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The 7 new rules of IT leadership

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The CIO role continues to evolve, changing as dramatically as the technology it manages and maintains. Consequently, tech executives must lead, manage, and work differently than they did in the past. Now that the crisis has subsided, that old-school management style has once again receded. You empower them to work together.”

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Designing employee communication for the modern office

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This means that the way employees build relationships and get things done — team meetings, casual debriefings, and brainstorming sessions — must be as effective virtually as they are in person. The right solutions also make it easy for IT to deploy, monitor, and manage the entire device portfolio. X more likely to be agile 3.2

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7 traits of inspirational IT leaders

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Brainstorming with team members, collaboratively exchanging thoughts and visions, ensures that co-workers will feel inspired and an essential part of the enterprise’s vision. All successful CIOs know how to instruct, motivate, energize, and even excite their teams. Fortunately, most inspirational IT leaders are self-made, not born.

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15 ways to grow as an IT leader in 2024

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AI is fast changing, which is why I have to put more time into keeping up with learning about AI, how it’s changing and its impact,” he says, noting that he plans to take an AI course and participate in the AI special interest group formed by the Society for Information Management’s Portland chapter. It’s not just talk or a label.

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8 ways to detect (and reject) terrible IT consulting advice

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A good consultant will always consider the long-term implications,” says Paladiy, who also urges IT leaders to beware of advisors who place pushy persuasion over collaborative brainstorming. Welcome to the golden age of experts. Or, more commonly, they might be right about some things and wrong about others.

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Hybrid meetings: 5 best practices for better outcomes

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They enable you to share information in the moment, brainstorm, and capture ideas, and eliminate post-meeting housekeeping. And that means you are likely looking at hybrid meetings — with some people gathering in a conference room while others call in from home — for the foreseeable future. What is a hybrid meeting? “A

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Technology Companies Need to Make Hard Choices to Teach More ‘Soft Skills”

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To manage increasingly complex IT environments, organizations need to add more of the “power skills” that aren’t usually associated with the IT profession. Managers are responsible for creating a team dynamic. To perform effectively in their job, IT managers need to bring a lot of skills to the table.