Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

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. The Science of Effective Decision Making.

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Next Level Blog

MAY 17, 2012

Sondra Barbour is the chief information officer and senior vice president of enterprise business services at Lockheed Martin. She’s a company veteran and change leader who has taken on increasingly responsible positions over the course of her career. Click headline to continue.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

It’s easy to be confused about how to grow in your career. My experience with even the most successful global companies is that they’re between average and poor at developing future talent. They’re often not transparent about your real needs and vague about the most effective development options.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2017

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). “They cared about how I was developing and growing in my career but also as a manager, leader, and communicator.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Something very real is happening here: as it becomes cheaper and easier for startups to upend existing businesses with new offerings, big companies are realizing that they can’t continue to rely on their time-worn methods for cultivating and developing new products, and lumbering into new markets. Today, the world is our lab.”.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

What would new product development executives or project managers in the R&D lab tell you are the organizational dynamics that ice their best ideas? Executives may be playing favorites with one way to approach a particular opportunity, or it may be hard to envision how a tiny customer base can get big. Start with a survey.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2014

One consultant described the search for a chief information officer in these terms: “Whereas technical expertise was previously paramount, these competencies [being sought today] are more about leadership skills than technical ones.” Developing Mindful Leaders for the C-Suite. Career planning Managing yourself'

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