Why Scope Should Matter To CIOs
CIOs need to be able to evaluate the scope of any project that they are starting in order to be able to determine what it will require in order to complete it
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How Can CIOs Once Again Take Control Over Their Schedule?
CIOs who want to regain control over their schedule need to start by making small changes that can help them to take charge of their time
How CIOs Waste Their Employee’s Time
As is the case with all CIO’s, you’d like to be the best boss that you can possibly be. There are a lot of characteristics of good bosses: they treat their employees with respect, they give good directions, and they praise people when they accomplish something significant. However, even if you are able to do … Read more
CIOs Need To Learn How Best To Use Email
Ah, email. What a powerful tool. What an utter nightmare! The person who has the CIO job probably uses email so often that they no longer really spend that much time thinking about it. However, that may be a mistake. What we forget is that email is a tool and if we can learn how … Read more
Finding The Time To Be Strategic
Pick up any IT trade journal and you’ll probably find an article that is telling CIOs that because of the importance of information technology they need to get a seat at the company’s planning table. In order to do this, they need to become more strategic. I think that we can all agree with this … Read more
How Can A CIO Adjust To Working For A New CEO?
Roughly half of the having the CIO job is communicating with other people. We all know about communicating the importance of information technology to the rest of the company; however, one of the most important people that you have to communicate with is your CEO. When there is a change at the top, then all … Read more
How Much Money Will The CIO Save The Company This Year?
Us CIOs are a very optimistic lot. If you take a survey of CIOs more often than not what you’re going to find out is that we truly do believe in the importance of information technology and we believe that each and every IT project that the IT department is scheduled to work on this … Read more
Do You Have Enough Personal Energy To Be CIO?
So what’s it going to take to make you a successful CIO? Is it going to be your understanding of a wide variety of the IT sector’s emerging technologies? Is it your ability to understand where the company stands in the marketplace and where it wants to go? Or is it your business skills that … Read more
How CIOs Work With Their Board Of Directors
Congratulations CIO – you’ve been asked to make a presentation to your company’s board of directors. Oh, oh. What are you going to have to do in order to make your career move forward due to this opportunity and not screw it up? What Does A Board Of Directors Want From A CIO? First off, … Read more