Presenting a case to non-technical executives is always a challenge. While executives are focused on ROI and keeping cost predictable and sensibly manageable, some do have an ear for technology solutions that bring value and savings over time to an organization. Not all technology requests have to be feared as long as they are presented [...]
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Pitching the Technical Solution
Posted in CIO, IT Process, Leadership, Management, tagged CIO, CIO Leader, CIO role, IT executive, IT Management, IT Process, KPI, leader, Leadership, Management, performance, tech pitch, technology, trending on November 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A New York CIO
Posted in CIO, Leadership, tagged big apple cio, CIO, CIO Leader, CIO role, IT, IT executive, IT Management, leadership style, new yawker cio, New York, new york cio, new york cios, the big apple, who are new york cios on October 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ahh New York… There is no other city like it in the world. I have been to cities all over the world but I consider New York home. There is an electricity that resonates from it and an excitement when you are in it. I am a born and bred New Yorker. Born in Brooklyn, [...]
CIO Blogs for July 2011
Posted in C-Level Executives, CIO, CIO/CTO, IT Process, Leadership, Management, tagged Chief Information Officer, CIO, CIO Leader, CIO role, corporate innovation, CTO, culture, executive, IT, IT executive, IT Management, IT Process, leader, Leadership, leadership style, Management, metrics, Project Management, technology on July 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Reinvent Your Training Methods by Chris Curran Available does not equal best by Eric D. Brown Transitioning IT from a technical focus to a business focus by IT BS Watch How to Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs Part 1 by Isaac Sacolick Free Answers From Google On How CIOs Can Be Better Managers by [...]
Aspiring To Be More…
Posted in Career, Leadership, tagged CIO, CIO Leader, culture, executive, IT executive, IT Management, leader, Leadership, leadership style, Management on April 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I have a recent master’s graduate on my team who is aspiring to be more. His goal to eventually manage various IT projects outside his core competency which is development. He came to me the other day asking about how he can do more. I gave him the following advice to help him along. 1- [...]
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 December 2010
Posted in C-Level Executives, CIO, CIO/CTO, IT Process, Leadership, Life and Technology, Management, Random Thoughts, tagged 2011 IT predictions, 500 meetings, backups, CIO, CIO Leader, cio lessons, cio skills, holy grail of it, IT, IT executive, IT Management, IT Process, it projects, leader, leadership style, Management, Project Management, technology, wikileaks on December 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lessons from Old Backups by Mark Brewer Wikileaks Positive Side Effect for IT by Mike Schaffner Predictions 2011 by Peter Birley Holy Grail of IT, Operating Expense vs Capital Investment by Oh I See (CIO Inverted) One CIO’s “lessons learned” in managing others by Peter Kretzman Which IT project comes first – Legacy or Sexy? by [...]
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
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 [...]
The Rule of Three
Posted in CIO, Management, tagged IT executive, IT Management, leader, Leadership, leadership style, Management on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To some extent I am a pretty easy going CIO. I hire the best and expect the best from them. I give my staff the freedom to work and set their own deadlines. I don’t micromanage but when it comes to my priorities I follow my ‘Rule of Three’. Rule 1 – I ask nicely [...]
CIO Blogs from February 2010
Posted in C-Level Executives, CIO, IT Process, Leadership, Management, Random Thoughts, tagged Alignment, CIO, cio blogs, CIO Leader, CIO predictions, CIO role, corporate innovation, human factors of IT, IT, IT budgets, IT executive, IT function, IT Management, IT planning, IT Process, leader, Leadership, leadership style, pmo, The Net, vendor negotiations on March 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Metrics by That IT Chick Fire Fighting by Mark Brewer 6 Management Lessons I Learned by Watching Tabitha’s Salon Takeover by Will Weider Enterprise Collaboration – What’s Your Problem? by Chris Curran Final word by Corporate Lunacy It’s all in the Risk by Don Lewis
CIO Blogs from January 2010
Posted in C-Level Executives, CIO, CIO/CTO, IT Process, Leadership, Management, tagged Alignment, CIO, cio blogs, CIO budgets, CIO Leader, CIO predictions, CIO role, consultants, corporate innovation, goodbye CIO, human factors of IT, IT, IT budgets, IT executive, IT function, IT Management, IT planning, IT Process, leader, Leadership, leadership style, method CIO, pmo, The Net, Twitter, vendor negotiations on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A New Year, a New Decade. Here are links to blog postings that are worth reading this month: CIO: Don’t square up to the CFO by Ade McCormack Does the CIO Control IT Spending? by Chris Curran Must-read books on the human factors of IT — part 1, the 70s by Peter Kretzman Very funny, [...]
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