The Tech Exec Podcast with Aviv Ben-Yosef

Jan 28 2025 284 ep. 8 mins 41
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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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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.

In The Shallows

Dec 24 2024 9 mins  
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.Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Y

Fooling No One

Dec 17 2024 8 mins  
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.Objectively Better Object

Communication Upgrades

Dec 10 2024 9 mins  
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.Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and The Tech Executive Operating System.Subscribe to the best news

Having Fun

Dec 03 2024 6 mins  
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!Also available as video on

Money-Mouth Distance

Nov 26 2024 14 mins  
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.Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and The Tech Executive Operating System.Subscribe to