Dateline: October 3, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Recently, author, producer and former actor Jack Stahlmann published a blog about the Leadership Lessons from Jimmy Fallon. Jack's insightful perspective is that Jimmy Fallon has found the perfect fit because of his leadership skills (the 6.5 is Jack's schtick): 1. He … [Read more...]
The Title of CIO Could Be The Problem
August 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: August 1, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This weeks thought comes from a recent blog at Harvard Business Review about the impact of titles and department names. Professor Robert Plant, from University of Miami School of Business Administration, wrote a blog titled IT Has Finally Cracked the C-Suite. In it he shares … [Read more...]
Counterintuitive CIOs
July 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: July 25, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week's idea comes from Heller Search Associates guest blogger, Peter Waterhouse, Senior Marketing Executive at CA Technologies and co-author of a book on service management. Peter's blog, A Digital World Calls for Counterintuitive CIOs, suggests that counterintuitive … [Read more...]
Saying Less and Having a Bigger Impact
June 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: June 20, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Getting the right attention for your ideas is increasingly more difficult in an environment of overwhelmed, over-emailed/texted/interrupted colleagues and leaders. This week's WRAP comes from a recent review in Fast Company of a book by Joe McCormack titled BRIEF: Making a Bigger … [Read more...]
CIO Leadership 101: Trust Comes From Transparency
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Dateline: June 13, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week we explore trust- specifically trust between you and your business partners and customers. Recently, Charles Araujo, founder and CEO of the IT Transformation Institute, published an installment of his 8-part series on Seven Steps to a Next-Generation IT Organization. … [Read more...]
The Case for IT Control
May 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: May 30, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week’s WRAP examines IT control. Recently, Information Week published a blog by Jonathan Feldman, Chief Information Officer for the City of Asheville, NC, titled IT Control is An Illusion. In this blog, Feldman shares two points of view about IT control. He says, General … [Read more...]
Tell Them Why
May 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: May 9, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Andy Sernovitz, an online marketing expert, recently published a blog post titled, The "Tell Them Why" Issue, which describes why it's important to make sure customers understand what is behind the service you are selling. It occurs to me that this is relevant to IT leaders, … [Read more...]
Emotional Intelligence in Your IT Leaders
April 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: April 11, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Do your IT leaders have a high level of emotional intelligence (EI)? Recently Sanjog Aul, founder and host of CIO Talk Radio recently interviewed consultant and former CIO Scot Berkey. Scot is also a long time facilitator at the SIM Regional Leadership Forum in Chicago and an … [Read more...]
Maybe Criticism is the Problem
February 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: February 7, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week's thought for the weekend comes from a recent article by Daniel Goleman, Co-Director of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at Rutgers University and author of a variety of top-selling books. His recent blog at Harvard Business … [Read more...]
Do You Work Too Much?
January 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: January 31, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This is our last week to officially explore personal leadership topics, although I can't promise that we will avoid these topics in the future. This week's thought comes from Harvard Business Review's Blog Network. Duke University Adjunct Professor Dorie Clark posted a blog … [Read more...]
