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How CIOs Win Back The Locker Room

You lead a locker room. You can lose the locker room. Winning it back can seem overwhelming, but three essential responses can get it back for you.

Joe Woodruff

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November 7, 2024

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January 27, 2022

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Scott Smeester

A Different Perspective On Executive Boredom And New Life

Boredom is an executive experience. It is also a sign. Before you are quick to escape it, step back and look at it. One of three things may be at work more than you think.
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January 13, 2022

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Scott Smeester

How CIOs Sell Themselves: The Hard Fact Of An Executive Reality

It takes a lot of work to become a CIO. It takes even more to lead well in the role. Three areas of focus will increase your leverage and pave the way for what you want to get done. You are always selling yourself. Here is how to sell well.
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December 28, 2021

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Scott Smeester

How CIOs Tamed 2021 And Set Up 2022 To Be A Breakout Year

CIOs handled 2021 in exceptional fashion. It’s because they know a secret, because they know who they are and what they have up their sleeve.
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December 22, 2021

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Joe Woodruff

The Only Three Insights CIOs Need To Sell Their Ideas

Every leader sells, and as the CIO portfolio broadens, selling ideas becomes an even more critical skill. Three insights will help you reduce friction and be seen as an advocate rather than an adversary.
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December 9, 2021

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Scott Smeester

Four Checkmarks That Will Save Your IT Career

The one thing CIOs and technology leaders can’t get away from is the need to deliver. Today, that need is overwhelming. The answer to overwhelm is four essential dynamics that keep leaders well-ordered and able to work above the overwhelm.
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November 17, 2021

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Scott Smeester

How The CIO Can Calm The CEO's Frustration With IT

A recent roundtable of your CIO peers exposed six common frustrations CEOs have with IT and six practical responses that help you calm the storm.
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