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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

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Technical skills topped the list but also crucial are key leadership and culture capabilities such as change management, strategy building, and business relationship management, as well as critical business skills such as cost, product, and vendor management, as shown in the graphic below. And that is the rub.

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How to succeed as a fractional CIO

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“A fractional CIO thinks beyond technical needs and considers the needs of the organization from a strategic business perspective.” Fractional, or contract, CIOs are becoming an important and increasingly relied on niche in the IT executive job market. What does a fractional CIO do? What services do fractional CIOs provide?

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CIOs step up to fill plus-size leadership roles

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Hill’s cross-over experience in both technical and nontechnical roles, coupled with CIO stints in apparel and insurance companies , gave him a breadth of leadership prowess in supply chain and strategic planning.