CIO

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

After closing his software company during the pandemic, Beasley turned toward the nonprofit space, working with several organizations, serving on the board of directors. Through that work, Beasley recognized a growing need for organizations that bring together Black technology professionals to build community and advancement opportunities.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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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CIO

JANUARY 30, 2024

Just this past year another strategy must-have arrived to upend nearly every organization. In the aughts (2000s), the leadership focus for IT was “strategic alignment” — that is, linking IT’s strategy to the business. Strategy today cannot be the top-down, C-suite exclusive exercise it has been in the past.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 28, 2013

So, I sent a quick email off to my organization: “what’s one word that inspires your leadership?” ” The responses came pouring in… within 24 hours, over 40% of my organization had whittled [.] I’m always looking for ways to keep my remote team connected, growing, and thinking.

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Accenture

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Organizations are now looking past team lunches and formal recognition programs to meaningful, forward-looking incentives. I offer a playful, low-cost exercise you can use to introduce the topic of practicing adjacent disciplines, ahead of any individual career development conversations. 60-75 minutes. Construction worker.

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CIO

DECEMBER 7, 2023

And with the number of extreme weather events, cyberattacks, and geopolitical conflicts continuing to rise, business leaders are bracing for the possibility of increasingly more frequent impactful incidents their organizations will need to respond to. A solid business continuity plan is one of those foundational elements.

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CIO

AUGUST 29, 2023

In recent years, Value Stream Management has gained significant popularity among large organizations who are looking for a better way to align business and delivery, and for ways to optimize the end-to-end flow of value. This is in fact central to the contract-based relationship between business and IT.

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CIO

APRIL 16, 2024

In essence, organizations need to move from funding work to funding people, and from managing projects to managing products. Teams are organized around products or value streams, rather than siloed departments. Within the organization, we’ve established value streams and people-centric planning approaches. Register now!

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

I’ve spearheaded many such initiatives over the years, including the modeling of all the leadership jobs that were used in merger selection of the executive team. Such an exercise gets people really thinking about what it takes to be successful in their role. Invests deeply in developing her leadership team.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Early in the pandemic CIO Ken Grady pinpointed a key challenge that has vexed IT organizations for the better part of a decade. “We We saw a tremendous acceleration and adoption in the use of new platforms to stay connected and keep our organizations moving forward,” Grady recalls of those early days navigating lockdowns. “A

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Experience to Lead

MARCH 26, 2024

This is exactly why I don’t believe there’s an exercise or technical skill out there that can make you a more emotionally intelligent leader. Introduction to Emotional Intelligence in Leadership What Is Emotional Intelligence? What is the Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership?

Leadership 52

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CO2 Business Leadership

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

In the realm of leadership, vulnerability is often perceived as a weakness. Vulnerability is a strength, a catalyst for growth and authenticity in leadership. Through exercises that emphasize mindfulness and gratitude, leaders learn to appreciate the present moment, embracing joy without fear of future uncertainties.

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CIO

MAY 15, 2024

When we tell patients to eat healthier and exercise more to avoid heart failure, they don’t always follow that advice. We’ve also set the expectation that if you’re in a leadership role, you need capabilities that are beyond your functional job description, including program management, financial acumen, and data literacy.

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CIO

MARCH 4, 2024

So they will walk if the executives who manage them aren’t up to the task, says Eric Bloom, executive director of the IT Management and Leadership Institute and part of the Society for Information Management (SIM) Leadership Institute. And they might just stay if the money is too good to pass up.

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CO2 Business Leadership

JULY 25, 2023

They move decisions as far down the organization as they possibly can and thus cultivate widespread engagement and accountability. People get promoted for having good answers. But once they take the helm, what distinguishes good from bad leaders is not whether they have the answers, but how often they ask questions.

Leadership 52

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CO2 Business Leadership

JULY 25, 2023

They move decisions as far down the organization as they possibly can and thus cultivate widespread engagement and accountability. People get promoted for having good answers. But once they take the helm, what distinguishes good from bad leaders is not whether they have the answers, but how often they ask questions.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2024

Those challenges have IT leaders sharpening existing skills and developing new ones as ways to improve their leadership style, while others are exploring new opportunities or expanding work responsibilities to grow their executive profiles. Because of this, many CEOs and board members are asking CIOs to do more with less.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

There’s significant debate about the future of the CIO role , but one thing is clear: Digital leaders who want to be successful must look beyond the firewall and link up with an ecosystem of vendor partners, startups, and other organizations to ensure the enterprise thrives. We focus on creating relationships that are deep and partnered.

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Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

To get there, she knew she had to focus on growing her leadership skills. She began working with an executive coach who gave her weekly exercises to do in order to hone those abilities. If you want to aspire toward a career in leadership, work toward building and developing these characteristics. Great leaders have Integrity.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For women who aspire to leadership roles in IT, the climb to the top can be particularly arduous — and lonely. Sponsorship and mentorship creates opportunity USPTO’s Stephens notes that mentorship is vital both to supporting women in the technology industry and encouraging them to embark on the path to leadership.

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CIO

DECEMBER 12, 2023

These executives can help lead their organizations toward increased efficiencies and improved performance through strategic implementation of the right products and services. They are among the most important hires organizations are making today due to the business value that successful technology deployments can bring. “In

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CIO

JANUARY 20, 2023

According to a recent IDC whitepaper , leaders saw on average two and a half times better results than other organizations in many business metrics. Starting on a solid data foundation Before choosing a platform for sharing data, an organization needs to understand what data it already has and strip it of errors and duplicates.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 19, 2014

Do you know what everyone in your organization does? This new perspective also improved my leadership skills. One exercise, in particular, was illuminating; I learned that if you are struggling to draw a portrait, just turn it upside down. By Brian Layer. Chief Executive Officer, N2Growth. This review serves a second purpose.

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CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

No IT organization wants to get caught short on processing or storage resources that could negatively affect operations, or have to suddenly add resources that exceed the budget. For example, organizations may commit to containers that are too large, or reserve too much disk space.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

To help you find the best resources amidst the endless maze of information, here are our top podcasts focusing on leadership strategy and development. Why Listen to Leadership Podcasts? These podcasts are a valuable resource for anyone looking to refine their leadership skills and strategies.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Learn how to implement this into your leadership strategy. Still, in order to go the distance, leadership success relies heavily on having a vital element of accountability. What Is Accountable Leadership? Having all the ideas and the motivation to turn them into something tangible is a healthy start.

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CIO

APRIL 26, 2023

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 let urgent things cloud your long-term strategy.”

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CIO

OCTOBER 17, 2022

CIO Steve Zerby not only has a seat at the table, but he’s driving business strategy at the manufacturing company thanks to his panoptic view of the centralized yet global organization. In our organization, the team of Six Sigma and business process management folks is actually in IT,” he says.

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CIO

JANUARY 4, 2023

But Southwest’s technology was also cited by experts and the company’s leadership as contributing to the calamity. “IT And during a crisis, organizations should have procedures outlined by human resources and supported by multiple technologies to reach employees, ensure their safety, and provide protocols to support operations.

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General Leadership

MARCH 19, 2014

Balanced leadership requires continuous, delicate adjustments to maintain homeostasis in your organization. It should be no different in leading an organization. Working those hours is a personal choice, but a leader must be cognizant that his choices affect the lives of everyone in the organization. Jack Welch.

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CIO

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Such exercises are valuable but anachronistic. In fact, continuous real-time learning must become an IT leadership priority. Still, CIOs need to make sure the entire organization is certain about two things: that 2024 is going to be better than 2023; and that IT/digital is not part of the problem, it is part of the solution.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2023

IT leaders have always needed to exercise fiscal responsibility while meeting business demands for technology. The net result is that some organizations’ technology debts are growing faster than anything else and robbing them of their budgets and ability to innovate.”

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CIO

JUNE 26, 2023

Ross Meyercord never set out to make the leap from technology leader to CEO, but a set of intentional and opportunistic career choices delivered the breadth of business experience and leadership skills required to land the job. Neal Sample A transferable skill set Meyercord would certainly make that case.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

But if you do your planning exercise properly, you shouldn’t have to move your applications around,” he says. Pablo Del Giudice, cloudops and cybersecurity studio partner at professional services firm Globant, adds that migration is possible if you position your organization correctly. And he and his team have done so successfully.

Cloud 305

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This isn’t a trivial exercise. The strategic approach in some organizations is to anonymize everything that could be private or protected to get past the stipulations. I look forward to learning along with you as use cases develop and organizations get realistic about what they can build. 11, click here.

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CIO

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Executive recruiters working in the Global 2000 will tell you that the “hot ask” of organizations seeking high-end IT leaders today is for “transformational leaders.” Digital Transformation, Innovation, IT Leadership Companies ahead of the curve with excellent infrastructure instrumentation have I&O reports on a daily basis.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2024

Navigating these complex dynamics requires both a strategic mindset and a commitment to upholding the values and integrity of the organization. Through a thorough search, organizations can find an athletic director who shares their values and can positively impact the department and the athletes.

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