Entries in the category "Leadership"
What Makes Leadership Development Programs Succeed?
A recent Harvard Business Review article, What Makes Leadership Development Programs Succeed? states that “Every year, global organizations spend more than $60 billion on leadership development programs.”
Six Hot IT Leadership Trends – and Six Going Cold
In his recent CIO article, 6 hot IT leadership trends — and 6 going cold, writer Paul Heltzel says, “Until recently, if you asked tech leaders what management trends were on the rise, they’d frequently point to aligning digital transformation with business outcomes. That has changed. Partly driven by the pandemic’s lasting effects, forward-looking tech leaders are leaning into team-first leadership models that help attract, diversify, and retain top talent.”
How to Get Your Team on Board with Change – The Concepts of Belonging and Un-Belonging
In their Harvard Business Review article, How to Get Your Team on Board with a Major Change, Deborah Rowland, Nicole Brauckmann, and Michael Thorley report that ”Most change management has shifted from a simplistic, top-down, ‘create a vision, change the structure, roll out the new program, and get buy-in’ approach to more emergent, empowered, and purpose-led approaches. But leading big, complex change is still a struggle — the rate of failure for transformation projects remains stubbornly high.”
Why So Many CIOs Are Ineffective – and What to Do about It
In his recent CIO Dive opinion post, Why So Many CIOs Are Ineffective – and What to Do about It PwC Partner, Advisory Services Mike McCarron asked, “Why, after CIOs have existed for so many decades, do we still struggle to legitimize the function as a true player in the C-suite”?
Job Sculpting and How It Contributes to the Five Disciplines of Team Leaders
“…Job sculpting is a term that describes how managers give each employee some work to do that is especially motivating to him/her, while altering or transferring other work that might be demotivating (if at all possible).”
The term, job sculpting, is a practice that is promoted by New York Times best-selling authors Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick in their book, The Best Team Wins: The New Science of High Performance.
4 Types of Information Technology Cultures Explained
In his recent TechTarget article, 4 Types of Information Technology Cultures Explained, writer Jerald Murphy says “The type of information technology culture your organization has determines the role of IT and the investments for which it will be more or less difficult to make a business case… IT leaders who understand their company's culture are better able to make the best use of their IT resources.”
7 Leadership Traits Major Enterprises Look for in a CIO
In his CIO article, 7 Leadership Traits Major Enterprises Look for in a CIO, contributing writer John Edwards says, “IT chiefs at the largest enterprises are typically expected to possess knowledge and skills that may be minor, or even completely unnecessary, as compared to the talents required by smaller organizations… Understanding exactly what top-tier enterprises are looking for in a CIO candidate is essential for any IT leader who’s hoping to make the leap to the majors.”
7 Tips for Leading Productive Remote Teams
In her recent CIO article, 7 Tips for Leading Productive Remote Teams, contributing writer Christina Wood says, “Staying productive in a hybrid environment is complicated. It depends on a wide variety of factors, not the least of which is how thoroughly the team’s leader has embraced it and developed the skills necessary to make it work.”
7 Traits of Indispensable IT Leaders (or How to Be an IT Hero)…
As CIO contributing writer John Edwards says in his article, 7 traits of indispensable IT leaders, “There’s no better type of job security than indispensability. Once an IT leader is regarded as essential by their employer, recognition rises, colleagues begin listening, project doors swing open, and salaries and benefits skyrocket.”
Leading with Authenticity in Times of Transition
Pink Elephant is pleased to highlight our brand-new Organizational Change Management Applied certification course. It will take you beyond core organizational change management concepts, theories, and practices to provide a structured approach that enables IT professionals and leaders to implement and maintain change initiatives. This certification course uses Pink’s proprietary 20/20 change model as well as many exercises and case studies to give participants a very practical, hands-on learning experience.