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So, You Want To Be A CIO?. So, You Want To Be A CIO?. A Critical Success Factors approach to interdisciplinary CIO development. Building Partnerships with Customers. Providing Services and Technologies that Enable Business Partners to Achieve Their Goals & Objectives.
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So, You Want To Be A CIO? A Critical Success Factors approach to interdisciplinary CIO development
Building Partnerships with Customers Providing Services and Technologies that Enable Business Partners to Achieve Their Goals & Objectives • Areas Covered/Discipline: • Relationship Management Marketing • Marketing/Selling Skills Marketing • Meyers-Briggs Psychology
Aligning IT With Business Goals • Areas Covered/Discipline: • Understanding Your Business Business/Practicum • Understanding Business CSFs Business/Strategy • EVA (Economic Value Added) Finance
Setting, Meeting, Exceeding Expectations • Areas Covered/Discipline: • Project Management MIS • Effective Communications Communications • Consulting Skills Outside Presenter
Providing Value-added Consulting on the use of Technology • Areas Covered/Discipline: • Evaluation of New Technologies MIS/Outside • Discussion of Emerging Technologies MIS/Outside • Gartner/Forrester • Industry Conferences
Being InnovativeThinking outside the Box • Areas Covered/Discipline: • Lateral Thinking Marketing • Brainstorming Techniques Communications • Networking Industry Events
Managing Scarce Resources • Areas Covered/Discipline: • Portfolio Analysis Business/Finance • Negotiation Business/Law • ROI Analysis Business/Finance • Hiring Intelligently HR
Creating an Environment Where Anything is Possible • Areas Covered/Discipline: • Leadership Skills Psychology • Staff Development Human Resources • Change Management Business
Working as a Team With Customers And With One Another • Areas Covered/Discipline: • Team Building Psychology • Understanding Highly Effective Teams Psychology • Understanding IT Roles & Responsibilities Outside
Maintaining a Professional Demeanor and Sense of HumorHaving Fun • Areas Covered/Discipline: • Personal Fulfillment Psychology • Understanding Yourself Psychology • Human Psychological Development Psychology
My Career – Lessons Learned • BS, MS Computer Science, MBA • ‘72 - ‘75 Betz Environmental Engineers • ‘76 - ‘77 National CSS (NOMAD) • ‘78 - ‘80 Northwest Industries • ‘81 - ‘86 Searle Pharmaceuticals • MBA • ‘87 - ‘89 The NutraSweet Company • ‘90 - ‘95 Searle Pharmaceuticals
My Career – Lessons Learned • ‘95 - ‘00 Cardinal Health • ‘00 - ‘01 PurchasingFirst.com • ‘01 - ‘02 DuPont Pharmaceuticals • ‘02 - ‘08 Franklin University • Program Chair, MIS • CIO
Summary • Formal/Traditional Education • Conferences, Seminars, Leadership Programs, Innovation Programs • Reading – Books, RSS, Mashups, etc. • Some Websites – CIO, InformationWeek • Networking • Volunteering
What Some Others are SayingIW – March 15, 2008 • Tomorrow's CIO: The Requirements • Exceptional Leader • Marketer • Communicator • Influencer • Negotiator • Motivator
What Some Others are SayingForrester – 5 Prerequisites • Listening • Language • Linking • Likeability • Leading
What Some Others are SayingJohn Soat - IW • How to take responsibility of everything • Mediate among strong-willed, highly opinionated personalities • Organize easily distracted, adolescent-like individuals to complete complex tasks