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Get a woman's touch on your Big Data team

April 24, 2013 5:19am PDT

If there's a gender imbalance on your Big Data strategy team, you're doing yourself a great disservice.

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Don't overlook your Big Data leadership and management

January 5, 2013 4:51am PST

Big Data capability is not built on data scientists alone; you must also build competence in dealing with change and complexity.

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Five New Year's resolutions for IT leaders

January 2, 2013 5:17am PST

With 2013 just around the corner, and your batteries recharged after the holiday season, now is the perfect time to consider how to become a better IT leader in the coming year. Here are a few...

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Cloud revolution has borne fruit, along with a few bad apples

December 28, 2012 6:00am PST

Nick Hardiman considers the results, so far, of the cloud revolution in IT. What are the main benefits, and what are the accompanying problems?

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Leadership lessons from Genghis Khan

November 12, 2012 5:26am PST

While we'll leave judgment about the larger historical implications of the Khan's rule to the historians, several things will strike you as relevant to IT leaders.

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Gamification data can drive ROI

November 1, 2012 6:26am PDT

Gamification isn't just for driving customer engagement. One company shows how its platform can drive ROI by giving enterprises more insight into how their site and products are used.

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IT leaders: How to survive a merger

August 20, 2012 5:51am PDT

While being faced with integrating systems, people, and processes, surviving a merger can be tough. Here are some tips for how to do it.

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Death by promotion

August 6, 2012 4:16am PDT

While you may feel that you're rewarding a high-performing employee by offering a promotion to a management or leadership role, if you don't equip them with the skills to success you're doing the...

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Tech worker mid-year 'resolutions'

May 14, 2012 5:08am PDT

The turn from winter into spring and summer presents a great time to put some thought into how you're developing as a leader. Patrick Gray offers some tips on where to start.

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Want to succeed in IT? Five tips from the top

May 2, 2012 1:14pm PDT

How to reach the very top of the IT profession may remain a closed book to most technologists, but leading CIO Paul Coby has some simple advice on the best way to get there.

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Six tactics of natural leaders

April 11, 2012 12:01pm PDT

In this week's Leadership Blog, our coach John M McKee shares six tactics you can use to move up the ladder more quickly.

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Are you a stick-in-the-mud boss?

March 27, 2012 4:37am PDT

A recent survey says that bosses think they provide more of an innovative culture than they really do.

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Seven tips for leaders who really want to move up more quickly

March 20, 2012 1:01pm PDT

Moving ahead can require change on your part. In this blog, executive leadership coach John M McKee shares seven proven tips and tactics that anyone can use to improve their game.

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The Galactic Empire teaches leaders what not to do

March 12, 2012 9:50am PDT

Star Wars fans, read about the Galactic Empire's five leadership mistakes, according to a recent Forbes article.

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Best leaders are clear about their Critical Success Factors

February 28, 2012 10:59am PST

John M McKee says in this economy leaders need to be certain that investments are being made where the best ROI will occur. In this blog, he provides a tool used by the best leaders to ensure they...

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CIO vs CFO: Five ways to ensure the IT leader role wins out

February 24, 2012 4:20am PST

Even though many finance chiefs seem to think the days of the CIO role may be numbered, IT leaders still have a number of options to strengthen their hand.

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