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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

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Other top challenges included budgetary constraints, compliance with laws and regulations, and responding to inquiries from other leaders within the organization. Tech debt and legacy tech Technical debt and legacy tech are both big speedbumps. 1 challenge listed. And they’re thinking about how to ‘hollow the core.’

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

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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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How to succeed as a fractional CIO

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A fractional CIO is typically an experienced IT leader who is external to the enterprise yet acts as an accountable leader and extension of the executive team, says Dave Hartman, president of IT management consulting firm Hartman Executive Advisors. “A What services do fractional CIOs provide?

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7 sins of digital transformation

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“To meet digital transformation goals, companies must build structural ambidexterity, focus on short-term efficiency opportunities that fit the current structure and model, but also pursue medium- to long-term discontinuous expansion opportunities in business that potentially would require structural and cultural changes,” Senan advises.

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What it takes to land a CIO gig in 2024

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To assure potential employers that they can meet those diverse challenges, CIO candidates must demonstrate that they excel at a wide range of leadership skills and activities, Wald says, including the following: Communications: Today’s CIO candidates much demonstration an ability to engage and gain consensus from business and technical stakeholders.

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7 common IT training mistakes to avoid

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“Treating training as a checkbox exercise sends the message to your team that you don’t really care all that much about the content they’re learning — and that mindset is contagious,” warns Steve Ryan, a manager at BARR Advisory, a cloud-based security and compliance solutions provider. Don’t fear attrition — fear stagnation, Ávila advises.

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Simple sabotage for software

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Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision. Blame it on “security” or “compliance” Make sure every task is tracked in a task tracker and has been reviewed, prioritized, and signed off by a group of at least five people.