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2023 CIO Hall of Fame inductees on building a successful IT leadership career

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Yet the leading tech execs who make up CIO’s 2023 CIO Hall of Fame share many of the same attributes, attitudes, and ambitions. I wanted to be on the side that could influence a better decision rather than on the side lobbying for a better decision,” Loura says of his drive toward leadership. Be planful; know what you want to do.

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8 top priorities for CIOs in 2023

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Welcome to 2023. There’s an industry-wide push to reduce technical and data debt and reallocate those resources toward building the future, Conyard says. “CIOs To achieve this goal, “CIOs need to treat the assessment and analysis of data as a scientific discipline,” he advises. Krantz suggests that IT leaders should seek Ph.D.-level

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15 ways to grow as an IT leader in 2024

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Those challenges have IT leaders sharpening existing skills and developing new ones as ways to improve their leadership style, while others are exploring new opportunities or expanding work responsibilities to grow their executive profiles. It will come down to navigating all the human elements,” he says.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

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Tech debt and legacy tech Technical debt and legacy tech are both big speedbumps. Meanwhile, The Global CTO Survey 2023 released last November by IT consulting company STX Next found that 35% of responding tech leaders listed technical debt/refactoring as their biggest challenge — making it the No. 1 challenge listed.

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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

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Digital transformation is indeed a cornerstone of business strategy today, as 89% of enterprises see digital business as core to their growth, according to Gartner’s Board of Directors 2023 Survey. In fact, says Betzig, change management skills are only the half of it; what’s needed is change leadership. And that is the rub.

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7 sins of digital transformation

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With generative AI now a firm digital transformation priority , 2023-24 will mark the beginning of an AI-driven transformation era. IT loves solutioning and implementing, especially when some underlying technical limitations are rooted in legacy systems and technical debt.

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Women IT leaders on their climb to the top

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For women who aspire to leadership roles in IT, the climb to the top can be particularly arduous — and lonely. This colleague, and early mentor, advised McKay to explore a career in technology, so McKay enrolled in a Microsoft certification program, planning to work a service desk job while completing law school. Lauderdale City of Ft.