Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

According to Korn Ferry unpublished data, there has been a 74% increase in the number of CIOs serving on Fortune 100 boards in the past two years. Only 31% of Fortune 100 boards currently have a director who is a CIO, even though technology is at the core of every business today. ” How should boards incorporate a CIO director?

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CIO Committee Technology P&L 9

Rich Gee Group

AUGUST 31, 2015

For some positions (CFO, CIO), all their hard work to make it to the table is now useless when they need to use skills other than IQ: Communication – Communicate clearly and concisely. EQ – Emotional Quotient (or Emotional Intelligence). This is where most C-Level executives fail.

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CEO Development CIO Emotional Intelligence 150

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 28, 2017

Imes who describe it as people feeling unconvinced of their competence despite the evidence that they deserve the success they’ve achieved because they have proven themselves to be skilled and capable. What skills come naturally to you? Yes – you are for real and you are capable, skilled, and put together just the way you should be.

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CIO Transportation Information Technology Learning-by-Doing 150

ReImagine Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

She’s doubting her skills and choices. A version of this post originally ran in my column Navigate the Workplace at CIO Online on January 27, 2017. She has reported to several different supervisors. She views her career as spotty. She’s been promoted, and she’s been overlooked or set up to fail, depending on the day.

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CIO Performance Review Cost Career 100

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 7, 2022

The data found that highly skilled workers benefit from high density with higher wages, but lower-skilled workers struggle with the high cost of living in the city. These advantages come at a price, however, because the premium placed on space makes housing expensive, which tends to result in higher levels of inequality.

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ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

A version of this post originally ran in my column on the CIO online site on June 30, 2015. I don’t want her to get angry. I don’t want him to shut down. My goal is for you to handle whatever happens. Click here to see what I mean.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

Five years ago, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) were on top of the world. However, a global recession and the inability of CIOs to deliver on business value have tarnished their status. Today's CIOs are under pressure to deliver on requests for innovation, cost reduction, connectivity, and a growing demand for business intelligence.

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CIO Chief Information Officer Budgeting Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

CIOs who do great things in leading IT soon gain extra responsibilities. By helping business leaders to improve their businesses, the CIO becomes an obvious candidate to fill any open role that involves technology, process, or strong governance. Some CIOs become CIO-Plus-COO or CIO-Plus-Head of Shared Services.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

The CIO paradox is a set of contradictions that lies at the heart of IT leadership. Many CIOs have buckled under the CIO paradox, while others have managed to be effective despite it. In working with these successful CIOs over the years, I have found that they all share a common set of practices, philosophies and approaches.

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CIO Technology Storytelling Strategic Planning 8

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. To begin to mend the CMO-CIO relationship, it''s important to understand the source of each side''s frustrations.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

The findings are sobering: almost half of CEOs view their CIOs as out of step with the business and about the same percentage think IT should be a commodity service, purchased as needed. So the good news is it represents more opportunity for others — people who want to be CIOs someday. You absolutely are still responsible.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 24, 2021

The long-time CIO of Google, Ben Fried, indicated that the way in which that company has maintained its entrepreneurial spirit despite growing into a behemoth has been its ability to attract and retain people who are comfortable with and even drive change, even if it means cannibalizing what has worked in the past.

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Company How To Core Competence Venture Capitalist 100

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

In fact, recent research [PDF] conducted by the CMO Council, suggests that this process should start with the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and the Chief Information Officer (CIO). In some instances, it may be necessary to align the CEO on a plan, but a united recommendation between the CMO and CIO has a better of chance of success.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2019

This approach is developed by Aloys Kregting, who was entitled as CIO of the year twice. And example of a mode 2 process is employee skills management. To apply and appropriate balance between centralization and decentralization, the information pyramid can be implemented. Additionally, mode 2 requires agility.

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Enterprise Architecture Process Decentralization Agility 50

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2015

Employees with these skills are still expensive and hard to find: nearly 80 percent of companies complain that they’re already finding recruitment for these jobs either 'challenging' or 'extremely difficult.'.

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CIO Technology CRM Competitive Advantage 50

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

For some positions (CFO, CIO), all their hard work to make it to the table is now useless when they need to use skills other than IQ: Communication – Communicate clearly and concisely. EQ – Emotional Quotient (or Emotional Intelligence) This is where most C-Level executives fail.

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CEO Development Licensing Motivation 238

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 1, 2011

Somewhere along the line, compromise (defined by Merriam-Webster as a settlement of differences by consent reached through mutual concessions, one of those “playing well in the sandbox” skills my mom taught me) got confused with [.] Compromise: Informed, Intentional and Productive.

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Information Productivity Products Leadership Development 286

Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Think about the Boeing Engineer evaluating a GE jet engine for a new airplane…a CIO evaluating a new Enterprise Resource Planning System software provider…or a CFO reviewing audit firms. . Domain knowledge — The B2B buyer has the expertise and experience in the offering being considered.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 16, 2011

The report is based on a survey of 331 C-suite executives (CEO, CFO, CIO, etc.) Only 13% of C-suite executives believe that line managers and middle managers are "chiefly responsible" for staff engagement. or senior directors from 19 industries in Europe and the Middle East. "I I was not surprised by the first two findings," says Branham. "My

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Execution CIO CFO Survey 56

ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

When I train people on coaching skills, one of my favorite discussions is about the value of expressing keen interest in your coachee. Yet if you are going to grow your skills you may have to give it a try. To put a finer point on it, a successful communicator expresses a keen interest in the coachee’s thinking.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

I was curious about the doctors' and nurses' skill at speaking about difficult matters, and in response to my questions the staff introduced me to the small but growing literature on palliative care. I was so taken with it that I've adapted it for my exec ed classes to help CIOs learn how to speak difficult truths more easily and effectively.

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System CEO CIO Chief Information Officer 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

But massive disruptions in business models, technology, and the work force have been throwing up massive new challenges for CIOs and other technology leaders. Consequently, CIOs and business leaders with a technology focus face more cacophony and challenge than ever before. Many CIOs are of course already well aware of all this.

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CIO Succession Fast Follower Chief Information Officer 8

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). Those who clear that obstacle realize that a key part of their jobs as leaders is transferring their knowledge and skills to others.

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Execution CIO Chief Information Officer Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

The CIO was Katherine Hudson, who is considered by many people to have launched the modern IT outsourcing movement while at Kodak. After all, we have a great deal of skill with file transfer protocols." They're savvy about mobility, broadband internet, smartphone apps, and the value of a good CIO.

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CIO Outsourcing Cost Center Film 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

There are fewer marketing majors at the controls of marketing decisions than ever before, as the skills needed to participate in the revolution have been redefined. These skills are now reaching beyond data analysis to encompass information architecture, application development, and technology project management.

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Supply Chain CIO Chief Information Officer Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

But when we at CEB ask CIOs who in IT is responsible for understanding and responding to these needs, we get an uncomfortable silence. For years, CIOs have sought a "seat at the table" by building strong links with senior business leaders. Today''s CIO Needs to Be the Chief Innovation Officer. IT management'

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CIO Marketing Project Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

New skills are emerging, and existing skills are evolving and expiring. Employees are concerned about their skills becoming irrelevant: better upskilling is their top concern. All CIOs need to educate their boards and the C-suite on how to think about and take more responsibility for cybersecurity risk.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Their purpose is to instill the company’s vision and values and cultivate critical skills and competencies. For a number of years, IBM organized the Center for CIO Leadership as a “global community to advance the profession.” In contrast, IBM’s program helped CIOs be better business leaders.

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CIO Chief Financial Officer White Paper Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation. Studies confirm that technology skills will be crucial for future employment prospects. In recent years, incumbents have fought back.

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Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

Kim Stevenson , Intel''s CIO, summarizes the challenge well: "[IT functions have] gone through ERP, they''ve gone through BYO and they''ve gone through cloud, and they think they''ve done it all. These units can host your specific digital initiatives, start developing a catalog of digital services and nurture and grow new digital skills.

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CIO CTO Operations Technology 8

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.

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Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Soft skills are more important than ever. 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. So are technical skills.

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Execution P&L CFO Globalization 15

Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 4, 2011

Like any good psychopath, Bob is highly skilled at charming the senior. In addition to the CEO, the COO, CIO and several members of the Board have been wooed. Bob was brought into the organization by the. company CEO and planted in Jim’s department much to his (and his supervisors) surprise. ranks above his EVP.

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CIO COO Blog CEO 31

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2013

Are We Asking Too Much of Our CIOs? Why Can''t a CIO Be More Like a CFO? An unusual — and unusually rich — funding opportunity inspired researchers at MIT and several other top-tier research institutions to improvise a comprehensive multi-media proposal on a tight deadline. They won eight-figure funding.

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Media Power CIO Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2018

So we have to be cognizant of that in a university environment and look to things that we can enable when students come to our campus like experiential learning, design thinking, critical thinking skills. So I’m really interested in the non-cognitive skill sets. And the team was very engaged, but the CIO was not saying anything.

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Technology Industry Content CIO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

Also, workplace knowledge and skills are slipping, since so many people have been unemployed for so long. Slideshow: Gartner-Forbes Board of Directors Study Bodes Well for IT (CIO Insight). So Dan Beucke asked Michael Feroli, the chief U.S. economist at JPMorgan, for his thoughts about the uptick.

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Marketing CIO Consensus Survey 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2018

But it might never have been built, or at least Cave wouldn’t have built it, had it not been for his boss, Michelle McKenna-Doyle, CIO of the NFL. This can be a sign of a skill that comes easily to you, so much so that you get frustrated when it doesn’t to others. It’s been incredibly helpful to the coaches.

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