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DECEMBER 7, 2010

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9%

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ReImagine Work

JANUARY 11, 2017

I was attending a weeklong deep-dive professional development session on my own. I didn’t want to be that person — the one who… Click here to read the rest of this article in my column at CIO Online. There’s no substitute for firsthand experience, like this one. The hotel where I was staying was imposing.

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ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

About 7 years into my IT career I realized I didn’t love the technology enough to excel over the long haul. These realizations settled in, and having recently survived my first downsizing in IT, I chose to pursue a career in human resources. A version of this post originally ran on the CIO online site on April 27, 2015.

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ReImagine Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

She recounts the story of her 20-year career in different roles and divisions with the same enterprise. She views her career as spotty. At the same time, I thought to myself that this was a fairly typical story of a 20-year career. More are seeking help with their own development. Many employment stories mirror hers.

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ReImagine Work

MARCH 2, 2017

You’ll notice they are balanced to get feedback on both strengths and development needs. At this phase of my career, what do you consider is important to develop? A version of this post originally ran in my column Navigate the Workplace at CIO Online on March 31, 2016. Here are some other questions you can try.

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ReImagine Work

JANUARY 13, 2017

I was attending a weeklong deep-dive professional development session on my own. A version of this post originally ran on the CIO online site on December 15, 2016. I was a young professional on one of my first big business trips. The hotel where I was staying was imposing. The pillars in the lobby seemed like they went on forever.

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CEO Insider

MAY 25, 2022

Changes are essential for our development, and even though every start may be scary initially, it should finally be welcomed and embraced, even in the cases where you were not the one who decided on this significant change, you need to think about how you can adjust to the new standards. When it comes to […].

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Culture, Careers Drive Employment Brand – Josh Bersin. As IT and business leaders, CIOs bear responsibility for finding ways to offer their people opportunities for learning and continual reinvention. A focus on culture, development, and leadership can pay off in more ways than one can imagine.

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 17, 2010

Sure, real friendships may emerge overtime, but if Bill starts avoiding your calls after you’ve quit your big CIO job, don’t let it undermine your confidence. Recognize that, for many of the people you encounter when you’re in a power seat, buttering you up is their job… pure and simple.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

However, a survey just conducted by Accenture Interactive (see The CMO-CIO Disconnect ) points to a downright unhealthy relationship in many C-Suites which can do nothing but damage to firms. That is very bad news for their businesses and, not incidentally, for their own careers. Identify the CMO as the "Chief Experience Officer."

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

Helping my smaller vendors grow and get established is in my interest," notes Patty Morrison , CIO of Cardinal Health — and the kind of dynamic customer advocate ideal for any technology firm. "So It's great career development for them.". So I'm willing to do what I can to help you grow your customer base.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2017

Jim Fowler and Jeff Smith talked about peripheral vision in relation to the chief information officer role (Fowler is currently CIO at General Electric, and Smith was formerly CIO at IBM). “I’ve been the beneficiary of a lot of great leaders’ taking a personal interest in my professional development,” he says.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The CIO has to know what's going on in finance and marketing, for instance, and P&L experience is important even for support functions like human resources. That's one reason that job rotation is more common than ever as a development tool. So how are you preparing for the future?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Microsoft, according to a former company executive , had developed a viable tablet computer more than a decade ago but failed to pre-empt Apple's smash hit because competing Microsoft divisions had conspired to kill the project. According to former CIO John Leggate : "People always had a good reason for meetings.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Ricardo Semler, the original management maverick, shares a radical design for rethinking the traditional career by building retirement into work and work into retirement. What if training and development programs unleashed human potential rather than packed people full of curricula, models, and competencies? Hack by Ricardo Semler.

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Bureaucracy Company Agility CIO 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

If this sounds like your boss, your career may be at risk. Working for a manager who is conflict-averse can have deleterious effects on your performance and your career. These kinds of bosses may not help you advance your career because they’re afraid to ruffle feathers and get you promoted. What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

I keep thinking of the health-care IT professionals I’ve worked with for much of my career and how they must be dreading the long, rough road that lies ahead for them. Opportunities to develop new friendships and interdisciplinary collaboration. A chance to use their skills and expertise to make a positive contribution.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2013

"The most important thing you can bring to a dialogue with me is knowing my problems," says Patty Morrison , CIO of Cardinal Health. If you want to develop a customer as a reference, know everything you can about them. Often your most dynamic customer references are eager for personal and professional development.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Although champions are not the ultimate decision makers, and they rarely have substantial power within their organization, they have four things that make them irreplaceable in developing and closing the deal: credibility, connections, company intelligence, and motivation. These champions strive to improve their own career prospects.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

It’s clear he has loved his career. They’ve had high-powered careers that they’ve found fulfilling and are core to their identities. Their concerns are less financial than identity- and change-related: How can I successfully reinvent myself as I leave behind my career? What does the next phase look like for me?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

The career question I hear most often from rising senior leaders is this: “How do I get on the C-suite shortlist?” With transparency in succession planning becoming a priority, career management for senior executives becomes easier. ” The management literature is overflowing with advice on becoming the boss.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

In my experience with dozens of organizations implementing IoT solutions, those that achieved their expected ROI changed their traditional business approaches in one or more of the following ways: They Developed a Partner Ecosystem. ” There are several strategies that can be used to develop IoT talent. Then go beyond that.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

I call this phenomenon “executive brownout” and the details of El-Erian’s departure (not to mention more recent reporting on the conduct of his co-CIO Bill Gross, who has also since resigned) only confirmed my opinion that he was very likely suffering from it. Employee retention Motivating people Developing employees'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Every CIO I meet tells me that they are excited at the potential of analytics for their business. Vendors have also worked hard to create entire job functions and career paths centered around their software. Yet, although the power of analytics is common currency, it’s spoken of far more often than it’s practiced.

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