If knowledge is power, today’s Chief Information Technology Officers are more important than ever.
CIOs (Chief Information Officers) and CTOs (Chief Technology Officers) have access to more information, from all stages of the business – and technology is a key strategic advantage, making CIO insight indispensable today. A common understanding has emerged between Chief Technology Officers and businesses and with it a new language (or rather, an old language, liberated of acronym and codec).
Technology leadership is no longer just about keeping the lights on and cutting costs: the best also have a strong, proactive and easily communicated information strategy.
Most importantly: the argument has moved away from ‘does the Chief Technology Officer not have enough exposure, enough CIO insight or enough face time with the CEO?’ to ‘how is he or she perceived by his or her peers, the business leaders in the firm as a business partner’.
Of course being an effective business partner as the Chief Technology Officer is about more than providing a CIO insight into the business. You have to deliver: and that means building eager, collaborative IT teams that also want to understand the business and its strategic goals. This is not just something that you hire for: CIO education will teach you to build-in a strong organizational dynamic and your team’s compass in decision-making, its compass in organizational design and issue resolution, is guided by it. For CIOs, being closer to the business brings its own challenges. These challenges will be addressed on MeetTheBoss.tv’s CIO education channel.
Getting that organizational structure right demands not only CIO education but also good leadership. But what turns a decent IT manager into an industry-leading Chief Technology Officer? How do the best Chief Technology Officers build better teams? How do they get things done, and what advice can they offer you…
You’ll find the answers to all of these questions and gain insight into the world’s leading Chief Technology Officers’ strategies on the MeetTheBoss CIO education channel.
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