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Five Must-Have Skills for CIOs

By Dennis McCafferty on 2011-03-24


Do you really have what it takes to serve as an effective CIO? By now, it’s hardly news that, to successfully lead an organization’s technology strategy, you need to develop strengths in key business areas. In fact, Dice.com contributor Leslie Stevens recently came up with five absolute must-have skills for CIOs, along with action steps you can take to develop or hone these traits. Here's a hint: You need a strong sense of political savvy, and the ability to tell an engaging IT story doesn't hurt either. It also helps to sharpen your business IQ. With this in mind, here are the five skills you’ll need to succeed from Dice.com, a leading career hub for tech professionals:

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Business acumen


Know how money flows in and out of a company, and the critical levers that your tech team can push to increase positive impact here.

Online tutorials can serve as a primer on financial statements, so you can work in synch with your CFO.


(Stevens recommends this one:click here.

Human capital management


This requires talent evaluation, development, goal-setting and performance management.

Sharpen evaluation skills by volunteering to help your HR department screen job candidates.


Offer to train or mentor new hires to boost your coaching skills.

Strategic-value creation


Gather with customers and marketing department execs to understand how needs create revenue-generating opportunities – and how tech can play a role.

The Gartner Hype Cycle can assist you with the value-based evaluation of emerging technologies, as well as strategic analysis and critical thinking.


Find it here: click here.

Leadership


Influence others through consensus building, storytelling, communications, modeling.

Push yourself out there on company presentations.


Represent IT on cross-functioning teams. Increase company visibility by taking on high-profile roles.

Political savvy


Key components are networking, self-promotion, negotiating, empathy.

Pursue professional associations to find mentors, promote accomplishments, build your network.


Use interactions within and outside of work to practice empathy.

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