I have reached the end of my one year as a freshman CIO. Having been in IT, managing projects and IT departments for the past 12 years those 3 letters in my title carries the burden of either succeeding or failing miserably. In my case, the last year has been a success. I was hired to guide [...]
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Freshman CIO – Transformation in 365 Days
Posted in CIO, tagged 365 days as cio, Alignment, Chief Information Officer, CIO, CIO Leader, CIO role, freshman cio, leader, leadership style, Management, strategic, technology on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Where Is Your Risk Assessment?
Posted in CIO, IT Process, Leadership, tagged Alignment, CIO Leader, communication, executive, IT Process, Leadership, leadership style, Management, project risks, risk, risk assessment, risk management, risks in IT, technology, threats in IT on March 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
One of the few analyses that are overlooked in most IT departments is a comprehensive risk assessment. A risk assessment should identify, analyze, and weigh all the potential risks, threats and hazards to a company’s internal and external business environment. The process of identifying risks/threats, probability of occurrence, the vulnerability to each risk/threat and the [...]
CIO Blogs for January 2011
Posted in C-Level Executives, Career, CIO, CIO Jobs, CIO/CTO, IT Process, Leadership, Life and Technology, Management, tagged Alignment, CIO, CIO Leader, CIO role, communication, corporate innovation, corporate politics, culture, executive, executive search, IT, IT executive, IT Management, IT Process, leader, Leadership, leadership style, Management, Project Management, the boss on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Better Communication: Technology Isn’t Always The Best Solution by Mike Schaffner CIO as General Manager? by Mark Brewer Can a CIO be successful without IT experience? Define your terms! by Peter Kretzman Four Models for success for the CTO / CIO- CTOVision by Eric Brown Why CIOs Need Management Power Maps To Get Anything Done [...]
CIO Blogs for November 2010
Posted in C-Level Executives, Career, CIO, CIO/CTO, IT Process, Leadership, Life and Technology, Management, tagged Alignment, Chief Information Officer, CIO, CIO Leader, CIO role, corporate innovation, executive, IT executive, IT Management, IT Process, leader, Leadership, leadership style, Management, Project Management, strategic, technology on November 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Creating a vision by Don Lewis One CIO’s “lessons learned” in managing others by Peter Kretzman Is Project Management a skill or a technique? by Eric D. Brown Selfishness and The Paradox of Emotional Intelligence by Andy Blumenthal
IT Staff to End User Ratio
Posted in CIO, IT Process, Leadership, Management, tagged Alignment, CIO, CIO Leader, CIO role, culture, executive, IT, IT Process, it staff ratio, man to machine, Management, metrics, staffing ratios on November 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Is there a rule of thumb for the number of IT staff to the number of end users? No. No two companies are the same. If that were the case there would be a hard and fast rule we all would follow. So comparing the ratios of man to machine will not determine the correct ratio. [...]
CIO Blogs for September 2010
Posted in C-Level Executives, CIO, CIO Jobs, CIO/CTO, IT Process, Leadership, Life and Technology, Management, tagged Alignment, CIO, CIO Leader, CIO role, executive, IT, IT executive, IT Management, IT Process, leader, leadership style, Management, technology on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Technology to the rescue! (or not) by Don Lewis What’s wrong with today’s IT? by Eric D. Brown Why IT Must Embrace Facebook, Twitter, iPhone by Mike Schaffner Another variation for the CIO (Chief Imagination Officer) by Oh I See (CIO Inverted) 100 Days as CIO; A Retrospective by Isaac Sacolick Why Do None Of The [...]
The Orphaned CIO
Posted in C-Level Executives, CIO, Leadership, Management, tagged Alignment, CIO, CIO Leader, CIO role, IT executive, IT Management, leader, leadership style, Management on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“The orphaned CIO is a CIO without a leader.” Have you been in an organization where they do not know where to place the CIO? Organizationally management does not see the CIO as a leader but just the tech guy managing technology and spending money and all around just a cost center. The hardest part [...]
CIO Blogs from August 2010
Posted in C-Level Executives, Career, CIO, CIO Jobs, CIO/CTO, IT Process, Leadership, Management, tagged Alignment, CIO, CIO Leader, CIO role, corporate innovation, corporate politics, CTO, culture, executive, IT, IT executive, leader, Leadership, leadership style on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Becoming a CIO – Current Thinking for IT Leaders by Scott Booher Countering a disturbing bandwagon: rich vs. poor IT organizations by Peter Kretzman The diminishing role of IT and the CIO(?) by Eric D. Brown Strategic or Operational, the choice is yours! by Oh I See (CIO Inverted)
MIS Analysis Fundametals
Posted in CIO, tagged Alignment, CIO roadmap, IT Process, MIS analysis, operational, strategic on July 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The last few weeks I have been developing a roadmap for the remainder of the year. I am addressing issues related to strengthening the operational aspects of MIS and overall positioning the department to be strategic. In my opinion, MIS cannot be strategic with operational issues happening in the background. The departmental focus will be [...]
CIO Blogs from June 2010
Posted in CIO, CIO/CTO, IT Process, Leadership, Management, tagged Alignment, Chief Information Officer, CIO, corporate, corporate politics, executive, innovation, IT, IT executive, IT Process, leader, Leadership, Management, Project Management, role, style, technology on June 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The 9 Best Project Management Techniques You’re Not Using by Chris Curran IT tall tales and why they’re told, or, why I stopped going to conferences by Peter Kretzman Growing Pains by Don Lewis First 100 Days as CIO by Isaac Sacolick
CIO Blogs from March 2010
Posted in C-Level Executives, CIO, IT Process, Leadership, Management, tagged Alignment, Chief Information Officer, CIO, CIO Leader, CIO role, corporate innovation, corporate politics, executive, IT, IT executive, IT Process, leader, Leadership, leadership style, Management, Project Management, technology on March 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Change Management by Mark Brewer Licensing Challenges by Mark Brewer Yes we can, yes we must: the ongoing case for IT/Business alignment by Peter Kretzman Outsourcing–When it works, when it doesn’t by Don Lewis Is Creativity & Innovation enough? by Eric D. Brown The VolksPad by Oliver Widder Taking Control Of Your Technology by Mike Schaffner What [...]
Tactical Plan – As CIO Do You Have One?
Posted in CIO, IT Process, Leadership, Management, tagged Alignment, Chief Information Officer, CIO, CIO Leader, CIO plan, culture, game plan, IT, IT executive, IT Process, leader, Leadership, leadership style, Management, strategic value, tactical plan on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Having a game plan when entering any organization will help you quickly improve productivity and show strategic value. You will be able to focus more on core business issues, rather than operational disruptions. Here are 6 items that should be include in any CIO tactical plan: Assess – Assess your company’s current IT architecture to [...]
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