Chief Imperfect Officer

Are you perfect? Do you never make mistakes? If so, stop reading! This post is not for you. As executives we are prone to making mistakes. After all we are only human. If you want people to willingly follow your leadership, you have to be honest about who you are and admit that you make [...]

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7 Steps To Succeeding I Learned From Golf

Playing golf has helped me develop a higher standard for myself (or at least brought them to the fore front). Here are 7 steps that I apply not only to my golf game but also to my life and career. Analyze yourself. Where in your game (career/life) are you not succeeding? Think about the areas [...]

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Wanted: CIO

JOB OVERVIEW: The CIO for an organization oversees and sets direction for the organization’s information systems function. Establishes overall strategy and vision for information systems design and development, systems planning, programming, operations, networks, data warehousing, architecture, data processing, data security, data recovery, systems support, and analysis. Coordinates, facilitates and consults with various departments on information [...]

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Blogs for October 2009

Here are some blog postings that I found interesting this month: Managing Tough Times in 2009 – Grinding it out by Lui Sieh Risk in IT by Mark Brewer Conventional wisdom that fails for IT by Peter Kretzman Good Service vs. Bad Service–A Lesson for IT by Don Lewis Poisonous Snakes, Sharp Knives, And Angry Natives – [...]

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Time To Move On

How do you know when it is time to move on from your job? We have all asked ourselves this question at some point in our career. It is difficult to answer and the challenges can be overwhelming. Here are some questions to ask yourself: You feel like you are not growing and learning. You [...]

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Learning From Failure

From success to failure is one step; from failure to success is a long road. -Yiddish Proverb One of the most difficult things that I’ve had to learn over the years was how to embrace failure. Failure is the thing most of us spend the most amount of energy trying to avoid. It is hard to [...]

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Cowardly Lion: Being Chief Means Facing Your Fears

The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum believes that his fear makes him inadequate. He  did not understand that courage means acting in the face of fear. Some background. My family knows a chief surgeon. This surgeon packed up his family and moved from the West Coast to the East [...]

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Politico-CIO

Corporate politics is the bane of many executives. It is everywhere in a company. There is no escaping from it. Because of the level the CIO reaches in an organization it is a fact that he/she will be dealing with political issues daily. So if you cannot run from it, it is best to play [...]

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My Friday Post: Career Advice from Entourage’s Ari Gold

HBO’s Entourage is one of the best shows on television. Well written, well produced, and well acted. Kudos to HBO for putting quality entertainment on for us. This Sunday’s episode #69, “One Car, Two, Red Car, Blue Car” was another great episode. In this episode, superagent Ari Gold stood out for giving advice to the [...]

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Qualify Your Professional Network

There was a recent discussion on LinkedIn regarding tight versus broad networks (LinkedIn Strategies – Tight vs Broad Network). Is it more effective in a  job search to build a network of close connections or instead, build a network with a broad reach, but weak connections? This is an interesting discussion. Recently I have been trying [...]

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Only Apply If You Are Employed?

There was an interesting article in the WSJ, Only the Employed Need Apply, by Dana Mattioli. In this article Dana writes that some companies are bypassing unemployed workers and trying to hire only employed workers. “If they’re employed in today’s economy, they have to be first string” says Ryan Ross, a partner with Kaye/Bassman International [...]

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Turning a Corner? A CIO’s Job Search

For those of you that read my blog regularly know that I have been out of work since September. I have been looking but there have been very few opportunities since the October financial meltdown. In fact, it has been dead. I liken it to being in sailboat with no wind-aimlessly drifting in a void. [...]

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