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What Do CIOs Need To Know About Long Emails?

February 28, 2024 by drjim
It turns out that long emails are bad

CIOs need to understand that using email to communicate with someone can result in decreased ability to detect problems and think clearly

Categories Communication Tags CIO job, CIO position, communication, conversation. consensus, email, face-to-face, importance of information technology, meeting

How Can Shy CIOs Build An Online Presence?

December 6, 2023 by drjim
Even if you don't want to become famous, you can still build a personal presence online

Shy CIOs still need to make use of social media tools. However, they need to limit how much they expose about themselves and who can see it

Categories Communication Tags CIO, CIO job, CIO position, extrovert, importance of information technology, introvert, privacy, professional network, profile, social media

How Can CIOs Avoid Groupthink?

November 22, 2023 by drjim
What CIOs are the most likely to fall for groupthink?

CIOs need to have diverse viewpoints made available to them when they are making decisions and groupthink can prevent this from happening

Categories Communication Tags CIO job, CIO position, cohesion, groupthink, importance of information technology, opinions, psychological safety, scrutiny, threaten, trust

What CIOs Need To Know About “Zoom Fatigue”

November 15, 2023 by drjim
CIOs need to understand what people are feeling

CIOs need to understand that the video conferencing systems that have been set up are causing Zoom fatigue and turning cameras off might solve this problem

Categories Communication Tags appearance, CIO job, CIO position, engaged, importance of information technology, new hires, participating, video call, women, Zoom fatigue

CIOs Have To Relearn Who Is Working For Them

October 11, 2023 by drjim
The pandemic changed who is working in the IT department

CIOs need to understand that the pandemic caused the people who work in the IT department to undergo changes that have changed what they want

Categories Communication Tags ambition, ambitious, CIO job, CIO position, Covid-19, importance of information technology, needs, pandemic, priorities, re-evaluation

CIOs Look For Ways To Get The Band Back Together

October 4, 2023 by drjim
Annual gatherings provide an opportunity to get the team together

CIOs are starting to look at off-site meetings as a way to bring their workers back together in order to do work and to build personal connections

Categories Communication Tags CIO job, CIO position, connections, importance of information technology, isolation, off-site, pandemic, remote workers, scheduling

Are CIOs Ready For How Younger Workers May Change The Office?

September 6, 2023 by drjim
What happens when the younger set wants to run the office?

CIOs need to understand that more and more Gen Z workers are entering the IT department and they see the world differently than we do

Categories Communication Tags behaviors, CIO job, CIO position, complain, frictions, Gen Z, importance of information technology, millennial, norms, pandemic, remote, styles

A Hybrid Office Can Cause A Communication Gap For CIOs

May 10, 2023 by drjim
Remote and in-office workers may not be speaking the same language

CIOs need to understand that when they have in-office workers and at-home workers a gap may develop between them and they need to take steps to prevent this

Categories Communication Tags at-home, chat box, CIO job, CIO position, communication, connected, hybrid, importance of information technology, in-office, language

CIOs Need To Prepare For Employees Who Return Anxious

April 26, 2023 by drjim
CIOs need to understand that some workers will be anxious about returning to the office

CIOs need to understand that employees are anxious about returning to the office and so they need to take steps to help employees deal with these feelings

Categories Communication Tags anxious, CIO job, CIO position, Emotions, employee, importance of information technology, input, lessons, pandemic, re-entry, return, stride

How Anonymous Should CIOs Let Their Workers Be?

March 22, 2023 by drjim
Should CIOs allow incognito employee questions?

CIOs need to decide if they want to permit anonymous questions to be submitted because they can be inappropriate and without context

Categories Communication Tags Anonymous, CIO job, CIO position, context, Google, importance of information technology, inappropriate, questions, underrepresented
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