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9 traits of great IT leaders

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Some expertise in marketing, operations, cybersecurity, and other functional areas is important, too. That has been the message coming from veteran CIOs, executive advisors, and management consultants in recent years. In other words, they excel at managing IT budgets, projects, staffing needs, and so on.

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The rise of the chief transformation officer

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“I really do think about the two roles differently,” says Wiedenbeck, senior vice president and chief technology and transformation officer (CTTO) for the financial services and insurance company. “I If the nature of the transformation is more about expanding the addressable market, maybe it’s someone else entirely.”

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Mitigating mayhem in a complex hybrid IT world

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We’ve all seen the insurance commercials: Mayhem is everywhere. When it strikes in the consumer world of insurance, you want the right people on your side and the right plan to navigate a way forward. Change is necessary to stay competitive and lead in your markets. The same can be said about IT. Hybrid Cloud

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Building digital fluency in the C-suite and beyond

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Leadership “puts their money where their mouth is.” Translating the CEO’s strategy Another legacy organization, 105-year-old The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), has “a specific focus on elevating data and digital fluency” across the organization, says Sastry Durvasula, CIO and client services officer.

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Examining Mr Price Group’s search to modernize

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Acknowledging they had to bring something to market quite quickly, the online offering had to remain “vanilla.” “The This demands a massive expectation shift and a lot of change management because people could do whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted in the past but now that isn’t possible—at least not at the moment.

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8 ways CIOs and CHROs can collaborate for business impact

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In addition, in a tight talent market, IT must rely heavily on HR to gain an edge in recruiting and retaining valuable IT talent. HR professionals help identify skillsets that are unique to the needs of the organization, and know what the market is dictating when it comes to work arrangements, compensation, and benefits, Kay says.

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What is a project manager? The lead role for project success

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Closing phase: To complete a project, project managers must close all phases and procurements, settle budgets, hand over deliverables, conduct project post-mortems and reports, and return personnel to the resource pool Project management skills Effective project managers need more than technical know-how.