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How to Prepare for a Speech
While senior editor Alison Bass and the rest of the edit and design team were conceiving and creating this fabulous …News
How to Know When It's Time to Leave Your Job
From the beginning, Fred V.* saw signs of the end. He’d just accepted a high-profile CIO job at a big-name …News
How to Get and Keep a Life
Like a lightning bolt from the sky, the tragic events of Sept. 11 have reminded us that each moment with …News
Social Skills: How to Work a Crowd
Not long ago, I found myself on a 45-foot sailboat cruising the Maine coast. Shivering on deck in a cold …News
Travel Tip: How to Keep Your Jacket Wrinkle-Free
Sit on your jacket, and it will get wrinkled. Even if you tuck the tails under your butt (which you …News
Social Skills: How to Behave Yourself in Public
You may know your business when it comes to technology, but are you sure you know what’s appropriate dress for …News
How to Read a Press Release
Guaranteed real press release. Only the names have been changed. Total gibberish crossed out.News
Female CIO Ascends to CEO
As CEO of Spherion, the Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based recruiting and outsourcing company, Cinda A. Hallman is in a unique position. …News
Time Pressure Prevents Good Decision Making
Management Briefs Decision MakingHad We But World Enough And TimeAbundant data and the need for speed are two characteristics of …News
Managing Expectations by Educating Users About Technology's Limitations
Like most CIOs, Don Rawlinson is omniscient. Not only does he have complete textbook knowledge of every computer system ever …News
Do You Need a Deputy CIO?
Jon Harris was about to politely say good-bye and hang up the phone after a hiring official from the city …News
Future IT Workforce Has Poor Communication Skills
Some believe that the universities, perhaps lured too far away from their general educational goals by the flood of technology, …News
CIOs Must Get Involved With Teaching Future IT Workforce or Face Shortages
Chances are you have a number of openings in your IS department. You’re not alone. There are an estimated 425,000 …News
Blockbuster Appoints New CIO
Blockbuster Looks to IT for Box-Office SuccessA year ago, industry analysts predicted that video-on-demand systems would put rental chains out …News
How New CIOs Quickly Get New Skills
Elizabeth Shuttleworth is executive vice president of operations and CIO at Radian Guaranty, a mortgage insurance provider in Philadelphia. Previously, …News
Q & A | FRANCES CAIRNCROSS's Predictions: Internet Will Change Global Law, Lines Between Home and Work Will Blur
ACCORDING TO BRITISH author Frances Cairncross, a senior editor at The Economist, the world has yet to wake up to …News
Tips on Being Successful at a New Job
WHEN YOU TAKE A NEW CIO JOB or similar executive position, what can you do right off to give yourself …News
Get Ready for 360-Degree Performance Reviews
Ever been asked to review your boss? You might want to get ready. A Society for Human Resource Management survey …News
Building Relationships with Other CIOs
Irecently enjoyed a great evening with a bunch of other IT professionals from the Toledo, Ohio, area. We met to …News
Both Negotiation and Competition Are Important
People tend to think of negotiation as the alternative to competition. Yet to be a successful negotiator, you need to …News
Tips for Being a Company's First CIO
1 be on the same page. Before you accept the job, make sure you and the executives agree on your …News
Work-Life Balance: Making Family a Priority
DIEGO SAENZ TOOK HIS FAMILY to a florida resort for Memorial Day weekend this year. While there, Saenz, the former …News
Being the First CIO Can Be Dangerous
Opinder Bawa faced a crossroads in his career last October. As the head of professional services at a successful software …News
Content Managers and CIOs Must Work Together
There’s a famous drawing by Cartoonist W.E. Hill that when looked at one way features an old lady, but looked …News
Lessons Learned from 3 CIOs Who Survived the Dotcom Plunge
In "You Can Go Home Again," in the October 1 issue of CIO (see link here) we talked to five …News
The CIO Role: Your Career After the Dotcom Plunge
Bob Whyte did the dotcom dance?not once, but twice. In 1999, he left his solid CIO job at DirectTV for …News
Top 10 Qualities Executives Are Looking for In a CIO
Q: What are the professional experience requirements and personal qualifications most frequently required by your …News
Using Computerized Simulations to Train Staffers
When the computer-based simulation market emerged 10 to 15 years ago, it came in three forms: strategy war gaming, design …News
Lessons Learned from Ex-Tennessee CIO Bradley Dugger
Bradley Dugger is in what he calls brain-dumping mode. CIO of the State of Tennessee since 1987, Dugger, 60, retired …News
Q&A With David Kennard — The Effects of 1968's 2001: A Space Odyssey on Modern Technology
In his forthcoming TV special 2001: HAL’s Legacy (premiering Nov. 27 on PBS), Emmy award-winning documentary producer David Kennard looks …News
Q&A With Husband and Wife CIOs Lynn and Doug Caddell
Lynn and Doug Caddell will celebrate their silver anniversary this fall, but they still talk like newlyweds. Highly technical newlyweds. …News
How Martha Stewart Living CIO Beauchesne Keeps Its Website Up to Snuff
It’s not easy being like martha stewart. martha is smart. Martha is beautiful. Martha is organized. Martha is a multimillion-dollar …News
New Va. DoT CIO Has Rough Road Ahead
Uphill Climb at Virginia DOTBernard Hill Jr. has a rocky road ahead of him. As the first CIO of the …News
Career Advice from a CIO Virtual Mentor
Peter GoudswaardGoudswaard’s first IT job was as a programmer for the Sto:lo (pronounced "staw-low") Nation, one of Canada’s reservations for …News
The Importance of Automated Software Testing
As complicated as our relationship with computers has been during the past half-century, there is at least one constant: Wherever …News
Time Management: Lessons from Coworkers Who Double As Parents
REMEMBER THOSE HEADY BULL-MARKET days when people could pick and choose among a multitude of job offers? To attract new …News
Career Advice from Korn Ferry: Moving Up and Out
Q: I have been in the call center industry for six years starting in operations, …News
Business Leaders Can Learn from Their Peers
A LEADER IN BUSINESS TODAY needs to work across all types of boundaries to be effective. National, organizational and cultural …News
Manage Your Workplace Stress
We are one stressed-out workforce. There are goals to meet, colleagues to support and pressure to do more with less. …News
Aderhold Gains CIO Nod at OEConnection
Dream Come TrueRon Aderhold’s goal of becoming a chief information officer began to crystallize about 10 years ago. He was …News
Simon Heads IT at Wildlife Conservation Society
Last summer, Paula Simon traded bulls and bears for yaks and tigers. After 30 years of IT experience in the …News
Britain to Turn Unemployed into IT Techs
Those of you still trying to address your staffing problems probably haven’t considered checking the benches of the Boston Common, …
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