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Be the most effective CIO you can be--by learning from the
best in the business
Today's Chief Information Officers must be an entirely new breed
of technology leader. With ever-changing demands from the business,
and in an increasingly technology-centric business environment,
CIOs must find game-changing innovations and process improvements
that make a real impact on the bottom line. Business executives
need their CIOs to be real partners--speaking the language of
the business and donning their strategist caps--not just
commodity managers. Those IT leaders who fail to break out of the
order-taker, utility manager mold will, simply put, be looking for
a new job.
In Confessions of a Successful CIO: How the Best CIOs Tackle
Their Toughest Business Challenges, current and future CIOs
will gain invaluable perspectives from the stories of today's best
IT leaders. These acclaimed leaders--each profiled in their
own chapter--explain the toughest business decision they had
to make, and how the outcome influenced and impacted their
leadership style. These in-depth anecdotes take the reader inside
some of the most challenging business climates imaginable and
chronicle how these elite CIOs made the decisions that
mattered.
Read detailed case studies of how some of the best CIOs have
handled their most challenging business problems
Learn how the best CIOs anticipate changes to their business
and respond--before the business comes knocking
Explore how these top-flight CIOs make critical decisions
around strategy and IT to not only benefit their companies, but in
some cases, to save them from becoming obsolete.
Analyze their perspectives on managing people, crises and
balancing the risks and rewards of their "bet the farm"
strategies
Confessions of a Successful CIO is the new playbook for
learning how to take risks, respond to crises, and create more
value from IT. Each chapter presents a different challenge, giving
present-day and future IT leaders the chance to examine, analyze
and learn so that they can be just as successful as the CIOs
they're reading about.
Autorentext
DAN ROBERTS is a 30-year veteran of the IT industry and the CEO and President of Ouellette & Associates Consulting, Inc. He is a contributing author of several books, including Unleashing the Power of IT (Wiley, 2013) and Leading IT Transformation. Dan is a frequent keynote speaker at CIO and IT industry events and is often quoted in leading industry journals. He graduated from UNH's Whittemore School of Business & Economics. BRIAN P. WATSON is the former Editor in Chief of CIO Insight and has contributed reporting and analysis to several media outlets focused on IT leadership. Since 2010, he has served as Director of Business Outreach for Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS), a 501c3 nonprofit company. He earned his Bachelor's degree from Bucknell University and a Master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
Klappentext
The demands placed upon today's Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are greater than ever before. As IT becomes a more integral part of business operations and strategies, CIOs must be proficient at decision making, which is one of the most crucial aspects of IT leadership. Confessions of a Successful CIO chronicles nine real-world case studies of the biggest challenges ever faced by an all-star lineup of global IT leaders. With each chapter written as a mini suspense novel, readers are able to gain a three-dimensional understanding of each unique IT challenge and learn directly from the failures and triumphs of industry-leading CIOs. Leading with technology is, first and foremost, about leadership. While there is no one-size-fits-all road to success, great leaders, like the ones profiled within this book, are marked by a unique set of qualities: passion and drive to make a positive difference; the ability to engage others to chart the future and define the path; and the paradoxical ability to maintain optimism and perseverance through difficult circumstances. As described within, the art of the possible entails placing big bets and buying down risks by emphasizing people over process. This is an important message, and one that is largely missing from the left-brain-oriented literature that dominates the technology press. This book includes timeless lessons on how to exploit technology to the benefit of the business and the people within. This isn't simply a professional resource for CIOs or technology professionals. For businesses of all sizes, managing technology assets is an essential part of everyone's job, and absorbing the insights of this book will provide leaders with a realistic picture of what it takes to leverage technology and transform businesses.
Zusammenfassung
Be the most effective CIO you can beby learning from the best in the business Today's Chief Information Officers must be an entirely new breed of technology leader. With ever-changing demands from the business, and in an increasingly technology-centric business environment, CIOs must find game-changing innovations and process improvements that make a real impact on the bottom line. Business executives need their CIOs to be real partnersspeaking the language of the business and donning their strategist capsnot just commodity managers. Those IT leaders who fail to break out of the order-taker, utility manager mold will, simply put, be looking for a new job.
In Confessions of a Successful CIO: How the Best CIOs Tackle Their Toughest Business Challenges, current and future CIOs will gain invaluable perspectives from the stories of today's best IT leaders. These acclaimed leaderseach profiled in their own chapterexplain the toughest business decision they had to make, and how the outcome influenced and impacted their leadership style. These in-depth anecdotes take the reader inside some of the most challenging business climates imaginable and chronicle how these elite CIOs made the decisions that mattered.
Inhalt
Foreword xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Chapter 1 The Anticipator: Filippo Passerini 1
Chapter 2 The Rocket Scientist: Rebecca Rhoads 17
Chapter 3 The Fixer: Steve Bandrowczak 33
Chapter 4 The Pilot: Carol Zierhoffer 51
Chapter 5 The Conductor: Lynden Tennison 69
Chapter 6 The Decider: Wayne Shurts 87
Chapter 7 The Realist: Don Imholz 103
Chapter 8 The Accidental CIO: Sheleen Quish 119
Chapter 9 The Innovator: Greg Schwartz 139
About the CIOs 155
About the Authors 165
Index 167