Once regarded as the best educated and most effective, American managers may be on an irreversible path downward. In this blog, John M McKee cites evidence of a downward cycle and then offers advice to those who wish to succeed in a changing world.
Are US managers doomed to be water boys?
- Date: July 3rd, 2008
- Author: John McKee
- Category: General, Business Continuity, Management Style, Career, Leadership, Listening, Knowledge Management, Executive, Disaster Recovery Planning, Decision Making, Failure, Downsizing, Doing More With Less, Choices, Career Path, Experience, Empowerment, Delegation, Business Intelligence
- Tags: Industry, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Leadership, Sales, Management, John McKee
Communication is the key to controlling project chaos
- Date: July 1st, 2008
- Author: Bill Stronge
- Category: Project Management
- Tags: Project, Team, Team Management, Management, Bill Stronge
Bill Stronge suggests steps to take during a chaotic project to calm the waters. He also offers advice on how to prevent a future project from spinning out of control.
Hiring new people: Choosing between skills and attitude
- Date: June 30th, 2008
- Author: Scott Lowe
- Category: Beliefs, CIO, Job Roles, Knowledge, Knowledge Retention, Management, IT Management
- Tags: Hiring, Job, Attitude, Scott Lowe, Candidate 2, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
Hiring the right person for a job is one of the most critical decisions a CIO makes. A bad hiring decision can take years to correct. What should you value more: skills or attitude? Scott Lowe believes that, to a point, attitude trumps skill.
Reversing IT staff attitudes: One CIO’s story
- Date: June 30th, 2008
- Author: Benny Sisko
- Category: Budgets, Change, Budget, Inclusion, CIO, Management Style, Communication, Career, Leadership, Executive, Politics, Career Path, Job Roles, Wisdom, Analysis, Organizational Efforts, Management, Organizational Management, Workplace, IT Management, Personal Development
- Tags: Information Technology, Organization, Staff, Executive Team, Strategy, Management, Benny Sisko
You read a lot about aligning IT with the business side of the house. There are a variety of reasons for the perception that IT and the rest of the organization are at odds with one another. One reason this perception holds in some organizations is due to the overall attitude of the IT staff. I'm going to discuss my own experience with this problem and how I handled it.
What every IT manager should know about e-discovery
- Date: June 30th, 2008
- Author: Tom Olzak
- Category: Laws
- Tags: Discovery, Information, Electronically Stored Information, Spoliation, Storage, Productivity, Hardware, Tom Olzak
The key to surviving e-discovery requests is preparation based on knowledge of what is expected, what is considered reasonable, when asked to locate and provide electronically stored information.
Volunteer organizations can serve as model for leadership
- Date: June 30th, 2008
- Author: Toni Bowers
- Category: Leadership
- Tags: Volunteer Organization, Leadership, Management, Toni Bowers
Jim Weiss, a TechRepublic member, recently e-mailed us in regard to the definition of leadership. His recommendation? Look a volunteer organization to see how really good leaders operate.
What makes a great leader? Who says?
- Date: June 26th, 2008
- Author: John McKee
- Category: General, Career, Listening, Executive, Performance Metrics, Knowledge, Experience, Business Intelligence, Personal Development, Innovation
- Tags: Leader, Subject, Leadership, Professional Development, Management, Career, John McKee
With so much written on the subject every day, becoming a great leader should be easier than it seems. Why is this? Perhaps it has to do with both what sells books as much as what's being written.
Making a case: How to become a thought leader and influence decisions
- Date: June 26th, 2008
- Author: Ilya Bogorad
- Category: General
- Tags: Information Technology, Leader, Benefit, Decision-making, Decision Criteria, Ilya Bogorad, Tools & Techniques, Management, Toni Bowers
Decision making has been a popular topic of academic research and best-selling business books, due, perhaps, to an apparently fascinating fact: seemingly intelligent people are perfectly capable of making blatantly stupid decisions. Here's how to avoid being in that group.
The IT talent crunch and why it’s the CIO’s fault
- Date: June 25th, 2008
- Author: Patrick Gray
- Category: General
- Tags: Talent, Hiring, CIO, Certification, Information Technology, Patrick Gray, Prevoyance Group, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources
In order to survive the IT talent crunch, CIOs need to stop looking for people with particular certifications or technical talents. They need to look instead for technical people who are willing to learn.
Save time and gain efficiency using OPAs
- Date: June 24th, 2008
- Author: Bill Stronge
- Category: General
- Tags: Project, Benefits, Human Resources, Bill Stronge
Organizational Process Assets save you time and money by allowing you to benefit from past best practices. Here's why you should have a common repository for OPAs in your organization.
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