Comments for A CIO's Voice http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com Advice, Insight, and Humor For Chief Information Officers and Leaders Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:52:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Do You Have a High-Performing IT Leadership Team? by Arun Manansingh http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/do-you-have-a-high-performing-it-leadership-team/#comment-349 Arun Manansingh Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:52:12 +0000 http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/?p=1140#comment-349 Thanks Isaac. I will add it. Thanks Isaac. I will add it.

]]> Comment on Do You Have a High-Performing IT Leadership Team? by Isaac Sacolick http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/do-you-have-a-high-performing-it-leadership-team/#comment-348 Isaac Sacolick Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:24:17 +0000 http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/?p=1140#comment-348 Arun - Good post. I'd add 10. Create accountability through a working process. What tasks are prioritized and what are everyone's responsibilities? How do individuals report back on progress and what metrics do you track? Arun – Good post. I’d add
10. Create accountability through a working process. What tasks are prioritized and what are everyone’s responsibilities? How do individuals report back on progress and what metrics do you track?

]]> Comment on Performance Reviews-A Tool To Improve Staff Performance by Don Lewis http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/performance-reviews-a-tool-to-improve-staff-performance/#comment-344 Don Lewis Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:36:16 +0000 http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/?p=1119#comment-344 Good advice, Arun. Another pitfall that many of us face is over-estimating the value of a particular employee. One way to address this is to have team evaluations--I've used this successfully in a number of organizations. Too complicated to go into here, but it essentially gets multiple perspectives on the performance of an employee, similiar to a 360 degree eval. Quite effective. Good advice, Arun. Another pitfall that many of us face is over-estimating the value of a particular employee. One way to address this is to have team evaluations–I’ve used this successfully in a number of organizations. Too complicated to go into here, but it essentially gets multiple perspectives on the performance of an employee, similiar to a 360 degree eval. Quite effective.

]]> Comment on When CIOs Expire by Larger Business CIO’s Can Fail The Basics Too « A Dime a Dozen Small Business, Tech and Talk http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/when-cios-expire/#comment-343 Larger Business CIO’s Can Fail The Basics Too « A Dime a Dozen Small Business, Tech and Talk Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:17:55 +0000 http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/?p=1083#comment-343 [...] Manansingh on his A CIO’s Voice blog recounts an issue with the chief information officer (CIO) at a larger organization that [...] [...] Manansingh on his A CIO’s Voice blog recounts an issue with the chief information officer (CIO) at a larger organization that [...]

]]> Comment on Fixed Cost Managed Database Services- Pearl Knowledge Solutions, Inc., by SQL Server Central http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/fixed-cost-managed-database-services-pearl-knowledge-solutions-inc/#comment-342 SQL Server Central Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:53:11 +0000 http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/?p=1094#comment-342 [...] Turns out that the subject of his latest blog, was none other than me and my company’s product and services. He also carried on his blog my recent whitepaper on Fixed Cost IT Management and the Remote DBA and the benefits of these managed services. For this I am grateful, and appreciate the time he took to write me up, and publish his blog. You can check out the post here: A CIO’s Voice on Pearl Knowledge Solutions, Inc. / [...] [...] Turns out that the subject of his latest blog, was none other than me and my company’s product and services. He also carried on his blog my recent whitepaper on Fixed Cost IT Management and the Remote DBA and the benefits of these managed services. For this I am grateful, and appreciate the time he took to write me up, and publish his blog. You can check out the post here: A CIO’s Voice on Pearl Knowledge Solutions, Inc. / [...]

]]> Comment on When CIOs Expire by elliotross http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/when-cios-expire/#comment-339 elliotross Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:02:43 +0000 http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/?p=1083#comment-339 I agree with all that it is indeed also a management issue. Managements should understand IT to at least a relevant level of detail. Similar to finance, supply chain, sales etc. That being said - yes - too often senior managers in businesses of all sizes are unfamiliar (and afraid) of the 'black box' that is IT And I deem it a complete failure of any business technology manager that has not spent a significant portion of his / her time educating on what technology can, and cannot do. I know that in some cases it may seem like trying to put out a forest fire with a garden hose, but If a business tech manager has preached, documented risks, costs, and transparent reporting of all IT successes, and failures, and management **still chooses not to act.... Different story. I agree with all that it is indeed also a management issue. Managements should understand IT to at least a relevant level of detail.

Similar to finance, supply chain, sales etc.

That being said – yes – too often senior managers in businesses of all sizes are unfamiliar (and afraid) of the ‘black box’ that is IT

And I deem it a complete failure of any business technology manager that has not spent a significant portion of his / her time educating on what technology can, and cannot do.

I know that in some cases it may seem like trying to put out a forest fire with a garden hose, but If a business tech manager has preached, documented risks, costs, and transparent reporting of all IT successes, and failures, and management **still chooses not to act….

Different story.

]]> Comment on When CIOs Expire by Arun Manansingh http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/when-cios-expire/#comment-338 Arun Manansingh Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:10:21 +0000 http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/?p=1083#comment-338 Joe, Thanks for sharing your experience. Joe,
Thanks for sharing your experience.

]]> Comment on When CIOs Expire by Arun Manansingh http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/when-cios-expire/#comment-337 Arun Manansingh Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:01:49 +0000 http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/?p=1083#comment-337 Elliot, Thanks for sharing your comment. Agreed - Management and IT should be both held accountable. Elliot,
Thanks for sharing your comment. Agreed – Management and IT should be both held accountable.

]]> Comment on When CIOs Expire by Arun Manansingh http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/when-cios-expire/#comment-336 Arun Manansingh Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:00:38 +0000 http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/?p=1083#comment-336 Don, This post has received several comments from experienced IT execs all commenting that they to have experienced such situations. It amazes me that this is still happening. Senior management needs to wake up and see that this is not acceptable. Don,
This post has received several comments from experienced IT execs all commenting that they to have experienced such situations. It amazes me that this is still happening. Senior management needs to wake up and see that this is not acceptable.

]]> Comment on When CIOs Expire by Joe Kolakowski http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/when-cios-expire/#comment-335 Joe Kolakowski Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:39:27 +0000 http://arunmanansingh.wordpress.com/?p=1083#comment-335 Sad but true. I've seen this one played out many times. At my last job, we were acquiring several companies a year with sales in the $50mm to $650mm range. I can tell you that each and every one of them had issues similar to this example. Drivers for this situation: the tech staff just loves their toys; coupled with the "only we can do it right" mentality; coupled with some resume building. The reasons that they got away with it were differing in each case and I won't get into that right now. In the end, yes, it was management's fault; both IT and business mgmt. Sad but true. I’ve seen this one played out many times.
At my last job, we were acquiring several companies a year with sales in the $50mm to $650mm range. I can tell you that each and every one of them had issues similar to this example. Drivers for this situation: the tech staff just loves their toys; coupled with the “only we can do it right” mentality; coupled with some resume building. The reasons that they got away with it were differing in each case and I won’t get into that right now. In the end, yes, it was management’s fault; both IT and business mgmt.

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