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The Book
The 11 Secrets of Highly Influential IT Leaders
Based on years of research and on-the-ground work with the world’s leading IT organizations, Marc presents a comprehensive system and practical roadmap for building the influence and relationship you need to drive your success.
Reports
New 2015 Refresh available
What Do IT Professionals Most Want in Their Career?
What do you want most as an IT professional?
Higher pay, perhaps or to be more influential?
Maybe you yearn for less stress and more free time?
Hundreds of IT Pros participated in our survey. With responses from CIOs, Senior IT Managers, and other IT professionals at all stages of their careers this report provides a clear picture of what IT pros want most.
In this concise report, you’ll learn:
- Which of 16 objectives were rated most (and least) desirable,
- Five key takeaways from the study, and
- The top 3 & bottom 3 career desires by title/role.
- And for interesting pre- and post-recession insights, compare the 2012 and 2015 reports – you may be surprised
See how your desires compare to those shared by your IT peers.
What Do IT Professionals Most Want in Their Career?
We all know it’s good to be in IT…
But where is it great to be in IT?
We’ve analyzed the best market data and uncovered:
- IT’s 3 fastest growing salaries…
- IT’s 3 fastest falling salaries…
- 9 IT roles that can double their salary overnight…
- 4 IT career tracks earning management-level salaries…
- And the 4 hottest IT markets no one’s talking about.
Just one of these insights can dramatically increase your salary.
We want to give you all of them.
How To Make Your CEO a Massive Tech Advocate
In this special report Marc J. Schiller shares groundbreaking research and how to use it to start and sustain a powerful, attention-grabbing dialogue with your CEO.
In addition to the report you will also receive a FREE ready-to-use PowerPoint presentation template containing all the key information from the report.
Use the report and the presentation to boost your CEO’s interest in technology while building your influence and reputation at the same time.
Videos
Rain Partners’ CEO Marc J. Schiller gets to the heart of
three core challenges facing IT leaders today.
IT Proformance Newsletter Archive
April 2018: AI, IT Leadership Best Practices, and How to Take a Meaningful Strategic Benchmark
January 2018: Is IT Killing Digital Transformation?
October 2017: 3 Surprising Insights About Strategic IT Leadership
July 2016: Five Hard Truths About Digital Transformation
April 2016: Today’s IT Leader: Your New Role
January 2016: How to Accelerate your IT Career in 2016
October 2015: The key to retaining top IT talent
July 2015: When everyone’s a techie, is that good for IT?
May 2015: How to Find Your Best Mentors Outside Your Workplace
April 2015: I Found the Heart and Soul of IT–In Atlanta
March 2015: Grab Your Next Big Promotion: Because No One Will Just Hand It To You (Pt 2)
Feb 2015: Grab Your Next Big Promotion–Because No One Will Just Hand It To You (Pt 1)
Jan 2015: Start Earning Your End of Year Bonus Now
Dec 2014: Here’s How to Lock In That Bonus and Raise for 2015
Oct 2014: Having Trouble Getting IT Noticed? Stop Marketing Activities, Start Marketing Outcomes
Sep 2014: Everyone Seems to Have an Opinion About How IT Should Do its Job
Aug 2014: The Secret to Project Approval: It’s What They Get that Matters, Not What it Costs
Jul 2014: A Few Big Lessons from the Botched Healthcare Rollout
Dec 2013: Solve Your Toughest Q4 Challenge this Weekend
Sep 2013: Small Tech, Big Results: Influence Relies on Relevancy
May 2013 – Stakeholder Success, It’s All About the Pain
Mar 2013 – Great Players Need Great Coaches
Programs
Digital Strategy for IT
The digital revolution can make you irrelevant,
or it can increase your influence and standing.
Which outcome will you choose?
Our new program for CIOs and their Senior Leadership
teaches you how to capitalize on the opportunities
of this unique moment—and how to avoid its pitfalls.
The Ultimate Guide to IT PROductivity
What do you want from your career?
Whatever it is, increasing your own
productivity offers the best path towards it.
Our eLearning course will teach you how to
eliminate distractions, focus on what matters,
and get it all done by the weekend.