Lead Change Blog

MARCH 28, 2017

I had studied relentlessly and asked to be put on complex projects that drilled deep into the analytical side of my brain so I would be ready to work with Information Technology teams. A few weeks later, still ecstatic about my new career path, I felt divided … unsettled … incapable … like an imposter.

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CIO Transportation Information Technology Learning-by-Doing 150

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Culture, Careers Drive Employment Brand – Josh Bersin. As IT and business leaders, CIOs bear responsibility for finding ways to offer their people opportunities for learning and continual reinvention.

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Management CIO Fashion Teamwork 70

Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Inverted Pyramid of Project Success. Who Is Accountable for Your Career? Careers for Servant Leaders. Project Tailgaters & Brake Checkers. Project Management. It’s the Size of the Service in the Leader That Matters. Why GOOGLE+ Spells Trouble for Facebook. Modern Servant Leader – Now on Alltop.com.

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Servant Leader Leadership Microfinance Discount 150

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Some are: Financial – This is all-important - I can’t tell you how many executives I would watch sit in meeting and clearly see they had no idea what was in front of them on our financial projections. Know this area cold. Operational - Know how the organization works inside and out. Where are the dependencies? Unported License.

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CEO Development Licensing Motivation 238

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

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. Identify the CMO as the "Chief Experience Officer."

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CIO Chief Information Officer Marketing Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

But as former Air Force CIO Bill Lord told me, updating IT doesn’t match an agency’s central mission in terms of priorities. Give us a sense of the challenge of keeping up with technology as a military CIO. Part of the day-to-day existence of the CIO is figuring out how to integrate modern technology.

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CIO Health Care Metrics Software 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

It’s clear he has loved his career. They’ve had high-powered careers that they’ve found fulfilling and are core to their identities. Their concerns are less financial than identity- and change-related: How can I successfully reinvent myself as I leave behind my career? What does the next phase look like for me?

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CIO Career PR Process 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

If this sounds like your boss, your career may be at risk. Working for a manager who is conflict-averse can have deleterious effects on your performance and your career. These kinds of bosses may not help you advance your career because they’re afraid to ruffle feathers and get you promoted. What the Experts Say.

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Case Study Resources Long-term CIO 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

I keep thinking of the health-care IT professionals I’ve worked with for much of my career and how they must be dreading the long, rough road that lies ahead for them. At the first of two retreats, I confessed to being inspired by watching Project Runway with my teenage daughter. In case you don’t watch reality TV (really?),

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Tips Health Care Budgeting CIO 11

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"? 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"? Im sick about it. I doubt it. Im sick about it.

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CIO Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Microsoft, according to a former company executive , had developed a viable tablet computer more than a decade ago but failed to pre-empt Apple's smash hit because competing Microsoft divisions had conspired to kill the project. According to former CIO John Leggate : "People always had a good reason for meetings. Over-collaboration.

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CIO Consensus Bottom-up Organizational Behavior 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

In a previous article, I wrote about the triangle of players involved in getting a major project green-lighted: Champions, Blockers, and Decision Makers. These champions strive to improve their own career prospects. During his lengthy career at IBM he had been consistently passed over for the big jobs (making him a loyalist ).

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Motivation CIO Competitive Advantage Software 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Bogsnes and his team focused on two powerful levers: abolishing the traditional budget in favor of a more dynamic and distributed process, and scrapping the annual calendar for a more continuous and variable approach to setting time-horizons for a particular business or project. Retire-a-Little: Enabling More Fulfilled Working Lives.

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Bureaucracy Company Agility CIO 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

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. Yet, although the power of analytics is common currency, it’s spoken of far more often than it’s practiced.

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Competitive Advantage Software CIO Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

And a new survey by Cisco found that one-third of all completed IoT projects were not considered a success. Try sponsoring joint projects with universities through which students can experience your company firsthand. This not only appeals to younger workers but also aligns with IoT’s network character.

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Succession ROI Technology Operations 8