Wisdom & Leadership – A Required Combination?
We concentrate on improving the knowledge of professionals in our workforce and rightly so because without an educated workforce we fail to deliver value to our businesses. Yet knowledge itself should not be the ultimate goal. Continuing education is vital and formal or not, it pays to have an edge in your decision making. It [...]
Leadership: Understand the Needs of the Business, Not Simply Technical Brilliance.
A couple of weeks ago I talked about the Thirteen Qualities of Leadership which skimmed over many of the qualities required for good leadership. Today I want to expand on just one of those qualities our ability to focus on the need of the business, and not simply demonstrating technical brilliance. Irrespective of your technical [...]
Your IT Department – To be disposed of? Or a Necessary Change Agent?
I have heard recently several comments that an IT department should be dismantled as a department and assigned to every other part of the corporation. If there were only a single source suggesting this then I would name and shame them here, but sadly there are many who persist with this errant vision. I also [...]
What has LUCK got to do with Success?
I have been reading CEO Material by D.A. Benton and in the Chapter titled “You Feel Broadly Adequate” she talks of confidence and asks the question “What Does Confident Look Like?” She state you can choose to have confidence, agreed and she lists a number of qualifying attributes that add to your confidence, one of [...]
13 Qualities of Leadership
Sadly leadership is one of those qualities that is not taught at either school or university. I was asked the other day whether I thought gender has a role to play in an individual’s leadership? I have never though it has. Men and women may be physically different, but I do not believe that they [...]
Do More with Le$$
The need to make wide cuts has probably been on the top of more agendas over the last 12 months than at any time in the memory. ‘When will it stop?’ I can hear many a manager ask. It seems to matter little what department you work with the cuts are plain to see. Yet [...]
Invest On Relationships
In my article “Don’t Set Aside the ROI in Building your Social Media Solution” a few days ago I was talking about the importance of building relationships and collaboration within the new and evolving Social Media. In reading my article a network connection suggested that I take a look at a recent article on The [...]
Statistics, Damn Lies, and Statistics
Whenever I see an article about statistics this old adage always comes to mind. When I see statistics on their own it is of-course even worse. I was hunting the web recently and came across a few statistics. Apparently only 60% of business decisions are based on analytics. Of-course the more telling part of this [...]
CIOs Smart Thinking – Part 2
Smart thinking is always important, especially so in tough times. Tough times are also known for bringing the best or the worst out of people. Part 1 of this article can be found here. Whilst the continuing recession continues to bite According to Georgia Woods, VP of Application Management at the Bank of Montreal (quotes [...]
Good Decision Making
I think that I have good business instincts and given any situation I will make a good decision. Looking back on my career I am probably batting well above average, but is that good enough? In order to make a good decision it is important to have at hand all of the pertinent facts. In [...]
Managing Meetings Agendas and Time
There are always a multitude of questions raised about the need for meetings. The following is based on Peter Giblett’s reply to the LinkedIn Question “what are the meetings ? agenda is necessary to a meeting?” by Naresh Naidu. I would tend to agree with Elie Kochman that “Meetings have the potential to bring out [...]
9-Step Plan for Success in Your First 100 Days as a New CIO
By all accounts during the first 100 days in your new leading role are the days that count for the whole tenure of your future employment. How you approach those first 100 days can make the difference between being fired 12 months later or making your career a real success. President Obama started with a [...]
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