Unleashing the Power of IT: Bringing People, Business, and Technology Together (Wiley CIO) - Softcover
Synopsis
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. Unleashing the Power of IT 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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Praise for Unleashing the Power of IT
"Ouellette & Associates has done an excellent job outlining the critical elements of a collaborative IT environment and pointing out the steps IT professionals can take to become strategic business partners. Unleashing the Power of IT: Bringing People, Business and Technology Together offers keen insight into ways we can maximize our skills to create value for businesses. The advice in the book is practical and, most important, actionable."
Barbara Koster, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Prudential Financial, Inc.
"O&A continues to lay down the foundation for the future. Just like they have been doing for over twenty–five years, O&A has captured the pulse of the industry. Their vision in defining the transformation of IT is exactly where we all should be focused. The game has changed, and O&A recognizes the need to transform ourselves into a new set of skills that are in tune with our organizations."
Alan Guibord, Founder, The Advisory Council
"This book is concise and readable. More importantly, it provides insights and examples to which any IT leader can relate. Anyone that wants to get better, and make their organization better, will find ideas and action plans in this book."
Don Imholz, CIO, Centene Corporation
"During my years as CIO, I have learned that the role is quite complex and success requires close attention to a very broad range of responsibilities. O&A′s new book provides a practical, thought–provoking road map for those IT leaders who are striving for organizational excellence. Bringing people, business, and technology together is the theme of the book and serves as a constant reminder of the balance required by the transformational leader. I highly recommend that IT leaders read and then re–read this book."
Don Desiderato, Principal, Novarica Insurance Practice
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