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Coaching your IT team for change: 9 tips

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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. Some changes — buyouts or leadership shifts, for example — don’t allow for much notice. Paulo Gardini Miguel, director of technology at The CTO Club, agrees.

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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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Liberis CTO Georgina Owens on the power of mentoring and apprenticeships

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CIO: How has your career evolved to becoming an IT director/CIO/CTO? This is how I found myself in the technology industry and my route has since been fairly traditional, as I progressed through development, architecture, project management and then into leadership roles. I am also an avid networker and supporter/mentor of start-ups.

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

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Early on, Loura found himself fascinated with computer networking and the innovation happening in the space, but he was also frustrated by the slow pace of some processes. 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.

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6 signs an IT manager is struggling — and how to help

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Work with their manager or mentor to establish short-term goals that are clear and achievable,” Clark says. Your failure or success will be highly dependent on your network. You need to focus on developing relationships so you have a network to call on when you are struggling.” That suggests why they’re struggling.”

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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. With data and analytics forming the cornerstone of digital innovation, learn how to build a data-driven culture with Karla Gill, CTO of Momentous Capital. The day will wrap with a networking reception.

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The rise of the chief transformation officer

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In his chief transformation officer (CTO) capacity, the current mission is to spearhead an enterprise transformation effort that takes aim at operational efficiency. While she wasn’t directly vying for a CTO role, Yochem says she did deliberately steer her career towards business strategy and revenue responsibilities.