Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 18, 2023

A little story of one time I made a stand, paid the price, then reaped the reward… If looks could kill, the CIO would have assassinated me on the spot. The CIO had a large ego and surrounded himself with yes men and (very few) women. The unwritten rule was clear: support him, or you limit your career options.

CIO 130

CIO Servant Leader Short-term Long-term 130

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. Manage those human resources in a way they can engage. So, let’s clarify.

Human Resources 100

Human Resources Resources CIO Chemicals 100

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 28, 2017

A few weeks later, still ecstatic about my new career path, I felt divided … unsettled … incapable … like an imposter. Even though one was in upper management and one was a vice-president, both revealed they, too, were sometimes flooded with skepticism. According to Wikipedia, the term Imposter Syndrome was coined by Pauline R.

CIO 150

CIO Transportation Information Technology Learning-by-Doing 150

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

It doesn’t take long for technologies to outgrow their usefulness. While organizational culture issues took center-stage, the agency’s antiquated systems for personnel management, appointment booking, and medical histories probably made things worse. Give us a sense of the challenge of keeping up with technology as a military CIO.

CIO 8

CIO Health Care Metrics Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

Managers in the latter category don’t give tough feedback, shy away from going to bat for their teams, and give in too easily to demands. 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.

Case Study 12

Case Study Resources Long-term CIO 12

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. I recently caught up with Keith Jennings, the current CIO, to see if some of the longer-term initiatives had achieved the intended results.

Tips 10

Tips Health Care Budgeting CIO 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Beyond Bureaucracy Challenge , the second leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. And we received a flood of big ideas and game-changing initiatives and experiments from management innovators in all kinds of organizations around the world. Story by Bjarte Bogsnes.

Bureaucracy 13

Bureaucracy Company Agility CIO 13