Mitchell Staying the Course as a CIO

How to Overcome the Trials and Challenges of IT Leadership
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-96884-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten, E-Book

STAYING THE COURSE AS A CIO: HOW TO OVERCOME THE TRIALS ANDCHALLENGES OF IT LEADERSHIP
The shelf-life of a Chief Information Officer can be shockinglyshort. Few survive in post for more than a few years. Moreoften each falls prey to insurmountable problems and their careerscome to a sharp and ignominious end. In this book, a global CIOwith over thirty years of experience in major corporations examinesthe main reasons why this happens. Readers will understand whichtypes of issue can cause problems for an IT Leader and moreimportantly, they will learn strategies of how these problems canbe minimized or even avoided.
IT is often seen a technical backwater, but it is a disciplinewhich has the capability to add massive value to an organisationwhether it is in the private or the public sector - providedof course it has the right leadership doing the right things.
Aspiring IT Leaders will need to deal with a common set ofrecurring trials and challenges. These include:
· Overcoming the challenge of managing diverse and conflictingstakeholders
· How todeal with large and complex projects
· Makingsense of software and how to handle the rapidly changing technologylandscape
· Knowingwhen to outsource and how to get the best out of anoutsourcing partner
· Harnessing the intellectual power of consultants to help you meetyour goals
· And lastbut not least, how to develop a set of strategies that are alignedwith your corporate goals and then make sure your resources areproperly targetted so that the IT function generates maximumpositive impact for the enterprise.
For IT professionals looking to fully integrate their functioninto the enterprise, 'Staying the Course as a CIO' is avaluable source of practical advice, all based on realexperience.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mitchell, Jonathan

Über Autor(innen)

DR JONATHAN M. MITCHELL is an IT executive with over 30years of experience in global blue-chip companies. For nearly adecade he was the Chief Information Officer, Business ProcessImprovement Director and Corporate Development Director atRolls-Royce. Prior to that he built a successful IT career at BPand GlaxoSmithKline, where he rose to become a Vice President. Inrecent years he has appeared in lists of the most influentialGlobal CIOs in Information Week, CIO Magazine and ComputerWeekly.
Jonathan is a founder of CIO Strategic Advisors Ltd, a companywhich provides strategic consultancy and development for Executiveteams using a network of respected former-CIOs. In 2014, he becamethe Non-Executive Chairman of the Global CIO Practice at HarveyNash, one of the largest IT recruitment companies in the world. Hehas also been working as an independent industry expert with the UKShadow Cabinet to develop a rescue plan for a major welfare ITproject.
Jonathan is a member of the Advisor Board for the Centre forInformation Leadership at City University and collaborates with theCASS Business School's Executive Education unit. He is a Fellow ofthe British Computer Society, a Chartered IT Professional and apast Chairman of the UK Corporate IT Forum.
www.ciostrategicadvisors.com