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The rise of the chief transformation officer

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Yet unlike his peers, Wiedenbeck’s dual roles — the top technology executive as well as the transformation lead at Ameritas — are often at odds. As chief technology officer, Wiedenbeck is driving automation and IT modernization to reduce complexity and technical debt.

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CIOs in transition: 5 tips for landing your next IT leadership job

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At some point in your career, you’re likely to find yourself in transition, having left an IT leadership job without a new one lined up. While you may have planned or negotiated an exit, very often such departures are beyond your direct control, due to a leadership change, acquisition, or another strategic event.

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Coaching your IT team for change: 9 tips

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If your team pushes back, digs in, or fights whenever you present them with a change, it isn’t solely because they are a change-resistant crew, though. There’s always change,” says Jim Moore, CTO at HR Acuity. “A Getting your team to accept, and even embrace, change is an essential leadership skill.

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The CIO as chief integration (and influence) officer

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“We are seeing a significant expansion in the CIO role and specifically in a handful of responsibilities that weren’t there pre-COVID,” including monetizing data and technology for the organization, re-imagining how work is done through automation , and more focus on emerging technology to drive business solutions, Kark says.

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IT leaders uplift women to fill tech talent gaps

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Vipin Gupta, chief innovation and digital officer, Toyota Financial Services. Central to its internal upskilling efforts is the TFS Academy, an enterprisewide learning capability that covers everything from agility workshops to data and analytics as well as strategy and change management. City of Tacoma.

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Learn from IT Thought Leaders at FutureIT D.C.

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He will bring his story and lessons about leadership and disruption to the FutureIT Washington, D.C. Find out how to use generative AI to enhance customer experience at a presentation from Marci Maddox, research vice president for IDC’s Persuasive Content and Digital Experience Management Software Program.

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How culture and strategic partnerships help fuel transformation

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That’s no small undertaking, and as CTO for the company, it’s Marc Hale’s core responsibility to help achieve that goal by providing a secure and stable platform on which the business can operate and innovate. “As Things change, priorities shift. Change Management, CTO, Digital Transformation, IT Leadership

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