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How to Be a Transformative Leader

By Dennis McCafferty on 2012-01-05


While you may be one of those CIO mavericks when it comes to the latest technologies and trends, you may find that you sometimes need a hand when it comes to knowing how to leverage your knowledge and expertise to help shape your organization's strategy. How can you inspire people to get behind you and support your ideas? In the book "The Transformational CIO: Leadership and Innovation Strategies for IT Executives in a Rapidly Changing World" (Wiley/Available now), author Hunter Muller explores these issues and offers solutions and strategies to help CIOs transform their organizations. It’s written for the CIO of today, helping build your expertise beyond technology and develop in the spheres of business, leadership and corporate culture. Building these skills is critical, Muller says, because IT is no longer an internally-focused department lurking in the shadows. Instead, CIOs must take an active hand in developing and guiding multiple processes required to achieve broad business goals. Muller is president/CEO of HMG Strategy, a tech-leadership network that presents conferences and professional services for CIOs and other senior IT executives. For more about the book, click Here Here are selected highlights:

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IT Faces Forward


Widespread use of tech among internal/external customers means your department has emerged from the shadows to center stage.

You Should Report to Your CEO or COO


It’s the only way to ensure “front and center” positioning when leading initiatives.

The Four Essential Steps of Transformation:


Define vision.
Build team.
Create culture of leadership.
Change how people think.

Vision Must Tie to Organizational Objectives


All components of the “big plan” must take impact on business processes into account.

A “Restless” Mindset Sparks Transformation


At IBM, “restless” means you’re not satisfied with sitting. Agility rules.

Understanding the Yin/Yang Nature of IT


As a CIO, you justify spending money by proving how much it will save – paradoxical, but true.

It's Not Just Out With the Old, In With the New


With IT, forcing the “next, big thing” upon organization upsets the human/cultural equation.

Clear Language Promotes Your Strategies


“Alignment” and “Synergy” sound like overused buzzwords, when what you really mean is “Partnership.”

Working on Partnerships Delivers Dividends


When people want to work with you, they’ll go to you for solutions instead of trying to avoid IT.

The Ultimate Truth of IT Transformation is ...


... nobody really cares about technology. They care about what it can do for them.

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