The Tech Exec Podcast with Aviv Ben-Yosef

Mar 04 2025 289 ep. 8 mins 68
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A short discussion of leadership improvements you can start using in your startup today as a technical executive, whether you are a CTO, CIO, VP Engineering, VP R&D, and so on.

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Eight Traits: Accountability

Mar 04 2025 14 mins  
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.We’re starting with accountability: Can people trust yo

Other People's Games

Feb 25 2025 12 mins  
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

Innovation Safety Nets

Feb 18 2025 11 mins  
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

Risotto or Salad?

Feb 11 2025 12 mins  
🥗 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-ba

Ibuprofen Management

Feb 04 2025 10 mins  
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.Get my free ebook about the impact coaching framework.Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and The

Burn Notion Down

Jan 28 2025 11 mins  
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.Get a copy of the Impact Coaching Framework

Unhappy Meals

Jan 21 2025 8 mins  
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.Join my upcoming public li

All Chiefs, No Tribe

Jan 14 2025 10 mins  
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.Join my upcoming public livestream about upgrading your coaching skills. Sign up and also get my free ebook about the impact coach

You Snooze You Cruise

Jan 07 2025 9 mins  
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!Get my free impact coaching framework ebook.Grab a

Bootstrapping Leadership

Dec 31 2024 15 mins  
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.Grab my free coaching framework ebook: https://avivbenyosef.com/free-coaching-framework-ebook/Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and The Tech Executive Operating System.