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7 ways an MBA will advance your IT career — and 5 ways it won’t

CIO

“An MBA exposes IT leaders to critical business competencies by widening their perspective, developing leadership skills, and establishing management skills,” says Pranu Bhargava, executive vice president of technology at AllCampus, a company that partners with universities to offer online degree and certificate programs.

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Step 1 to becoming a business-savvy CIO

CIO

Popular ways of ensuring IT efforts align with business goals range from co-developing strategic plans with executives on the business side of the company to actively collaborating with business users on projects aimed to derive more value from their efforts. The IT project delighted everyone.

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Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2024

CIO

Navigating uncertainty Like many IT leaders, Saket Srivastava, CIO of Asana, believes ongoing lack of economic clarity on a wide scale, paired with instability in the tech market, will create new challenges for 2024. These external factors can have a dramatic impact on business operations and strategic planning.

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Welcome to Strategic Planning 2.0

N2Growth Blog

As a strategy consultant, I have had the opportunity to review a lot of strategic plans over the years. It’s been truly amazing to discover just how many major organizations develop strategic plans that contain little more than a whole lot of budget estimates and revenue projections. Strategic Planning 2.0

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Scoring Big: The Intricacies of an Athletic Director Search

N2Growth Blog

Understanding the Role of an Athletic Director The role of an athletic director is crucial for an athletic program’s success and overall operation. An athletic director is a strategic leader responsible for managing budgets, developing policies and procedures, and promoting a positive and inclusive athletic culture.

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Invoking IT to help revitalize Indigenous languages at risk of extinction

CIO

So, they spent three years coordinating resources, requirements, budgets, and technology to map out the best approach to digitizing the language revitalization project. Ultimately, this led to the development of the National Breath of Life: Capacity Building for Community Language Archivists Apprenticeship Program.

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How to succeed as a fractional CIO

CIO

“A fractional CIO thinks beyond technical needs and considers the needs of the organization from a strategic business perspective.” Fractional, or contract, CIOs are becoming an important and increasingly relied on niche in the IT executive job market. What does a fractional CIO do? What services do fractional CIOs provide?