CIO Blogs for January 2011

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 [...]

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CIO Blogs from August 2010

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)

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CIO Blogs from June 2010

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

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CIO Blogs from March 2010

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 [...]

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12 Skills To Have In A Successful IT Leader

Learn not to rush into situations. Learn, apply and evolve your problem solving skills. Develop knowledge of the business. Build relationships with the business and your peers. Continue to learn and improve your skills. Continue to sell yourself, your skills and your results. Develop good interpersonal skills. Accept responsibility, consequences and risk. Be personable and [...]

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Loosing a Political Battle – Follow Up

What goes around comes around! I wrote a post last week about my friend who tried to do the right thing in her firm by complaining about an inept manager but got slapped around due to internal corporate politics. It seems that management has seen the light and will speak to this “zombie manager” to [...]

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Loosing A Political Battle

I recently wrote a post about politics in the corporate office (Politico-CIO). I stated that politics was a game with high stakes. Well, in every game there is a winner and a looser. A recent event involving a friend reiterated to me that loosing a political game is a bitter pill to swallow. It becomes [...]

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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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