What exactly is IT leadership? Since I spend an awful lot of my time teaching leadership skills to IT professionals and managers, it’s a question I get asked on a regular basis. For a while, I answered the question with a synthesized review of different academic theories of leadership and how these apply to the […]
Every tech publication scolds the CIO for not being oriented enough and knowledgeable enough about business. The “professional” journalists and editors at these publications go on and on about how CIOs need to get closer to the business, deal with strategic issues, etc. But the fact of the matter is, they haven’t got a clue […]
As usual, in the run up to the New Year, tech media are littered with “top 10” lists and forecasting articles about the year to come. Consulting firms, research analysts, and tech publications (including CIO Insight) are calling on IT professionals and leaders to heed their advice and align to their proclamations lest disaster befall […]
Welcome back. Now comes the fun part. But first … A quick review: From the VC community we learned the basic approach for making meetings productive and valuable: Focus the goals and objectives of meetings and then wrap them in a tight time frame. The perfect example: the seven-minute triage meeting. The objection If it […]
WARNING: Do not read this article series if you are looking for a little brain candy that will give you a quick boost but ultimately waste your time. It won’t give you what you want. This article series is for the IT leaders, managers and professionals who seriously want to shake things up, for themselves […]
