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The Dangerous Tension Between CMOs and CIOs

Harvard Business Review

However, a survey just conducted by Accenture Interactive (see The CMO-CIO Disconnect ) points to a downright unhealthy relationship in many C-Suites which can do nothing but damage to firms. That is very bad news for their businesses and, not incidentally, for their own careers. Surely there is truth to both sides'' complaints.

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How Senior Executives Stay Passionate About Their Work

Harvard Business Review

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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To Blog or Not to Blog?

N2Growth Blog

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stuart Oliver: Entrepreneur, Interim CIO, Technology COO, Strategist, » Blog Archive » To blog or not to blog [.] However the goal is not to do it quickly, it's to do it well. Mike Myatt from N2Growth has this interesting blog entitled “To blog or not to blog“ [.]

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Take the Government Leadership Challenge

Harvard Business Review

If you are a business leader at the very top of your game, it will help you avoid career stagnation. Kristin Russell (CIO of the State of Colorado and a former Oracle Vice President) turned down the highest paying IT job in the area to apply her talents at the State. I have a challenge for you. Those benefits far outweigh the costs.

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Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR?

Harvard Business Review

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"? Yes, they are closer to the business and should know better what they need to do so they can meet their business goals. Im sick about it. I doubt it. Im sick about it. I doubt it.

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Breaking Down Data Silos

Harvard Business Review

Every CIO I meet tells me that they are excited at the potential of analytics for their business. Vendors have also worked hard to create entire job functions and career paths centered around their software. Then, move with the goal of integration in mind. Using data costs money.

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Prevent Your Star Performers from Losing Passion for Their Work

Harvard Business Review

I call this phenomenon “executive brownout” and the details of El-Erian’s departure (not to mention more recent reporting on the conduct of his co-CIO Bill Gross, who has also since resigned) only confirmed my opinion that he was very likely suffering from it.

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