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Leadership Language

by Bill Tingle

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About the show

You deliver. You lead. And the promotion still goes to someone else. Leadership Language is the show for IT directors and VPs who want the next seat. Hosted by Bill Tingle, a former CIO with 35 years in enterprise tech, each episode breaks down what actually gets technology leaders promoted. How to speak the language of the boardroom, build the sponsors who advance you, and stop being the best-kept secret in the building. The work was never the problem. Being seen was. Let's fix that.

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