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Landing Your First CIO Role? Learn how Next CIO Winners Gathered to Support Their C-suite Tech Leadership Journey.

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With CIOs now often reporting directly to the CEO instead of the CFO, the emphasis has shifted from technical proficiency to business acumen. James Lawson from The IN Group emphasized the importance of storytelling in articulating one’s journey, whether to a search consultant or a C-level executive.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. IT leaders must rigorously assess their partners’ talent management and development strategies, build greater trust and transparency into the relationships, and invest in greater partner governance.

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

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To achieve that, Loura recognized the need to give up time performing the technical work he loved to do more of that decision-making. Loura deliberately pursued opportunities in different industries and ones that presented new challenges. NTT i 3 ), a research and development center; and CIO and CTO of Magellan Health.

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7 common IT training mistakes to avoid

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Is your organization giving its teams the training they need to keep pace with the latest industry developments? Emphasizing the wrong goals A big mistake many IT leaders make is relying on a training structure that prioritizes career advancement over skill development. Don’t fear attrition — fear stagnation, Ávila advises. “If

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10 most difficult-to-fill IT roles — and how to address the gap

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CIO.com’s 2023 State of the CIO survey recently zeroed in on the technology roles that IT leaders find the most difficult to fill, with cybersecurity, data science and analytics, and AI topping the list. But, Kocherlakota says, “generative AI technology is nascent and best practices are still evolving.” The net result?

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CIOs confront generative AI’s workplace X factor

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In the rush to establish technical strategies for making good on the promise of generative AI, many CIOs find themselves running headlong into what may be their most challenging task yet: preparing their organization’s end-users — from knowledge workers and assembly line laborers to doctors, accountants, and lawyers — to co-exist with generative AI.

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8 top priorities for CIOs in 2023

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As technology projects, budgets, and staffing grew over the past few years, the focus was on speed to market to maximize opportunity, says Troy Gibson, CIO services leader at business and IT advisory firm Centric Consulting. Budgets are being slashed across industries, Avila notes. This is no longer true. “As