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5 key leadership skills an executive coach can help you master

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When a civil engineering company went through layoffs during tough economic times, its 28-year-old project manager suddenly found himself promoted to the company’s top IT role. Now they’re in a leadership role and it’s a whole different thing. Robby McDonald, CIO and VP of information systems at McIlhenny Co.,

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10 hottest IT jobs for salary growth in 2023

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Project manager The role of project manager is important for planning, executing, and completing IT projects on time and on budget. As organizations across every industry take on digital transformation, having project managers to help lead IT projects is a top priority.

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

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“I wanted to be on the side that could influence a better decision rather than on the side lobbying for a better decision,” Loura says of his drive toward leadership. Ijam, CIO, Federal Reserve System Ghada Ijam admits she stumbled into IT. She is now CIO of the Federal Reserve System. Be planful; know what you want to do.

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Why IT projects still fail

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Those changes have indeed helped, but many IT projects still fail. True, project failure no longer brings down the whole IT environment — as it might have done a few decades ago. In other words, IT project failure now is more about missed marks than technological disasters. We expect people who have no training to run projects.

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10 digital transformation roadblocks — and 5 tips for overcoming them

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Transformation efforts can be derailed for any number of reasons, but there are several common themes as to why digital initiatives fall short — and most revolve around leadership. IT leaders must work with business leadership to help establish a clear understanding of digital transformation goals and a practical roadmap for achieving them.

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4 ways upskilling and reskilling can fill hard-to-hire positions

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Within IT, this could mean finding workers to do programing, testing, cybersecurity, operations, project management, or other similar tasks. A role to separate server trusted connectivity could be an existing enterprise architect or Linux/Windows system administrator. Employee Experience, Hiring, IT Leadership, IT Skills.

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Big Data Project Management: Data Must Flow!

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I'm currently researching big data project management in order to better understand what makes big data projects different from other tech related projects. So far I've interviewed more than a dozen government, private sector, and academic professionals, all of them experienced in managing data intensive projects.

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