Change Starts Here

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

A college within a large public university had moved the processing of its fiscal and human resources transactions from dozens of individual departments to a centralized Business Service Center. They also enlisted the CIO in making necessary system enhancements.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), of upper management positions were held by women (up from 14.4% One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g., which is down 4% from 30% in the prior year.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker. So it''s not just us!

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As a sales manager or company owner, embracing the remote selling trend is imperative. According to an October 2022 Zippia study, 26% of U.S. employees work remotely, and remote jobs make up 15% of all work opportunities. It also mentions that sales are one of the top industries for remote workers. While doing so, there […].

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Between surging demand, labor shortages, outdated air traffic management, and travel reservation I.T. Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. Synchronize siloed processes : Imagine if ATC activities were standard but siloed off from other aviation processes, such as airport gate management.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2017

When we talk about “learning to love your job” or “managing yourself,” it’s often in the context of junior or midlevel roles. Jim Fowler and Jeff Smith talked about peripheral vision in relation to the chief information officer role (Fowler is currently CIO at General Electric, and Smith was formerly CIO at IBM).

Execution 14

Execution CIO Chief Information Officer Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

From my experience, I believe that there are four highly interdependent categories of contributions the CIO and IT function should make. Every discussion on the role of IT and CIOs should start with the question: "What are the potential uses of this technology that will guarantee we stay in business?" Generating Top-Line Growth.

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Have you ever met a sales executive or a CIO who said: "Sales is too important to be left to Sales" or "IT is too important to be left to IT"? It's the managers' responsibility to lead their employees, manage performance, and provide guidance. Talk to managers, new hires, applicants, and many others. I'm sick about it.

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CIO Human Resources Talent Management Finance 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Most people come out of business schools fairly well armed with technical skills, but the softer side of management — communication, collaboration, cross-cultural intelligence, for instance — has dramatically grown in importance, and will continue to do so. Here are five reasons. Soft skills are more important than ever.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Have you ever met a sales executive or a CIO who said: "Sales is too important to be left to Sales" or "IT is too important to be left to IT"? Its the managers responsibility to lead their employees, manage performance, and provide guidance. Talk to managers, new hires, applicants, and many others. Im sick about it.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

In particular, CIOs tell us that data scientists, security experts, and enterprise architects are hard to find. There is lots of evidence that teams like this have a very short on-ramp to value, though you need to manage us-and-them culture issues carefully. Managers lose the automatic right to “own” staff.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2013

But when I put the question to top management, well, they''re busy — not their problem, that''s for sure — and they refer me to the chief information officer or the chief technology officer. This is a management failure, not a technological problem. So who''s responsible for information security in your company?

Company 8

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2013

The only way it can happen: marketing, IT, operations, and human resources functions must collaborate in unprecedented ways. Developing customer trust requires managing interactions sensitively in an environment of increased transparency. How, precisely, did they do this? This transparency works both ways.

Customer Intimacy 8

Customer Intimacy Supply Chain Market Segmentation Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

Retailers like Walmart and Macy’s manage a supply chain, buying and reselling their own inventory. In a traditional business, there is little connectivity or co-creation, so the enterprise value is equal to the “mass” of the company — its human resources, financial assets, intellectual property, and physical goods.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

I would argue that they are the most important resource for capitalizing on big data. While there is a lot of Hadoopalooza in the technology press about the tools for managing big data, and they are wonderful, it's also true that they are a) widely available, and b) mostly free. An HBR Management Puzzle. You need them.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Executive directors are usually selected for their leadership qualities; they often have experience with generalized management or leadership experience rather than narrow expertise or technical acumen. It’s often focused on the competitive environment — used to reassure management that it is not falling behind rivals.

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