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Is the Role of CIO Ascending or Descending?

Reading through the abundant content on the topics of “partnership” and “alignment” between IT and business units, it’s easy to get a little dispirited.  In survey after survey:
From the Business perspective, we hear that there is a large communication divide between IT and business units, that IT doesn’t understand the business, that IT staff don’t [...]

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The Influence Game for New CIOs

The real impact that a new CIO will have after joining an organization is largely driven by that individuals leadership skills and ability to deliver, but is also framed by other factors, including:

The perceived role of the CIO as held by the reporting point. Is it the CEOs expectation that the CIO will be primarily [...]

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IT Engagement Models

What is your “engagement model” with your internal business partners?  Take a look at the graphic below.  Where do you fall on this spectrum?  Does it vary by the business unit you partner with, or even project/initiative?

I have found that there is tremendous variation in engagement models across companies, both large and small.  If the [...]

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