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6 signs you might need an executive coach — and 2 signs you don’t

CIO

To master the various aspects of leadership, it’s often helpful to get professional help. As technical people move up the ranks, going from coders and admins to managers to CIOs, they need to learn how to do a lot more than build great software, connect backend systems, or build firewalls. That’s not an easy thing to learn. “A

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15 ways to grow as an IT leader in 2024

CIO

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. It will come down to navigating all the human elements,” he says.

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Meet the 50 CISOs to Watch in 2024

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Recognizing the increasing challenges yet often underappreciated role of these professionals, we launched the 50 CISOs to Watch initiative last year to celebrate the CISOs demonstrating outstanding technical and leadership qualities. Meet the 50 CISOs to Watch in 2024. LinkedIn Anand Singh Alkami Technology, Inc.

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Storytelling for CIOs: From niche to bestseller

CIO

I take what I learned in the scriptwriting seminar about passion and the narrative arc into every meeting I attend,” one chief technology officer said. In that one meeting, I got the green light to invest and I always tried to explain technology in words and narratives that the non-techie board could absorb,” he said. “I

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7 sins of digital transformation

CIO

To meet digital transformation goals, companies must build structural ambidexterity, focus on short-term efficiency opportunities that fit the current structure and model, but also pursue medium- to long-term discontinuous expansion opportunities in business that potentially would require structural and cultural changes,” Senan advises.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

CIO

Tech debt and legacy tech Technical debt and legacy tech are both big speedbumps. According to The State of the CIO Survey,24% of CIOs view “reinventing infrastructure/applications to meet new requirements” as a challenge holding IT back. 1 challenge listed. 1 challenge listed. And they’re thinking about how to ‘hollow the core.’

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Refactoring your IT sourcing strategy for digital success

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It will struggle to act autonomously, meet evolving priorities, and innovate. Perkins advises IT leaders to adopt three principles to strike the right balance between cost, productivity, digital maturity, and the means to build long-term capabilities. Reserve the three-letter technical acronyms for your IT colleagues.”

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