11 Traits of Successful IT Leaders
Tech professionals are driven by the intrinsic worth of the work, and expect the same from their bosses.
Your employees are thoughtful and analytical. Give proposals time to breathe before seeking buy-in, so your staffers can pursue their own research and assessment.
They don’t let a fear of failure keep employees from pushing the possibilities of a project, but they know when it’s time to reign them in.
This includes strategic-focused interactions within tech, and with executives and teams from other departments.
Because they can “see” technology practices and purposes from the perspective of users and other stakeholders, they help tech staffers grasp what it’s like to “walk in their shoes.”
Because that’s how original, disruptive ideas are often generated, in an open and free wheeling environment.
Face it: IT workers aren’t “normal.” So a good CIO will embrace their various assortments of quirks as endearing.
If they issue directives for appropriate Internet and computer use in the interest of cybersecurity, for example, they follow each guideline to the letter.
Because social media elevates your presence as an industry authority, and you can use it to promote the accomplishments of your teams.
Strong CIOs constantly communicate how day-to-day tech duties and projects are supporting long-term organizational strategies.
They acknowledge and appreciate the wealth of tech wisdom that tech professionals bring to the table, instead of envying or resenting it.