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"Timely guidance for transforming IT into a strategic business partner. Today's leaders are expected to reduce costs, increase productivity, drive innovation and help the business identify and pursue new business opportunities. Successful IT leaders will be the ones that become strategic business partners and decision influencers in their organizations. Leading IT Transformation describes in actionable detail, the new mindset, core skill set, and interpersonal tool set that are necessary for IT leaders to thrive in today's increasingly complex challenging business environment. Provides tangible, hard-hitting, real-world strategies, techniques and approaches that will immediately transform your IT workforce and culture Includes Top Ten lists of tips and techniques, proven frameworks and practical guidance to help you launch and sustain your IT culture change and professional development initiatives Addresses how to build a client-focused IT culture; move your organization from order takers to trusted business partners, market IT's value, lead change with confidence, manage projects and vendor relationships A special feature of this book includes a chapter profiling several world-class organizations that have implemented the principles in this book. Learn about the culture change challenges they overcame and benefit from their best practices and successes"--
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While CIOs and IT leaders have faced challenges never seen in the history of their profession over the past few years, they've also been responsible for producing an awareness throughout their organizations that technology really can be a game-changer. From a business leader's perspective, market forces such as globalization, consumerization, and increasingly savvy consumers have turned technology into a key differentiator as companies seek to expand into new markets and create a competitive advantage.Written for CIOs and IT managers, Unleashing the Power of IT is designed for you to immediately begin using the best practices and proven strategies found within this book. Rather than writing from a 30,000-foot level, author Dan Roberts has combined big-picture context with specific advice you can use in your next planning session, staff meeting, or client interaction. Based on proven approaches that generate results, this practical and applicable book takes a close look at:Creating your twenty-first-century workforce and cultureTransforming your IT teamBuilding a customer-centric IT cultureMoving from order takers to consultative business partnersNegotiating agreements while strengthening relationshipsManaging the art and science of projects Sharpening your political savvyMarketing IT's valueCutthroat competition is forcing continuous innovation, and government regulations are driving constant introspectionùall fueled by technology. Interact with customers through online communities. Use social media to enhance customer loyalty. Find new product and service innovations. Do it all with the invaluable guidance and wellspring of vital information found in Unleashing the Power of IT.
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