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Articles by Stacy Collett
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5 ways to find hidden IT talent inside your organization
Hidden IT gems: From bootcamps to internal skills marketplaces, companies are discovering tech talent where they wouldn’t expect it.
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The CIO as chief integration (and influence) officer
With their bird’s-eye view of all business functions, CIOs are natural integration leaders. But they’re also well-positioned to become chief influencers of business strategy.
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6 key board questions CIOs must be prepared to answer
The board expects the CIO to be a critical agent for business change. Be ready to address these tricky, timely questions to assure your board that IT is being led in the right direction.
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5 forces shaping the future IT workforce
From political and social issues to the four-day workweek, forces beyond the pandemic are reshaping the IT work landscape.
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8 servant leadership do’s and don’ts
CIOs are increasingly embracing the servant leadership approach. The following tips will help you balance top-down direction and accountability with bottom-up empowerment.
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The rise of servant leadership
The Great Resignation has ushered out command-and-control style leadership in favor of empathy and empowerment. These tech leaders put those principles into practice.
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The pandemic pivot: 5 key leadership lessons that will last
To navigate the pandemic, IT leaders have had to rethink team relationships and jury-rig new ways of getting work done. Here’s what they think will stick once the pandemic upheaval subsides.
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Pathways to the C-suite: CIO hopefuls look to level up
Today’s CIOs-in-waiting are taking charge of their career prospects by leading transformational projects, filling in experience gaps, and enlisting networks and coaches for opportunities and polish.
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Making a difference: IT leaders uplift their communities
Volunteer work can help lend new purpose and breathe new life into your IT career, say senior tech leaders who have offered their skills for meaningful community tech and STEM projects.
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6 ways IT leaders are jumpstarting innovation post-COVID
CIOs are pushing for new approaches to innovation to meet the opportunities and challenges of a business landscape forever changed by the past year’s pandemic.
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7 ways CIOs sabotage their own success
The past year has accelerated the need for CIOs to become business leaders. Here’s how many IT chiefs will undercut their ability to step up to the challenges ahead.
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CEO directives: Top 10 initiatives for IT leaders
The CEO charter for CIOs this year: Lead digital transformation, capitalize on data analytics, and collaborate more with the business.
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How to build (and sustain) high-performing IT teams
With shorter chains of command and by ‘not shooting for perfection,’ CIOs are emerging from the chaos of 2020 with higher-performing technology teams.
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Hiring in the age of COVID: Key lessons learned
Almost two-thirds of companies now interview, hire and onboard entirely remotely — and it’s yielding some positive results. IT leaders who are hiring aggressively lend insights into the new paradigm.
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7 IT silver linings of the pandemic
Beyond just keeping business afloat, companies and IT leaders are finding unexpected benefits to COVID’s business disruptions.
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7 issues keeping CIOs up at night
No one-size nightmare fits all, but CIOs share many of the same concerns about securing the enterprise, automating work processes and retaining customers for the long haul.
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IT’s drive to improve the customer experience
CIOs are hiring BRMs and BPOs, embedding IT in the business and sending IT staff into the field — all in a quest to better court business customers.
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Humanizing the digital experience
As part of their digital transformation, leading organizations find unique ways to make customer interactions more meaningful, seamless, and faster.
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