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CIO Leadership

What Staff Really Need From The CIO

Much has been said about the role of the CIO in the enterprise and how that role may be changing over time, the need for more innovative ideas, more accountability, better partnership with internal customers and the significant challenges ahead for IT senior leaders. In the mix of advice for CIOs and senior management, there is less guidance on what the staff, the folks who actually do all the hard work, need from senior IT leadership (usually the CIO or [...]

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Flying At The Right Level As An IT Leader

Like many other professions, the career path of an IT leader, VP, CTO or CIO usually starts out at a lower level within an organizational hierarchy, and may take many routes. A business analyst fresh out of college moves through the project management ranks, leading larger teams and programs until he is responsible for an enterprise-wide technology portfolio. A developer writes quality code for a few years, then leads a team of developers, and eventually finds herself as CTO for [...]

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Culture Wars

No, not of the political variety.  Beyond the mission, vision and values statements, the coffee mugs and the pot-luck lunches, how would your describe your IT Culture?  Who is driving it? Leadership (you):  If staff were asked, would they say that you are actively building a culture around a specific vision you have for the team and the organization?  Would they be able to describe that vision?  Do you have followers within leadership/staff that understand your cultural vision and support you in [...]

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