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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

Enterprise CIOs have always been at a disadvantage competing with tech firms for skilled IT pros, but accelerated transformation efforts and an AI gold rush have significantly intensified the talent war, prompting CIOs to increasingly turn to outside firms for help. D ue diligence pays off.

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IT leaders uplift women to fill tech talent gaps

CIO

As companies scramble to find qualified IT talent, they are struggling to achieve greater female representation in their technology ranks, particularly in key areas such as software engineering and cybersecurity. There’s a stereotype of what security looks like, but the technical stuff is the easiest to pick up,” Lee says.

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7 sins of digital transformation

CIO

As CIOs prepare for the next wave of digital transformation, they must demonstrate shorter-term business impacts from technology investments and achieve larger innovation goals that evolve the organization’s business model. It’s hard to deliver business outcomes from any technology investment without business executives as partners.

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Top IT exec recuiters weigh in on talent trends today

CIO

When I last dedicated an episode of the Tech Whisperers podcast to the state of tech talent, we were just coming out of a multi-year “sellers” market, and we could sense that we were hitting an inflection point. I don’t have a broader ambition of moving up in the organization or whatever that career trajectory may be.’

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6 signs an IT manager is struggling — and how to help

CIO

“IT middle managers play a critical role, and companies often neglect and underinvest in them,” says Dan Roberts, host of the Tech Whisperers Podcast and author of Confessions of a Successful CIO. Tech leaders say relationship building is the key. That suggests why they’re struggling.” What can be done to help?

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5 Lessons Learned as a Technical Lead at Gorilla Logic

Gorilla Logic

During my time at Gorilla Logic, I have had the opportunity to work as a Senior Consultant and as a Technical Lead on a very demanding set of services/products for companies that want to skyrocket their efficiency and revenue while maintaining quality, performance, and low technical debt. Be a Servant Technical Lead .

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6 signs it’s time to restructure your IT organization

CIO

Yet, as any IT leader knows, when technical infrastructure fails to meet enterprise needs, hampering productivity and innovation, it’s often time to rebuild from scratch. Restructuring can create uncertainty and stress in an organization, and it shouldn’t be used lightly or regularly, Sinclair explains.