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8 tips for cultivating a winning IT culture

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Are you looking to build a winning IT culture? Foster adaptability and flexibility Adaptable work environments and agile methodologies form the bedrock of a thriving IT culture, says Charman Hayes, executive vice president of people and capability for the technology group at Mastercard.

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Workplace griping: The key release valve your culture lacks

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In most businesses, HR has, by now, instituted training for those managers who oversee virtual or hybrid workforces, to encourage them to institute analogs to the in-person practices that are easily lost in the transition to a digital workforce. It’s a leadership training blind spot. A video call serves this purpose well enough.

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8 steps to turning around a toxic IT culture

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Identifying and neutralizing an emerging toxic IT culture before it can begin damaging team members, projects, and overall organization performance is every CIO’s responsibility. The following eight steps will help you prevent or root out cultural toxicity, keeping your department strong, united, and efficient.

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5 ways CIOs can help eliminate a culture of busyness

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Regarding this culture of busyness, many CIOs say that working longer hours is regularly associated with harder work. We also need to provide the necessary training and support to help employees use these collaboration tools to manage their time successfully,” she says. This is a major contributor to busyness culture.

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Diversity and inclusion: 7 best practices for changing your culture

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CIO.com spoke to DEI leaders and experts to uncover the best practices for building diverse teams and a culture that nurtures those teams and individuals to stop the churn and get closer to the organization’s overall D&I goals. But if your company is not a startup, it is still important to fix your culture before you recruit.

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How culture and strategic partnerships help fuel transformation

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So building a cohesive internal culture is integral to IT success, as well as achieving personal and professional goals. What supports our organizational strategy from technology is building an engineering culture, being customer-obsessed and outcome-focused, and simplifying and modernizing our technology stack.

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How to create a culture of innovation

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Here, they and others share seven ways to create and nurture a culture of innovation. Instilling an innovative culture comes down to creating an environment based on trust, which breaks down barriers and inspires people to have more open mindsets, says Keshavan. Prioritize time for experimentation. Emphasize innovation, not technology.

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