peer, not just a handy tech whiz. This is all based on my upcoming book, Capitalizing Your Technology. Check out this week's episode!

Gelato Timing

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Timing is everything in life, and even the same identical thing at the wrong time can have a vastly different value. This week, we're talking about lessons from getting gelato in Rome and how to handle engineers' hate for deadlines.

Impact Orientation

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Wrapping up this brief series for assessing R&D teams, this week's episode is about finding ways to tell how impactful your organization is and why that's so important. I share some ideas for tackling this subjective endeavor. Tune in, and you just might find where you should be spending your attention this quarter!

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Management Strength

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Next on this brief series for assessing R&D teams, this week's episode is about your managers and how well they are at… managing! I share a few metrics to help you assess how well your organization is doing. Tune in, and you just might find where you should be spending your attention this quarter!

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Talent Growth

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Continuing our brief series for assessing R&D teams, this week's episode is about taking stock of how well your organization's talent is doing. After all, tripling impact-per-engineer is not about tripling your headcount but making everyone on the team more capable. Tune in, and you just might find where you should be spending your attention this quarter!

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Moving Past Delivery

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0300

On your journey to get your organization from average or good to remarkable, you need to be able to assess how well you're doing. That will allow you to spot opportunities and weaknesses, as well as keep track of your progress. This week's episode is the first in a series about assessing tech teams and we start with nailing the basics. Can you tell your delivery is good enough so you can start focusing on the things that really matter?

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Swimming Against the Tide

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0200

While going too hard on not-invented-here syndrome can waste a lot of time, being contrarian can be a great way to innovate and gain a better position in the market. In this episode, I share examples of when swimming against the tide makes sense and provide advice on how to spot those areas. Tune in to learn how you can create a team with unique differentiators to outperform your competition.

Time Capsule

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0200

Don't let this tech slowdown go to waste! In this episode you'll discover how to leverage the current "time capsule" to take your team to the next level. You've got an opportunity to drive impact in your business. Why waste a good crisis?

Slow and Steady

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0200

When cultivating culture, the most straightforward solutions are often the best ones. Unfortunately, they're not as shiny. To create an organization that's ahead of the pack, reserve your energy for where it matters. The rest should be done in baby steps. More in this week's five-minute episode.

Communicating Expectations

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0200

No matter if you're planning a trip with friends, trying to get a key hire, managing up, or going through a reorg, being able to communicate expectations clearly is an extremely powerful tool for upgrading your EQ. More on that in this week's five-minute episode.

Geeks in the Boardroom

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0200

After hearing a very bad take about the sort of tech leadership one should have in a startup, I'm covering why this is remarkably bad, even for LinkedIn, and how you might be leading your CEO to hold similar opinions. Find out about this, my upcoming free webinar (Surviving to Thriving), and more in this week's episode!

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In Sync

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0200

How much the executive team manages to act as one team and convey the same messages to the company has a crucial role in your impact capacity. Are you giving off mixed signals or are you moving in unison like a mesmerizing flock of birds? This week's five-minute episode is all about making things fly.

Bad Metrics

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0200

What does get measured doesn't get improved, but sometimes measuring can make things worse. Even in smaller companies, we can easily set up a KPI or metric that makes good people fudge the numbers. Would you leave someone that's a bad fit for longer just because it makes your numbers look better? Too many companies are! More on that in this week's six-minute episode.

Manifesting Values

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0200

Visiting several Apple Stores in different countries recently has really shown how companies' values can manifest in the real world or be ignored entirely. Where do you fall? How can you transform values into a positive force, not a cliché motivational poster? Check out this week's episode!

Meeting Checksums

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0200

I bet you're spending too much time in meetings. At least use this tool to ensure they mean something. This week's episode is a quick five-minute tactic I use to make teams get value out of meetings and more easily spot useless ones. Check it out!

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Leaky Sprints

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0200

Sometimes, what your team has to show at the end of an iteration looks like you've ordered it from Wish.com. Teams that practice "scope bleed" too eagerly are as problematic as those suffering from pathological scope creep—sometimes even more so. Check out this week's episode to start tackling this and create a healthier relationship.

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Growth Cycles

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0200

How much have your best employees improved in the last year? As leaders, we ought to be actively helping people become better, not just for the benefit of the company but simply because that's the job. Here's a quick tip about making the coaching in your organization a lot more effective this year.

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The Odd Year

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0200

2023 is here. It's going to be very different compared to previous years. Are you realigning your expectations and course of action? You can start leveraging the new situation and adjust so it won't become a rude awaking for your people. That, along with a preview of what I'll be launching soon, in this week's eight-minute episode!

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Gaslighting Mask

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +0200

Are you being gaslighted at work? An astounding number of leaders go through second-hand passive gaslighting—they're doing it to themselves! This episode is about tackling both active and passive gaslighting as you prepare to launch yourself into 2023.

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Making Unknowns Known

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +0200

You can be your leadership team's small yet mighty James Webb telescope. Help them see what's around them and map out the unknown. That's a step forward in creating cyborg companies where technology is used throughout. All that and more in this week's episode.

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Drive

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +0200

Drive is at the core of a meaningful career. How's yours doing? This episode is about realizing your drive's health, how to leverage it if it's there, and how to fix it if it isn't. You got this.

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Cocooning

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +0200

When a caterpillar forms a cocoon, a lovely butterfly emerges. When leaders do that, usually unaware, things aren't as pretty… 🦋🐛 Are you constructing an ivory tower around you without noticing? More on that in this week's six-minute episode.

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Options

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0200

Take it or leave it? Nope, life's more analog than that. If you learn to find the spectrum of options, you can help your entire organization find new solutions and uncover win-win situations. More in this week's episode.

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Your Two Cents

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0200

What you think actually matters. Probably even more than you think. Today's short episode is about unleashing your expertise.

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Too Cozy

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0200

Where has a decade of advancements gotten you? Are you now leading a team that's that much better, or have you gotten too cozy and comfy where you're at?

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Debugging Turnover

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0200

How can you tell if you're suffering from high turnover, and how do you address it? Given how expensive it is to recruit talented tech people, ensuring you keep turnover at a healthy level is vital, just like any SaaS keeps track of its churn rate.

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Impact Drift

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0200

When a team seems to be busy doing things that don't make sense, you cannot just blame that team. What is your role in their impact drift? Why do people rarely realize they're straying off the right path? That and more in this week's podcast.

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Dog And Pony Shows

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Companies operating as if it's the Wild West are bad, and so are those with big, cumbersome processes. But you know what's worse? Merely going through the motions. And too many companies are doing just that. Find out more in this week's short episode.

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Leap of Faith

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Sometimes, you have to stand outside of arm's reach. Otherwise, your team is always going to use you as a crutch. Learn how to help them make a leap of faith to unlock their potential and autonomy in this week's seven-minute episode!

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Expanding Minds

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Expanding a mind is a one-way street. Use that to your advantage! It means that every step towards making your employees more "well rounded" is a gain that will never be lost. More details on this mindset in this week's short episode.

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Keeping Time

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Ding! Another quarter is gone. How is annoying my wife on vacation connected to teams with a sense of urgency? You're going to have to listen to this one to find out!

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Comfort Zoning

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Are you moving out of your comfort zone or just digging in deeper? There are two parts to realizing and improving that across your organization, and I share both in this week's episode in under eight minutes.

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Rolling Responsibilities

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Many aren't simply given roles and responsibilities. Does that mean you should spend your career floating with a wraith? No, you can take your personal growth into your own hands. Find out more in this week's episode!

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Yestradamus

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Do you have enough people who speak up in your organization? Nostradamus might have been a bit of a party pooper, but you can create more yestradamuses that make your entire company better and call you out on your baloney. More about that in this week's episode.

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Cheese Movers

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Are you one to automatically deject any incoming changes? In this episode, I share three tips for becoming more of a cheese mover, as well as why you should care.

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Healthy Innovation

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0300

What can we learn from tapas restaurants about innovation in our business? This week's episode is about sustainable disruption and lessons from Barcelona's garlic shrimp 🧄🦐 tapas!

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Claiming Your Turf

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Start standing behind your principles. The easy route is to agree to everything, but the only path to success requires managing up if necessary, to ensure that the organization you lead is one you are accountable for. Find out more in this week's episode about claiming your turf.

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Vinegar Cellars

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Are you waiting too long? Are you actively spoiling what you have?
In this episode, we'll quickly recap a surefire way to accelerate the burnout in your team. Is that what you're doing? Now you can recognize it and stop. Stop turning good wine into vinegar. Cheers!

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Action Items to Items Actioned

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Action items are a dime a dozen. How about actually doing the action?
When your word doesn't mean much, you can't get anything substantial done. More on crafting cultures of execution in this week's episode!

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Leadership Agenda

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0300

For effective meetings, you should go in with an agenda. For an effective leadership role, you should have an agenda, too!
Do you know what 2-4 problems are top of mind for you? And I'm not talking about delivering the roadmap…

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Customer Success Success

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Customer Success success. That's not a glitch in the matrix—that's what you should be telling your R&D team. This week's episode is about
creating a win-win-win that gives you short-term benefits as well as tremendous long-term improvements on your road to triple-impact-per-
engineer. That's all in five minutes. Surely that's better than scrolling LinkedIn?

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Aligning Motives

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0300

When there's an issue with an unhappy employee, many leaders succumb to external motivation tricks. A pay raise, titles, that sort of stuff. Too bad it simply doesn't work. How can you help your team align intrinsic motivation with your company's direction? Tune in to this week's episode!

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Tech Theft

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0300

When we cross the line from managing debt to stealing time from the company! Has your team settled on a setup that feels nice but actually means you're avoiding some of the most critical conversations? And who said they've got too much time on their hands? All that and more in this week's episode.

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Mid Year Review

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0300

2022 is 50% over. Are you on track to make this a fantastic year? I share a handful of retrospective prompts I use with my clients in this quick episode.

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Ask Or You Shan't Receive

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0300

At least until we get neural links in all conference rooms, you can't expect to get things if you don't ask for them. This week's three-minute episode is all about asking and why I prefer teams where people state their "asks" as opposed to being "polite."

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Mistaking Chaos for Autonomy

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Do you really have autonomy, or are you, in fact, just playing by yourself at the little kids' table? Sometimes we have a Lord of the Flies situation going on and we fail to realize that. That's not how you create a team aligned for impact. More on that in this week's episode!

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Would You Like Fries With That?

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Are you an order taker or a leader? If you want to have a tangible impact on the business, you have to think business. More on that and upgrading yourself in this week's episode.

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Meatspace

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Let's talk about what's happening around us. Are you back out yet? Are you getting things done in the real world? This week's six-minute episode is about the three ways you should be considering meatspace and how it can help you.

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Mea Culpa

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 31 May 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Everyone makes mistakes. I made at least five so far today. What are you doing about it? This short episode is about admitting to mistakes and how we treat others that make mistakes.

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Do Repeat Yourself

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 24 May 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Coding lore says we shouldn't repeat ourselves. Sometimes we should. Sometimes we should! This week's episode is all about effectively repeating messages. Wouldn't you like meetings to have checksums, so you knew everyone got the message?

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Seeking Assurances

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 17 May 2022 16:00:00 +0300

If you're trying to ensure that everything is bolted down before starting your journey, you'll eventually realize you never really get going. I'm here to share what I see in hundreds of teams and help you put aside some insecurities or unattainable standards. This six-minute episode covers an issue that often ruins teams' momentum.

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Timeliness

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 10 May 2022 16:00:00 +0300

You are likely optimizing your team's time incorrectly. Sometimes giving things more time will create better results. When? Tune in to this week's six-minute episode to find out.

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Foot Out the Door

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 03 May 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Are you acting with a foot out the door? We might unconsciously be avoiding all sorts of difficult decisions or not thinking big enough. Ideally, this shouldn't be an issue. But we don't live in an ideal world. What should you do? Three guidelines in this week's episode, along with a special announcement!

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Ownership Cultivation

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0300

For changes to stick, your people really have to own them. There's only so much that you can push by yourself, and there's also a ceiling when it comes to how quickly an organization can grow and learn without buy-in. This week's short episode is about cultivating ownership in your organization, be it for sprint tasks or bigger cultural changes.

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Clearing Vision

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Hey, it's just a startup, right? You're not supposed to have a vision a year into the future! Or should you?
This short episode covers what a vision can look like, why it's essential for innovation and empowerment, and how you should work toward it.

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Seeing Red

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Someone made a mistake, and you're all wound up. Whatcha gonna do? If your knee-jerk reaction is to jump to conclusions and spot all the mistakes others have made in their stupidity, perhaps you need to cool off. In this seven-minute episode we talk about a simple technique that has helped me since my army days and that's used by coaches worldwide that will help you provide better feedback.

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Seeing in Color

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0300

As I work more with CEOs and CPOs, I see that we tend to view our counterparts in black and white. How about some color? If you want to create a culture where real collaboration happens, we have to drop the adversarial mindset. Find out more in this week's seven-minute episode!

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Grown Up Conversations

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0300

Let's talk about things like adults. Your team can discuss code structure or tabs vs. spaces for ages, not to mention politics or sports. Why don't we expect at least the same when it comes to meaningful culture-shaping discussions?

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Personal Growth Attention

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0200

Your team's doing good, but how about you? If you fail to grow as fast as your team, you're going to be left behind. Find out more in this week's six minute episode!

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Breaking Momentum

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0200

Sometimes, going with the momentum is bad, especially for you, personally. In this week, I share advice about a problem I've seen spiking recently, along with diagnostics for telling whether it applies to you and if you are suffering from momentum keeping you where you are.

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Fear of Accountability

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0200

You're not afraid of your own accountability, but are you holding your team accountable? Or are you overprotecting and coddling them needlessly? Life's too short to be little, and there's only one route to triple impact-per-engineer. More in this week's six-minute episode!

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Bursting Bubbles

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0200

*Pop* It's time that you go outside of your little cocoon and see what is going on around you. Too often, executives are isolating themselves from their ability to receive candid feedback, or get enough data points to tell how well they and their team really are doing. Let's fix that.

The Never-Ending Story

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0200

We're never really gonna be done. I know we talk a lot about the definition of done, but there's no doneness in our line of work. Can you accept that? Do you realize how short your life is? There is a possible life and career-altering message in this week's episode, which is only six minutes!

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Choosing Yourself First

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0200

It is counterintuitive for many leaders to realize that they have to prioritize themselves for the rest of the team to be effective. Don't be so humble that you undermine your own growth and therefore, your capability to help the team around you perform at its best. This week's episode is all about learning where you need to put your ego aside, stop considering what others might think, and choose your own growth first.

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Universe Elasticity

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0200

As you gain more altitude in your role, you should use the better vision that comes with it. Some things that looked like impassable obstacles previously are, in fact, a lot more flexible. Learn how to spot these to increase your own efficacy and remain impact-focused.

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Bright Spots

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0200

If you're feeling like all the wind has been knocked out of you as you're approaching another challenge, consider finding the bright spots first. Doing that means that you can easily get three advantages on your way to achieving your goals and empower other people as you're doing it. Check out this week's episode for more, and get a chance to win a signed copy of The Tech Executive Operating System!

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Growing Up

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +0200

Sometimes we've got to grow up. Leadership requires a sober perspective in order to be able to choose your fights correctly. All of that in this week's episode, along with a way to win a signed copy of The Tech Executive Operating System!

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Staffing Your Team

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +0200

Hiring people is probably taking up a significant portion of your and your managers' time. Are you doing it correctly? Setting the right priorities is crucial to create a culture that optimizes for impact-per-engineer as opposed to just having more butts in seats. Check out this week's episode for more.

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Permission to Focus

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +0200

This week's episode is a quick coaching session to help you achieve more. Are you overwhelmed facing never-ending to-do lists and trying to juggle many balls in the air? Sometimes, all you need is permission to drop a few things. Let's do that together.

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Immutable Organizations

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +0200

Immutability is all the rage in tech, but that's where it should be left. Leaders who don't translate their learnings into real changes let their organizations slowly grind to a halt. How can you stop that? Lucky you, I covered that in less than eight minutes in this week's episode.

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The Captain Planet Megazord

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 16:00:00 +0200

Some critical aspects make the difference between a glorified manager and a genuine executive. One of them is realizing how you can kick off company-wide initiatives. Tune in to this week's episode and learn in six minutes about a skill that can set you apart and help you make 2022 ridiculously successful.

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It's Never Too Early

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 16:00:00 +0200

Are you leading your people, or are you more of a driving instructor? Everyone nowadays seems afraid of doing too much thinking, where I can testify most of you aren't thinking enough! Check out this week's episode to learn about the right planning balance for your team.

Myopic Leadership

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Directionless CTOs

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:00:00 +0200

They say that when you don't know where you're heading, no wind is a good wind. Are you a directionless CTO? It can be the course of technical cofounders to realize that they are no longer providing as much impact on the company as they used to. How can you tell whether you're in such a spot, and what should you do about it? Tune in to this week's episode!

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Tech Debt as Offensive Weapon

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 16:00:00 +0200

Tech debt doesn't have to be something we're afraid of. Let's tackle an issue that is often a point of contention between R&D teams and the executive team. Can you create the right alignment here in order to add a new capability to your arsenal and enable the company to achieve clarity faster? Tune in to this week's episode to find out.

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Making Use of Common Sense

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:00:00 +0200

Is your common sense filter too sensitive? Are you listening to that little nagging voice in your too often? This week's episode is all about embracing the simplicities of life and how we tend to miss out on opportunities to do things the straightforward way. Tune in for a couple of takeaways that will make you a better leader and save your team valuable time.

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OKR Pitfalls

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:00:00 +0200

It's OKR season, but are you doing it right? In this week's episode, I go through the most common OKR pitfalls that I'm seeing around and how to address them. I also have a special offer for you to make sure that you use them properly next year and learn how to measure your team for effectiveness and impact. Tune in to find out more.

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Valuing Your Time

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:00:00 +0200

How much is an hour of your time really worth? If you want to get more meaningful work done, you have to think about how you spend your days. We all have just 24 hours a day, yet some get more impactful work done every week. Tune in to this week's episode to hear why.

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Redefining Success

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 16:00:00 +0200

Sometimes your team's definition of success might be setting them up to fail. The way we think about our roles and our tasks can be a hindrance, or it can be a catalyst. It's up to you to ensure the right alignment. Tune in to this week's episode to find out more.

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What Are Your Intentions?

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 16:00:00 +0200

When you don't know where you're headed, no wind is a good wind. In this episode, we tackle the main archetypes of the tech executive role, how to choose where you should be aiming your focus, and why it affects the team around you as well.

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Budgeting Tricks for Headcount Planning

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Being responsible with your budget doesn't mean that you cannot use the same creativity you'd use when tackling any other problem. As we're in budgeting season, make sure to avoid these three common pitfalls and set yourself up for success in 2022.

Spotting Delegation Opportunities

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Your leverage relies on your ability to ensure you're not getting sucked into day-to-day minutiae. Many executives need to reevaluate where their time is being invested as they grow with their organizations. Here's an exercise my clients have found useful in the past for spotting the best opportunities to delegate some more.

Guidelines, Not Solutions

Thinking in Results

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Why do you even bother with a big rewrite? Is there a customer that will pay you more for having happier engineers? In this episode, I cover the difference in thinking about the same problem when I ask the CTO as opposed to the CEO. Tune in and learn why it matters and how to align your mindset better—in seven minutes.

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Work Visibility

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0300

If you build it but no one knows, will they come? This week's podcast episode is about the common issues that arise when we're playing it humble and fails to make our work visible and public. Making sure people know what you're doing doesn't mean that you're just trying to get credit! Tune in and let me know what you think.

The Micromanagement Flywheel

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Tunnel Vision

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Sometimes doubling down on the way you thought things should work is just throwing good money after bad. How is a missed PCR test similar to executives falling down a rabbit hole? Check out this week's quick episode to learn how to spot tunnel vision even when you don't have a coach to help you notice it.

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Naming Things

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Phil Karlton said, "There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." In this episode, I'm not going to be talking about cache invalidation, but about the art of naming parts of your organization correctly. How can names rob teams of agency? Or be used as a weapon by others in the company? And is Galadriel a good name for a team? Tune in to find out.

Do You Have to Be a Manager?

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Does being an executive necessarily mean that you have to manage a sizable organization in your company? In this episode, I share examples of the LEAP responsibilities that define tech executives and how a different mixture of them can help you go down the right career path. And that's all in six minutes!

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Value Boxing

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Too often, we're treating work planning the wrong way around. Rather than letting the effort estimates control the conversation, we should use time to our advantage. Check out the concept of value boxing and how it can improve your R&D ROI in this week's episode.

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The Tech-Product Continuum

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0300

At different points in time, every engineer tends more towards the tech or the product ends of the spectrum. In this episode, I cover this concept from The Tech Executive Operating System and talk about the healthy composition for your organization.

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The Vacation Test

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Summer's here. Let's use it to flesh out some patches and hacks in your organization. In this episode, I discuss the vacation test and the hall test, which I regularly use with my clients to evaluate whether they are operating as genuine executives. Two tests in seven minutes. Let's get to it!

Default responses and guidelines

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Impact Per Engineer

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0300

I say at the beginning of episodes that I'm helping you triple impact-per-engineer. What does it mean, actually? Let's break down the holy grail of the 10x engineer and picture together what you should be after.

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Organization Homogeny

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Sprucing up your organization's innovation quotient and lubricating your serendipity by introducing some entropy. This week on the Tech Exec Podcast, we cover a hiring crutch that you might not be aware of and the adverse effects it can have on your team in the long term.

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Management Guilds

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Here's an impactful tactic with an incredible ROI to make your management team better: Let's take what works well for other professions and do it for management as well! This week, I share an example of "leveling the bar" across your leadership staff.

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Making It Personal

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Let's talk about your personal role in what is going on around you. Our gut instinct is to distance ourselves from issues and problems. "The CEO is capricious," "Product is unprofessional," and "the team is burned out." I pity people who go through entire careers like this, sitting there and pointing fingers. In pretty much every company I've worked with, people had more agency than they realized and used. Let's make it personal and help you change things up.

Episode 100: 100 Leadership Lessons

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100 Lessons from 100 Episodes

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Celebrating the 100th episode with 100 lessons picked from the previous episodes. Thank you to the tens of thousands of listeners worldwide for your support. Let me know which of these lessons is your favorite!

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Over Prep

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Join me to hear the story about the VP that knew it all, except for how to use his knowledge. This short episode is about researching ourselves out needlessly. I believe it's the first episode where I ask you to unsubscribe!

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Exponential Backoff

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Wondering what an algorithm I read about as a teenager has to do with your day-to-day as an executive? This week I enlighten you with how feedback might get lost in the way and how that can lead to chafing away at the trust that is core to the work relationships in your organization.

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Innovation Starvation

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Are you making your team's creativity muscles slow atrophy? Are you genuinely proud of the fact you had a two-day hackathon this year? In this week's episode, I talk about what my clients call "the bonanza"—the concept of regular intermissions that turn creativity from buzzword to habit.

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Experience Pressure Cooker

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Let's take someone with no experience and put them in charge of mission-critical systems. Did I make you cringe? Then this episode's the one for you. The experience pressure cooker allows us to accelerate the team's growth dramatically, and it just so happens that you likely have all that it takes to implement it.

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Management Menagerie

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Do you have a team of managers focusing on success, or do you have a zoo exhibiting all different types of management possible? Successfully bringing your team to the next level requires a management team that you can rely on. That rarely happens without the effort to define the role of management in your company or with the typical hodgepodge types of "leadership" in startups. In this episode, I help you take control of your menagerie!

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Family Ties

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Is your organization just one big happy family? You know it isn't. Unfortunately, however, more and more leaders are using this false language, which ends up being treated as lip service and eroding trust or making people misaligned. In this episode, I talk about establishing organizational debt and trying to work around it.

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Edge-Case Thinking

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Are you playing find the loophole whenever you are presented with a new idea? Executives often default to the patterns of thinking that served them well in their hands-on days but have become a burden. How should you adjust your thinking to enable an abundance mindset? Check out this week's short episode.

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Averages

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 25 May 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Life's too short for average. Yet, it seems like we're letting ourselves get out of bed every day to lead an average team and get average results. Let's stop it.

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Product Engineers

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 18 May 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Principal and staff engineers are so 2020. Are you cultivating product engineers? To forge a world-class engineering team, you should help your best people become attuned with what really matters. In this quick episode, I share three tips to set you off on the right path.

Product Mastery episode
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Counterstrike

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 11 May 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Are you idly waiting for little issues to become emergencies, or are you striking preemptively where needed? Leadership involves the art of assessing and taking the right sorts of risks. Nevertheless, effective risk management sometimes involves ensuring the risk doesn't manifest. In this episode, I cover the art of counterstrikes.

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Theory of Relativity

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 04 May 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Let's make a bias we're all suffering from more explicit. We tend to hold others to different standards. That can cause some work relationships to suffer needlessly, and it can also harm personal growth. By understanding the theory of relativity (no equations in this episode), you can unlock better accountability and cooperation. All that in a short episode!

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Customer Friction

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0300

What lessons can you learn from the onboarding Best Buy's CEO arranged for himself? And how does that connect your personal operating system when leading an engineering org to excellence? That's what this week's episode is all about.

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Time

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Time is a crucial part of making fine wine. But also in running your organization. The theory of relativity has taught us that we can experience time differently. That can happen in your org even without approaching the speed of light, and you should be aware of its effect. That and more in this week's episode!

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Shut Up

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0300

Do you know that awkward feeling when there's silence? Do you often rush to fill it? Stop it. Shut up!

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The Tech Executive Operating System

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0300

🎉 A special celebratory episode: The Tech Executive Operating System is coming out this week! In this quick episode, I answer a frequently asked question: why did I write it?? Also, I share how you can get free videos, webinars, workshops, and even coaching with me by purchasing the book.

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Knee-Jerk Reactions

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0300

What 20% of your default knee-jerk reactions are in charge of 80% of the day-to-day issues you're seeing? How can you improve yourself in a manner that helps those around you become better as well? Hear about that and more in less than 10 minutes in this week's episode!

Why Didn't the Dogs Bark? episode
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Slam Dunks

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0200

Because I have to learn the ropes with new teams regularly, understand their machinations, and discern where are the problematic areas, I have developed my own heuristics. One of those is finding too many "slam dunks" as an organizational smell. In this episode, I talk about feeling less warm, fuzzy, and comfortable and actually failing the shot once in a while.

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Why Didn't the Dogs Bark?

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0200

Learning from past mistakes and continuously improving is a prerequisite for a high-performing team. However, even if you hold effective post-mortems and find the root causes, you might be stopping yourself short of all the issues. Do you regularly consider why weren't the dogs barking, and who are the dogs here anyway? That's what we're talking about in this week's episode!

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Investing in Yourself

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0200

Are you walking the walk or merely talking the talk? How have you invested in your personal growth in the last three months? Today's podcast episode is about the huge ROI from self-improvement and ideas to do that today.

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Holding Your Breath

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0200

Are you sitting on your hands, waiting for the perfect moment to appear? No one is going to knock on your day and say, "Hey, this looks like a perfect day for a reorg!" This week's episode is all about holding your breath for too long.

Speed of Change episode

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Taking the Lead

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0200

Another approach that you should adopt as a tech executive is taking the lead. Continuing the sneak peeks series to my upcoming book, The Tech Executive Operating System, I discuss the importance of being proactive and making plans—even if they might change—for yourself and your team. Do you want to be a leader, or are you content to continue being merely a glorified manager?

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Letting Go

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0200

Your executive toolkit should comprise a few specific approaches, processes, and models. In today's episode, I'm sharing one from my upcoming book, The Tech Executive Operating System: how to let go. To do your best work, you should aim to outgrow the pace your company is growing, or the company will outgrow you. Tune in to find out more.

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Advantageous Constraints

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0200

Sometimes, all we need in order to have a breakthrough is not to have the ability to do whatever we'd like. Surprisingly, having or settings constraints on the possible solutions can induce a big spur of creativity. In this episode, I discuss the art of setting boundaries to accelerate your organization's Speed of Change: if Intel could pivot the business in two weeks, why do you need a month to decide on a service for sending out emails?

Speed of Change episode

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Reluctant Delegation

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0200

An epidemic for managers and leaders all around is busywork. If your default answer to "what's up?" is "busy busy busy,"—this episode's for you. We delve into reluctant delegation, the lazy tradeoff that you're making right now to the dismay of your future self, and how to make time to think. Stop serving the calendar.

The Calendar Reset episode

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Coders Without Borders

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:00:00 +0200

You want to amass technical assets rather than be consumed with handling your tech debt. One key element in achieving that is fostering a culture of Coders Without Borders—one of the axioms of leadership from my upcoming book, The Tech Executive Operating System. In this episode, I break down what this means, provide you with real examples from my clients for how this looks, and list out a couple of first steps to start working toward achieving this.

Engineering Force Multipliers

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Bursting Leadership Bubbles

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:00:00 +0200

Are your views and ideas constantly challenged, or are you surrounded by people who cannot help but think the same or are afraid of speaking up? Burst out of your bubble. Learn how bubbles are formed, how it hurts your organization in the long run, and how to fix it. Plus, I've got a very exciting announcement! Tune in to this week's episode.

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Serendipity Lubrication

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:00:00 +0200

What can you do to increase the chances of serendipity happening and increase your executive leverage? If you sit in your room thinking, "I wish they would have consulted me about that,"—nothing will change. Create the basis for luck and opportunities by using the meeting you already have on your calendar correctly.

The Calendar Reset

Filling the Void

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 16:00:00 +0200

What voids are being formed around you, why your team is sometimes like sponges, why your management team is on the catwalk, and what's the law of culture accumulation? All that in this week's spiffy and short episode.

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Infatuation with Ingenuity

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 16:00:00 +0200

No one would argue against innovation, novelty, and creativity being employed in your team. Nevertheless, it can be used in a way that provides no value or even hurts your customers. Sometimes, we're just being clever because it strokes our ego. In some situations, you're better off being boring. That is the topic of this week's episode.

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The Overpowering R&D Organization

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 16:00:00 +0200

If you've been following me, surely you've noticed a recurring motif: tech executives do not hold enough sway. This episode's about shuffling things a bit. Sometimes, R&D holds too much power in the organization, even without realizing it. And that power, if not used properly, can burden every planning discussion and stifle any attempt at innovating or trying new things.

The Executive Mindset

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Learning in the Open

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:00:00 +0200

What can a group of strangers who speak different languages teach us about collaboratively accelerating learning? We all know the saying about standing on the shoulders of giants. However, we can improve and learn together as a team, no giants required. This week's episode uses a tale from a long-forgotten universe to teach a lesson you can use with your team today.

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Organizational Smells

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 16:00:00 +0200

If you're taking ownership over an existing organization or want to find the right areas to spend your leadership attention on during 2021, organizational smells help uncover underlying issues. In this episode, I discuss my "org chart debugging" to assess your team's health quickly.

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Senior Engineers

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:00:00 +0200

My definition of seniority for engineers sometimes surprises people. To build a highly capable team that stays effective as it grows, your senior people can not focus solely on their technical proficiency. Seniority means that they should become force multipliers. More on that on this week's episode.

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Drawing the Line

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0200

Executives, especially the best ones who genuinely care about their companies and are involved in many decisions, often have to live with all kinds of decisions being made around them. Frequently, some decisions will not be the right ones in their mind. How do you know where you should stand your ground? How do you pick your battles? This episode is all about that.

Self-fulfilling prophecies episode
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Self Fulfilling Prophecies

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0200

There's a big difference between risk management and a pessimistic "expect the worst" overview. One is the responsible thing to do, while the other will set your team up to fail. More on the importance of your Executive Mindset in this episode.

Executive Mindset

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Level of Coaching

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0200

Coaching your people vital for your team's growth and long term success. Doing it properly also has a cascading effect that helps you establish what I call a Feedback Culture. In this episode, I discuss a common pitfall to coaching that many executives have.

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Against Executive Quarantine

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0200

It might be Covid taking its toll on me, but I'm through with seeing executives going into personal lockdown and quarantining themselves from the rest of their organization. You can be involved without being a micro-manager—that and more on this week's episode.

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Hackathons are a Hack

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0200

Are you content with your once a quarter hackathon that you post on social media? You shouldn't be. Hackathons too often end up stifling innovation, exactly the opposite of what we are trying to do. In this week's episode, I describe the power of better, more frequent innovation practices, so that you can start creating Tech Capital regularly.

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Committing to Committing

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0300

If your team eventually learns that whatever you've committed to might change, like commits in your Git history, you'll lose their commitment as well. In this week's episode, we tackle the issue of nagging questions looping in the back of your head, and the ability to complete actions in a way that builds momentum and trust.

Fixing Your Decision Waffling

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The Goldilocks Gravity

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0300

You cannot keep waiting and equivocating till the thing that's "just right" falls in your lap. Great leaders create their reality and don't twiddle their thumbs, hoping the right opportunity will present itself. That and more in this week's episode!

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Personal Definition of Done

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Surely you have a definition of done for your team's objectives. What about yourself? Don't sell yourself short and make sure that you use your leverage. All that in this week's super-short episode.

Peter Pan Count

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Business to Engineering Connection

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Do you ever find yourself saying, "our engineers just don't care about the users" or other things along those lines? In this episode, I tackle the engineering-business connection and help you see your part in fostering the right kind of attitude.

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Speaking Up

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0300

With great responsibility should come great power. Too often, though, tech executives clam up rather than speak and leverage their position to the fullest. If you want to an effective leader, you have to learn to talk well among your peers. More on this week's episode.

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The Ultimate Tech Executive

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0300

A question I routinely get is what defines the best executives I work with. The trick is that each executive is different, and still, the best tend to start thinking about the result first—more on that on this week's episode.

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Zooming on Impact

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Right now, too many engineers are slowly drifting more towards Tech on the Tech-Product Continuum. You might think that's a good thing to do, due to COVID and all. You'd be wrong. Don't ruin your team. Listen to this week's episode to hear why.

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Motivation

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Following a question on twitter, I am expanding on why motivation is one of the most important things to look for when hiring or selecting people to invest in. Intrinsic motivation acts as a catalyst that those gifted individuals then use to propel the company forward. More on this week's episode!

Relevant tweet

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Managers vs. Executives

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:00:00 +0300

What are the actual differences between managers and executives? Is there anything more to it than the title? What differentiates the best tech executives from the rest? Tune in to this week's episode to find out.

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Company Generations

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Companies have internal generations that change every 18-36 months. Each generation comes with its own mindset and beliefs. Some companies have to face the generational gap or a lost generation. In this episode, we delve into these definitions and how they can help you lead your team better.

Getting Rid of Heroes episode

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Cultivating Culture

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Creating and cultivating the right culture in your company is an active and purposeful endeavor. It is also not a one-off activity. In this episode, we'll cover the importance of cultivating culture, and the first steps you can make to start creating a resilient culture that will keep serving you as the company matures and changes.

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Comfort Zones

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Leaving your comfort zones, and pushing your team out of them occasionally, is key for the success and growth of a remarkable team. In this episode, we cover some simple examples to start stretching yourself and the rest of the team.

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Floating Leaders

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:00:00 +0300

A floating leader is a leader that's going along aimlessly, wherever the tides go. In this episode, I start with a real story and move on to provide the principles and a self-assessment to help you realize whether you are enough of a driving force in your organization—and how to fix it if you're not.

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Picking Fights

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 10:52:58 +0300

As a leader, it is worthwhile to consciously realize where your pick-a-fight dial is located by default and decide where it should be. Fighting too much—what I often am brought to help with—is not as problematic as the real issue: they gave up and no longer fight. More about picking your fight in this week's episode!

Deadlines

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Deadlines have burnt many leaders in the past. Then, they give up the use of one of the best tools available to them to propel their teams forward. In this episode, we cover the mistakes on using deadlines, why they are important, and how you can incorporate them today to cultivate growth and push people out of their comfort zones.

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Firmness of Opinions

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Us techies tend to be opinionated. It gets interesting, though, when we have to make a decision in an area where we do not know a lot and have to solicit input from people around us. That's where you should actively be thinking about the firmness of the opinion you are forming.

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Triage

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Coaching clients often describe a sensation of overwhelm or drowning: they walk down a corridor and get bombarded with questions. This short episode provides tactics to take control of your day and lead.

The Calendar Reset/Refresh episode
Getting Rid of Heroes episode

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Tech Advice

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:00:00 +0300

When we need to make a decision regarding tech, too often, we just go into basic research mode. Checking the latest Medium posts or looking at what's topping Hacker News is not the way to go. Get advice tailored to your needs.

My system for choosing tech

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Hiring First Time Positions

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Hiring your first engineer or manager is easier if you have experience as an engineer or a manager. However, no one is an expert at every position they will eventually need to hire for. The default for many executives is to go on a month-long research expedition to learn how to interview. Here's a better way.

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Creating Strategic Alignment

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Many teams might have a "strategy," but it is never something that has a practical effect on the work. By working to create such strategic alignment, you can enable rapid growth and improvement. In this episode, we discuss the steps to create strategic alignment and your responsibility as the leader to create it.

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Getting Rid of Heroes

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Having heroes in your team might feel nice but it is an unhealthy crutch. It harms ownership and autonomy of other people around and can be a cover for a lack of coaching skills. In this episode, we cover these issues and lay out the path to change things up.

Engineering Force Multipliers episode.

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Remote Works

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 26 May 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Two months later, are you still sitting on your hands? Seeing a drop in performance due to remote work, but hoping "it will blow off soon"? Now is not the time to be dilatory. Here's the evidence you needed to understand remote works, now let's move on and fast.

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Change Buy-In

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 19 May 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Every effective leader has to be able to execute change initiatives quickly. That requires talking about the issue from the right perspective, gathering strategic alignment, and doing your homework. All that and more on this week's episode!

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Filling Product Vacuums

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 12 May 2020 16:00:00 +0300

A product vacuum means that R&D might be stepping up to compensate for an issue and trying to fill the void. Since many engineers have their product gauges not calibrated in alignment with business needs, you need to learn how to spot these and provide them with the right framework to work with. That and more in this week's episode!

Product Mastery episode

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The Hybrid Organization

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 05 May 2020 16:00:00 +0300

When the crisis shelter-in-place situation started, you might have been worried about effectively working from home. Right now, companies globally are transitioning into a hybrid model which is tougher to manage. Start planning now.

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The Perfect Team

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 16:00:00 +0300

When I hear someone claim their team is doing great and needs no help, I ask these questions to quickly realize whether that's truly the case or whether leadership has stopped pushing for better. Follow along.

Engineering Force Multipliers episode
Product Mastery episode

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Engineering Force Multipliers

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Engineering force multipliers exist on several levels: you, as the executive, your management team, and the individual contributors. Cultivating these requires different measures for each group, which we delve into in this episode.

Notes:

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Managing Your Manager

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Managing up is the big kids game, where you get to have sway that will allow you to gain leverage and have a more impactful organization. How do you position yourself to get there?

Replay of my Creating Leverage webinar from last week
Managing Politics episode

Managing Politics

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Tech people turned leaders too often shy away from politics in a way that harms their team. Let's fix that.

Premature Optimization episode
Failing Spectacularly episode
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Failing Spectacularly

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0300

Failure is a necessity if you are trying to do anything novel. Learn how to cultivate a culture where placing bets is safe and a learning opportunity.

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Tough Conversations

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0200

Tough conversations are a vehicle to drive progress in your organization. Without exercising your candor muscle, you'll cultivate a culture of stagnation and low standards. This episode covers how to do these well.

This podcast was selected on top ten lists for CTOs:
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Remote Work

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0200

As more and more companies are moving to work from home, here are a few tips to get the process started and become productive faster. If you have any specific questions, feel free to contact me: aviv@avivbenyosef.com

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Debugging Processes

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0200

Debugging code is a no brainer when compared to debugging processes that span over dozens of engineers, and pinpointing where exactly the bottlenecks are. In this episode, I cover how you can add "debug prints" and step through phases of your organization's processes in order to spot issues and address them effectively.

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Feeding the Beast

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0200

Join me for a quick thought experiment–can you suddenly free up hundreds of hours and heaps of allocated budget and get more impact?

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Engineering Guidance

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:00:00 +0200

Should you, as the person in charge of R&D, default to saying "yes" or "no?" How much should you pushback on ideas? This episode covers that and more.

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Helplessness

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:00:00 +0200

Research shows that people can learn to become helpless and pessimistic, just as they can learn to become optimistic. Those who are inculcated with helplessness then get into a vicious, negative cycle. These things are even shown to work across groups and teams. There are common patterns in startups that cause these. In this episode, we learn how to notice these, how to stop it, and what you should do.

Executive Mindset

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Speed of Change

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:00:00 +0200

As your team grows, its operating system needs to update to accommodate for the change in hardware. The speed with which the upgrades are done is your speed of change. In this episode, I list out the three components to start seeing improvements in your Speed of Change immediately.

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First Times

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:00:00 +0200

First times are inflection points, or can be used as such. How many first times are there in your organization every week? Are you making good use of them?

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Evidence

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0200

In an environment with so many different people, from diverse backgrounds and cultures, you can't hear only one side of the story. Gather the evidence!

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Growing With Your Organization

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0200

A few quick assessments to see whether you're growing fast enough along with your team, and how to decide what you should change.

The Executive Mindset
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Premature Organization

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0200

In the current state of the industry, small startups might feel a feudal society. You have to give lordships (titles) and lands (teams) to each person that's been there for a couple of months for them to feel like they're progressing. Stop it.

Feedback Loops

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0200

A big chunk of running a tight engineering organization consists of keeping a handle of your feedback loops and tightening them as needed.

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The Changes of a Decade

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0200

Was being a tech exec in 2010 that different than it is today? What are the core themes behind the changes in the day-to-day?

Advanced Feedback

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0200

Following up on my latest article exploding on Hacker News, this week we dig into the mechanics of providing negative feedback.

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Feedback Timeliness
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Slack

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0200

How adding some slack time to your organization can make things drastically better, and the approaches you can take to start trying it out.

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Investing Your Time

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 09:00:00 +0200

How your typical week should look.

Previous episode about making time
Plan for about 35 hours a week
- 1:1s - 3 hours
- 1:1s with skips - 1-2 hours
- Thinking time - 5 hours
- Hiring - 3 hours
- Syncs - 8 hours
- Shaping - 6-7 hours

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Hiring Pitfalls

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:30:00 +0200

We spend so much effort into hiring, only to fumble it in ridiculous ways sometimes. Here are a few common pitfalls I regularly see with consulting clients so you can learn to avoid them.

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Don't Go It Alone

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0200

What do you, as a leader, should do to be able to get more done across the organization, and how does that empower everyone else?

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Product Mastery

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0200

Product Mastery is a key tenant of highly productive organizations. Why are you lacking in it, and how can you establish it in your existing culture?

Leveling the Bar

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0200

This episode discusses a starter technique to drive change within your organization, and quickly gain momentum.
For further resources on the subject, I recommend the book Switch.

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Yucatan Asteroid: Think Long Term or Get Extinct

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:00:00 +0200

Long term thinking is also a mindset you should provide your team. A culture of patience and endurance is key.

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"Agile"

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:00:00 +0300

Talking about common issues in organizations, and how to treat them. Stop doing faux-Agile.
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The Blitz

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:00:00 +0300

Are you a one trick pony manager that can only floor the gas pedal whenever you need things done? Is blitzing your only way forward? Stop it.

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Setting Up New Managers to Succeed

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:00:00 +0300

How to handle the promotion of a newly minted manager to their first management position. Why hiring across is preferred, and how to prepare for the transition to achieve the best execution.

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The Calendar Reset/Refresh

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:00:00 +0300

Too often leaders become servants of their calendars. The master dings with a new notification and off they go from one room to the next. We must not enrage the schedule. You end up with no actual time to lead and think. This is a quick tactic I do with clients to free up more time, and make their calendars shift a bit more towards a maker schedule, even though it cannot completely be so.

Candor in Business

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:00:00 +0300

Candor is crucial in leadership, no matter how uncomfortable it makes you. Striving for efficacy, not just being liked, will mean that you have to tell people the hard truth sometimes. Where are you likely missing it?

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Autonomy

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:00:00 +0300

One of the three tenants of a well-balanced R&D organization, here's our first dive into Autonomy, how to measure it at your organization and how to start working on it.

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Management by Walking Around

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:00:00 +0300

Management by walking around is one of the easiest ways to keep your finger on the pulse and not become disconnected. For any feedback or questions, reach out aviv@avivbenyosef.com
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Tech Capital

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 16:00:00 +0300

You've obviously heard, and likely talked, too much about tech debt. Let's try and do things differently. Running a successful R&D operation means that you shouldn't only consider your organization as a cost center. Instead, you should be providing constant innovation to the business. This is what it means.

The Quick Health Assessment

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:00:00 +0300

It's crucial to get to know an organization if you intend to help it. This is, of course, important for me as a consultant, but I am surprised whenever I see a new VP/CTO/Director in an organization that didn't make sure to do a similar background check before taking on the work. This list of quick hacks can uncover a lot of issues quickly, so listen along and think what these mean about your own organization!

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Your Leadership Muscle

Aviv Ben-Yosef — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:00:00 +0300

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