# Executive Leadership

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## Performative Leadership: From Cargo Cults to OKRs

DevFeed: [Performative Leadership: From Cargo Cults to OKRs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/performative-leadership-from-cargo-cults-to-okrs-38735.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://codecapsule.com/2023/09/25/performative-leadership-from-cargo-cults-to-okrs/>)

Author: Emmanuel Goossaert

Published: 2023-09-25T20:47:50Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Code Capsule](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/code-capsule.md>)

Topics: [Agile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agile.md>), [context](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/context.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [intel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intel.md>)

Tags: [agile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agile.md>), [andy-grove](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/andy-grove.md>), [business-processes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business-processes.md>), [cargo-cults](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cargo-cults.md>), [conformity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/conformity.md>), [consulting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/consulting.md>), [corporate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/corporate.md>), [corporate-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/corporate-culture.md>), [corporate-identity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/corporate-identity.md>), [corporate-rituals](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/corporate-rituals.md>), [critical-thinking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/critical-thinking.md>), [culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture.md>), [executive-leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/executive-leadership.md>), [human-psychology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/human-psychology.md>), [industry-standards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/industry-standards.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [leadership-and-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership-and-management.md>), [leadership-and-management-business-processes-cargo-cults-conformity-corporate-culture-corporate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership-and-management-business-processes-cargo-cults-conformity-corporate-culture-corporate.md>), [management-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/management-practices.md>), [okrs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/okrs.md>), [organization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organization.md>), [organizational-behavior](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organizational-behavior.md>), [performative](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performative.md>), [processes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/processes.md>), [rituals](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rituals.md>), [workplace-dynamics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workplace-dynamics.md>)

### AI overview

The article argues that leadership tools and organizational practices are often transferred from the local contexts where they worked into other companies through consulting and training, where their original purpose can be lost. It uses OKRs as a central example and states that the author found no empirical evidence that OKRs improve cost efficiency, profits, or stock price, while citing reported difficulties and potential harms from implementation.

### Source excerpt

Unveiling the corporate cargo cult and how industry standards shape a homogenized leadership culture. The post Performative Leadership: From Cargo Cults to OKRs first appeared on Code Capsule.

## Head of Engineering vs VP vs CTO

DevFeed: [Head of Engineering vs VP vs CTO](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/head-of-engineering-vs-vp-vs-cto-39447.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://imperfect.substack.com/p/head-of-engineering-vs-vp-vs-cto>)

Author: Pedro Gil Carvalho

Published: 2023-07-21T12:05:21Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Pedro Gil Carvalho](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/pedro-gil-carvalho.md>)

Topics: [structure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/structure.md>), [Job](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/job.md>)

Tags: [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [executive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/executive.md>), [executive-leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/executive-leadership.md>), [founders](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/founders.md>), [growth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/growth.md>), [hiring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hiring.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/management.md>), [organizational-structure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organizational-structure.md>)

### AI overview

An analysis of how CTO, Head of Engineering, and VP of Engineering roles vary across companies and change as technology organizations grow. It discusses the division between strategic, founder-facing leadership and execution-focused engineering management.

### Source excerpt

In my previous issue I went over entry-level leadership roles. Today I'll try to disambiguate the three most common senior ones.