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CTO Series: Mastering the CTPO Role, Katrina Clokie’s Guide to Tech and Product Leadership
- Katrina Clokie, Chief Technology and Product Officer, discusses the importance of seeking out challenging roles to facilitate growth.
- Clokie leveraged her experience and expertise to structure cross-functional teams to achieve unified vision and an efficient structure.
- Clokie highlights the importance of balancing strategic initiatives and business needs by allocating 60% of capacity to strategic initiatives and 40% to ongoing business needs.
- Clokie emphasizes structured cross-functional teams, guarding against structure breakdown, and promoting healthy conflict resolution.
- Clokie provides insight on developing a roadmap that allows for flexibility and focus by reserving 60% of capacity for roadmap initiatives and keeping annual plans light.
- Clokie stresses batch hiring and partnering with finance and talent teams as an alternative to constant recruitment strategies. Avoiding constant recruitment helps avoid overwhelming managers and disrupting team cohesion.
- Clokie discusses the importance of shifting leadership approach to decision-making when transitioning from hyper-growth to a more constrained SaaS company. She emphasizes clear communication and fostering trust and transparency in the decision-making process.
- Clokie recommends several books that she believes are critical for developing leadership skills and driving organizational growth, including The Manager’s Path, Resilient Management, and The Engineering Executive’s Primer.
- Katrina Clokie advocates for a leadership style that emphasizes empowering your team and staying open to continued learning as keys to successful leadership.
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