How CEOs set up for failure CTOs, engineering and their business
CEOs: Can you please stop promoting overnight internal engineers to CTO because you "want them to hit the ground running"?
You are setting up for failure this new CTO and engineering delivery in general.
Which means - you are setting up yourself for some serious business losses.
What you can do if an internal promotion is still the best option in your view:
● From day 1 - give the engineer you now have made CTO support in the form of a fractional CTO with expertise in your specific domain and product type
● From day 90 - give them an external executive advisor to help them truly transition into this executive role.
Or
● Give them the title of Engineering Director - and make a career transition plan with them to ultimately become CTO.
Show them you are giving them the respect they deserve for their craft by taking the promotion seriously...
...not just throwing a label at them and expecting them to deliver several levels up overnight.
And ....ultimately setting up for failure your business, them and engineering in general.
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