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Uy Ut

CIO at Accel

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Which aspect of leadership is most critical to team success?

People & Leadership Process Management Team & Organizational Design+8 more

Building a team

Maintaining a team

Running a team

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Do team members have to be friends to get the most out of a shared mission/project?

People & Leadership Process Management Culture & Values+4 more

Yes

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A DNS outage at Akamai just took down a large chunk of internet services, including UPS, FedEx, Fidelity and LastPass experiencing downtime. Have you been affected by the outage?

Security & GRC Identity & Access Management (IAM)Security Operations Center (SOC)+4 more

Yes

Unsure

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Does your business offer a home office internet subsidy/expense allotment?

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Yes - Fixed $/month

Yes - Fixed %/month

Evaluating It

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What percent of your business applications leverage third-party code?

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1-10%

11-25%

26-50%

51-75%

75% or more

We don't leverage third party code

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What is the most effective frequency for 1-on-1 meetings with direct reports?

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Once a week

Once every 2 weeks

Once a month

Adhoc

What 1-on-1?

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How confident are you in your visibility into exfiltration activity from Salesforce? (Example: A sales rep downloads a customer list from Salesforce & saves it on a personal device)

Very Confident

Confident

Moderately Confident

Not Confident

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What are the main reasons you proactively reach out to your peers? Is this driven by a tactical need, an interest in a topic, or for strategic support?

Uy UtCIO at Accel in Finance (non-banking)5 months ago

The technology part is easy. It's the cultural aspects that we often overlook. When implementing a new technology, I like to learn from my peers about the cultural barriers they had to overcome to make the project successful. ...read more

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What steps would you take as a leader to create a continuous learning and growth culture within your team?

Relationship Management Process Management People & Leadership

Uy UtCIO at Accel in Finance (non-banking)a year ago

Creating a culture of continuous learning and growth within an IT team is an integral part of ensuring your team stays on the cutting edge of technology, is adaptable to changing trends and requirements, and is motivated ...read more

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I’m a new CIO and I’m considering executive coaching — where should I start?

Mentoring & Coaching Personal Development External CXO Relationships

Uy UtCIO at Accel in Finance (non-banking)2 years ago

I have been a multiple time CIO and I understand the need for a coach / mentor. I often wished, I could get someone to share their experiences and advice.

I suggest a couple of places to look for a good coach.

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I'm ready to try a new role. What's the next move after CIO?

Personal Development Training & Certification

Uy UtCIO at Accel in Finance (non-banking)2 years ago

CIO in a different vertical if you haven’t before - or join a couple boards to give you something fresh until you are able to make the one you want.

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What learning and development (L&D) platforms have you found effective?

Training & Certification Talent Management & Performance Applications & Platforms

Uy UtCIO at Accel in Finance (non-banking)2 years ago

Learning and development (L&D) is platform agnostic because it depends on how good your L&D team is. At Pure Storage, they had a very good L&D team that took it seriously, whether you're in sales, engineering ...read more

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How do you carve out budget for learning and development (L&D)?

Training & Certification Talent Management & Performance Financial Management

Uy UtCIO at Accel in Finance (non-banking)2 years ago

One strategy is to call it “our problem,” not your own problem. Make it a collective issue rather than saying, "I need to up level my engineers or they're going to leave." Giving it a larger context is helpful ...read more

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What do you miss most about in-office working?

Team & Organizational Design Culture & Values Business Relationships

Uy UtCIO at Accel in Finance (non-banking)2 years ago

I really miss having a whiteboard session.

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What are your thoughts on prescriptive hybrid working models?

Team & Organizational Design Culture & Values Employee Engagement

Uy UtCIO at Accel in Finance (non-banking)2 years ago

We're trying to be very prescriptive of how the hybrid model is going to work Monday to Thursday. We’re working on a mental model before we even start doing it. But we will need some time to get a rhythm going in terms ...read more

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Can a dedicated office space improve employee engagement even if some are remote?

Team & Organizational Design Talent Management & Performance Employee Engagement

Uy UtCIO at Accel in Finance (non-banking)2 years ago

I wonder whether it was having an in-office experience that impacted the engagement on my teams in the past. That's the piece that I still cannot puzzle through. When I was working at a previous organization, I had teams ...read more

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What are some strategies for preparing your workforce to return to in-person or hybrid working?

Talent Management & Performance Culture & Values Employee Engagement

Uy UtCIO at Accel in Finance (non-banking)2 years ago

I've been thinking about doing more informal cocktail hours, or meeting for coffee before we all start to make a concerted effort to go back into the office. Because it does feel somewhat awkward after being fully remote ...read more

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