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7 IT leadership hacks that deliver results

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Check out these strategies for leading well based on decades or experience from the C-suite. Langley sets up bull sessions each quarter with his entire organization for feedback he says has improved his leadership. “We We have candid discussions about anything from our enterprise strategy to how we manage work-life balance,” he says.

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Today’s best CIOs are strategy wranglers

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Twenty-plus years in, CIOs have discovered that, when it comes to IT, everything is going to need a strategy. As CIO, you need a data strategy. You need a cloud strategy. You need a security strategy. Just this past year another strategy must-have arrived to upend nearly every organization.

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Don’t Get Lost or Hurt: The Vital Role of Leadership Strategy and Tactics

Let's Grow Leaders

Balancing leadership strategy and tactics is critical for leaders at every level of an organization. When you don’t pay enough attention to strategy, you and your team end up lost in a wilderness of meaningless, unproductive busyness. The Danger of Focusing Only on Strategy. This weekend I went for a long trail run.

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5 hot IT leadership trends — and 4 going cold

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CIOs and others who manage technology teams are advised to see beyond the churn of constant upskilling, and consider what people excel at: creativity and critical thinking, business strategy, and building strong relationships that increase employee satisfaction while boosting the organization’s performance.

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From Whims to Wins: How a Customer-Centric Portfolio Transforms Product Strategy

Speaker: John Mansour - President, Product Management University

You’ve come up with a winning product strategy, everyone’s on board and energized, and you’re halfway down the path to execution only to have it submarined by something someone convinced your leadership was more strategic!

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Skills-first hiring has CIOs rethinking talent strategies

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Some researchers and tech leaders are using the strategy. Yet Lutes and other experts say the skills-first hiring strategy does differ from traditional organizational labor practices. The strategy moves away, to varying degrees, from using job titles. Others IT execs express reservations.

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The CIO’s fatal flaw: Too much leadership, not enough management

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Because what’s frequently missed in the perennial leadership vs. management fracas is that management is about getting work out the door. Leadership is an important collection of techniques managers use to get the people in their organization to embrace the direction they’re trying to set. So why does leadership get all the buzz?

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Encouraging Innovation in an Established Product Culture

Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies

Innovation and Leadership go hand in hand. Join Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies, as we assess some case studies to see how to lead with a clear strategy well-defined tactics, and an unbiased understanding of the fundamental question: "why are you innovating?".

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Retail Tech: Empower Associates, Optimize CX, and Boost Productivity

Speaker: Andrew Regan, Managing Partner at BlueSeed Retail Ltd.

This exclusive webinar with Andrew Regan will dive into strategies to empower retail associates for success with new technology.

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The Six Principles of Persuasion

Speaker: Michael Carducci, CTO, Mago:Tech

Strategies to build consensus within your teams. In this webinar, you will learn: 6 principles to make an optimal case and dramatically increase the odds that the other person will say “Yes” to your requests and suggestions.