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6 best practices for better vendor management

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And how well an IT leader deals with and orchestrates vendor relationships can mean the difference between a well-organized and efficient IT operation and a mess that costs an organization millions of dollars without delivering positive results. Here are several key tips for making the most of vendor relationships.

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5 key leadership skills an executive coach can help you master

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So, like a lot of IT people who find themselves taking on corporate leadership roles, Cantrell needed help communicating differently, understanding business needs, building and managing teams, and fostering confidence in his own abilities. Relationship management At its core, relationship management is about enabling collaboration.

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Henkel embraces gen AI as enabler and strategic disruptor

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To achieve its vision, Henkel laid down a five-year strategic roadmap that involved reshuffling the IT organization, creating a new digital unit, consolidating CIO and CDO venture activities under one roof, and building global innovation centers in hubs like Berlin, Shanghai, Bangalore, and the US.

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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

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The market is tight, but we are not short of people with technical skills; people who can develop, build infrastructure, and understand the cloud,” says Fox. During the initial foundational phase, when IT is focused on integrating data and systems, and on building digital platforms, technology skills factor in heavily.

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The CIO’s new role: Orchestrator-in-chief

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It requires finesse, relationship building, a deep understanding of the organization’s strategy — and the ability to take a hand in creating that strategy from the get-go. There’s give and take that comes from that relationship with each individual department.” In other words, this career elevation is not for the faint of heart.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

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Optimizing cloud investments requires close collaboration with the rest of the business to understand current and future needs, building effective FinOps teams, partnering with providers, and ongoing monitoring of key performance metrics. Refactoring applications to take advantage of cloud-native services is vital to maximizing cloud ROI.

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

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Such figures, Harrison and others say, are why they’re building connections with HBCUs. “We Building relationships The IT department at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is another employer that has partnered with HBCUs to improve the size and diversity of the IT workforce. If I graduated today, that would be my No.

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