business skills boardroom
Exclusive: UK's top CIO revealed
News This year's list also features a relatively high proportion of women breaking down both the IT and boardroom gender imbalance. Only those who demonstrate truly outstanding skills over the previous 12 months make it onto the list. [11 Jun 2008]
The Naked CIO: Price of panic
Comment Capricious boardroom decisions based on the flawed thinking of panicky executives always end up with the wrong things being cut. Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… ¦ Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ¦ Naked CIO: The skills... [03 Jun 2008]
The Naked CIO: Boardroom stereotypes
Comment Preconceptions about job functions are carried like a ball and chain even into the boardroom. If, like me, you have been excluded not because you lack skills or intellect but because you were part of the IT department, you will know exactly what I... [07 Apr 2008]
Recession fears hit IT budgets
Comment Getting IT's voice heard in the boardroom also remains a priority. The most in-demand skills are project managers and "business-savvy technologists". As with last year's CIO Agenda, the tech skills shortage remains a big problem for employers. [04 Apr 2008]
Building the Business Case to Upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite Human Resources Management System Release 12
White Paper With talent management emerging as a hot-button issue from the boardroom to line-managers, organizations must move towards an environment of total employee engagement, linking individual skills, goals and competencies to those of the organization. [08 Jan 2008]
Boards underestimate tech risk
News Company executives are failing to address the IT risks facing their organisations despite the subject being higher up the boardroom agenda than ever before. Grant Waterfall from risk assurance services at PwC said boardroom executives are looking... [05 Sep 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Know-nothing managers
Comment In a boardroom a CEO reveals that a secretary prints out his email for him. But it will most likely take more than 10 to 20 years to see their total displacement as companies slowly figure out that employing someone without tech skills is about as... [20 Aug 2007]
Five skills you need to be CIO
News This means the ability to communicate and influence at all levels - spouting techno-babble in the boardroom is unlikely to endear a CIO to fellow executives. A strong leader is also a more credible and effective operator in the boardroom and is... [06 Aug 2007]
How to be a top CIO
CIO Analysis With technology increasingly at the heart of most organisations the opportunity is there for CIOs to play a more strategic boardroom role. But even then the CIO needs to be proactive in making his or her voice heard and, more importantly, count in... [06 Jun 2007]
Tech skills not enough to be top dog
News In the past, Lineker said, CIOs have failed to reach the boardroom and IT professionals need to understand how their knowledge and expertise in technology can help drive the business. From programmers to CIOs, the IT workforce needs to buff up... [12 Apr 2007]
CIOs: 'Wise up and the empire could be yours'
News If you can earn the right to be in all conversations about the business based on your experience and gravitas in the boardroom then you have the opportunity to extend your scope of influence beyond technology. [07 Mar 2007]
The Business Value of Upgrading to PeopleSoft Enterprise 9: Human Capital Management Solutions
White Paper With talent management emerging as a hot-button issue from the boardroom to line-managers, organizations must move towards an environment of total employee engagement, linking individual skills, goals and competencies to those of the organization. [23 Feb 2007]
Unwired: Prepare for the next generation
Comment Now the killer - today's tech-savvy young people are the office and boardroom faces of tomorrow. What skills will they bring to the workplace? Organisations that understand the skills which our young people will bring to the workplace and can... [10 Oct 2006]
The Consultant CIO: Gordon Lovell-Read, CIO, Siemens
Comment Lovell-Read says: "To operate in any boardroom of a blue chip company you have to operate in all styles. I aim to use my skills, political judgement and talent and aim to be ranked as high as possible. [22 Sep 2006]
The Executive CIO: David Weymouth, ex-CIO Barclays
Comment The executive CIO is generally the least technical of the four different types of CIO (paratrooper, consultant and professional being the other types) and is usually brought in by a boardroom deeply cynical about IT. [21 Sep 2006]
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