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How to Evaluate Whether You Made an Effective Career Decision

Lead Change Blog

Tom made a major career decision 3 months ago: he decided to leave his position as chief information officer at a large manufacturing firm to become an entrepreneur and start a company to provide software that helps manufacturers improve the quality of their manufacturing process.

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A Six-Second Six Pack? Really, Now…

Marshall Goldsmith

Don, our CEO, has been hearing some serious grumbling about Bill, our Chief Information Officer,” she groaned. This is may not be great advice for a Saturday morning TV ad (could you imagine?), but it is great advice for any real achievement! Bill is 56 years old and has great experience.

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Turning Those Flabby Abs Into That Sexy Six-Pack

Marshall Goldsmith

“Don, our CEO, has been hearing some serious grumbling about Bill, our chief information officer,” she groaned. This may not be material for a Saturday morning TV ad, but it’s great advice for any real achievement. “Bill is 56 years old and has great experience. Only you can do it. Life is good.

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Leaders Need to Work the Diagonals

Next Level Blog

The advice from successful executive leaders is pick up looking left, right and diagonally as you lead and let go of primarily looking up and down as you lead. One of the leaders I interviewed for the new edition was Avon’s Chief Information Officer, Donagh Herlihy.  When was the last time someone asked you.

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A WUP Upside The Head: 1.5

Steve Farber

You were the chief information officer of Maritime and Son?” I said CIO, not chief information officer. I was the clear insight officer, is what I was. “For Cam just about swallowed his tongue. he asked incredulously. “No, No, sir, I was not.” “But But you just said…”. “I Sounds cool to me,” I said.

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Just Adding a Chief Data Officer Isn’t Enough

Harvard Business Review

He said that without changes in incentives, as well as a change in the structure of the C-suite, broad-based roles like Chief Information Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, and Chief Data Officers are hampered in their effectiveness.

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Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail

Harvard Business Review

For example, the CEO of a communications company we interviewed initially hired a capable, senior individual to head strategy, but he didn’t contribute many insights beyond those that the CEO was already getting from the chief information officer.