• Think Tank: An elevator pitch for your project

  By Hemant Kogekar | 07 February, 2012 12:02

  When you are a project owner, manager or a sponsor you are often asked what the project is about. It is important because bosses, employees, customers, and partners all need to ‘buy-in’ and become excited about your idea. They will form an initial impression in three minutes or less. This first impression is the lens through which everything else is viewed.

• Doing reorganisation right

  By Martha Heller | 17 December, 2011 01:43

  When I interview candidates for positions I've been hired to fill, I typically ask them to whom they currently report. I cannot tell you how often they respond, "That depends, what day of the week is it?" IT professionals are as likely as anyone to invest a tremendous amount of meaning in their titles, their headcount and their reporting lines, and CIOs who reorganize too often (or poorly) are in danger of losing talent. The CIOs below have found ways around that.

• How to talk to management

  By Andrew Birmingham | 05 October, 2011 11:44

  Being the Alpha Geek doesn’t necessarily mean you will thrive outside of your own discipline. The best IT managers ditch the tech talk and speak human when presenting to other executives on the management team.

• Indian vs American programmers

  By Meridith Levinson | 07 July, 2011 07:23

  If there were ever an IT Olympics, in which software developers could compete to solve programming problems, the event would likely take place on Gild, an online career development community where IT professionals from around the world do just that.

• 10 Communication Mistakes CIOs Still Make

  By Meridith Levinson | 15 July, 2010 06:09

  For years, CIOs have been fighting the stereotype that they're weak communicators, unable to speak the language of business or relate to anyone outside of IT. But by using practiced communication skills, many CIOs are proving how convincing, credible and captivating they can be-in the boardroom and on the Web. (For evidence, check out blogs by British Telecom's JP Rangaswami, Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center CIO John Halamka and Mike Schaffner, the director of IT for Cameron International's valves and measurement group.)

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  The Big Six: The CIO Executive Council’s Frameworks for IT Value and Leadership

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  Executive Competencies and the Future-State CIO Overview

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  Driving Value From Enterprise Content In Context